SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1782

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11  Senator Dyer moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 13, line 1,

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17         Section 8.  Section 100.3605, Florida Statutes, is

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19         100.3605  Conduct of municipal elections.--

20         (1)  The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall

21  govern the conduct of a municipality's election in the absence

22  of an applicable special act, charter, or ordinance provision.

23  No charter or ordinance provision shall be adopted which

24  conflicts with or exempts a municipality from any provision in

25  the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to

26  municipalities.

27         (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

28  including any ordinance or charter provision, any municipal

29  election scheduled to be held within 14 days of the date of

30  the presidential preference primary shall be held on the date

31  of the presidential preference primary.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1782

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 1         (3)(2)  Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 2  governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, change the

 3  dates for qualifying and for the election of members of the

 4  governing body of the municipality and provide for the orderly

 5  transition of office resulting from such date changes.

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 7  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1, line 19, after the first semicolon

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15         amending s. 100.3605, F.S.; requiring municipal

16         elections scheduled within 14 days of the

17         presidential preference primary to be held on

18         the day of the presidential preference primary;

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