Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2176
                        Barcode 975618
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11  The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
12  Appropriations (Fasano) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 76, between lines 19 and 20,
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18         Section 43.  Subsection (2) of Section 106.08, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:--
20         106.08  Contributions; limitations on.--
21         (2)(a)  A candidate may not accept contributions from
22  national, state, including any subordinate committee of a
23  national, state, or county committee of a political party, and
24  county executive committees of a political party, which
25  contributions in the aggregate exceed $50,000, no more than
26  $25,000 of which may be accepted prior to the 28-day period
27  immediately preceding the date of the general election.
28         (b)  A candidate for statewide office may not accept
29  contributions from national, state, including any subordinate
30  committee of a national, state, or county committee of a
31  political party, and county executive committees of a
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2176 Barcode 975618 1 political party, which contributions in the aggregate exceed 2 $250,000, no more than $125,000 of which may be accepted prior 3 to the 28-day period immediately preceding the date of the 4 general election. 5 (c) Polling services, research services, costs for 6 campaign staff, professional consulting services, and 7 telephone calls are not contributions to be counted toward the 8 contribution limits of paragraph (a). Any item not expressly 9 identified in this paragraph as nonallocable is a contribution 10 in an amount equal to the fair market value of the item and 11 must be counted as allocable toward the $50,000 contribution 12 limits of paragraph (a). Nonallocable, in-kind contributions 13 must be reported by the candidate under s. 106.07 and by the 14 political party under s. 106.29. 15 16 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 17 18 19 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 20 And the title is amended as follows: 21 On page 6, line 11, before the word "amending" 22 23 insert: 24 amending s. 106.08, F.S.; providing for contribution limits to 25 statewide candidates; 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 2:57 PM 04/25/05 s2176.ta11.aaa