| 1 | Representative Dorworth offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (069089) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 102 and 103, insert: |
| 5 | Section 5. Section 100.372, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 100.372 Paid petition circulators.-- |
| 8 | (1) DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this section: |
| 9 | (a) "Department" means the Department of State. |
| 10 | (b) "Initiative sponsor" means the political committee |
| 11 | registered pursuant to s. 106.03 that has submitted the text of |
| 12 | a proposed amendment to the Secretary of State. |
| 13 | (c) "Paid petition circulator" means a petition circulator |
| 14 | who receives compensation or other valuable consideration as a |
| 15 | direct or indirect consequence of engaging in the activities |
| 16 | described in paragraph (d), other than for the reimbursement of |
| 17 | legitimate out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the petition |
| 18 | circulator in the ordinary course of these activities, as |
| 19 | specified by rule of the department. |
| 20 | (d) "Petition circulator" means a person who, in the |
| 21 | context of a direct, face-to-face interaction, presents to |
| 22 | another person for his or her possible signature an initiative |
| 23 | petition form. |
| 24 | (e) "Registrant" means a person who is registered with the |
| 25 | department as a paid petition circulator. |
| 26 | (2) PROHIBITION ON UNREGISTERED PAID PETITION |
| 27 | CIRCULATING.--A person may not engage in any activities as a |
| 28 | paid petition circulator in this state without first registering |
| 29 | with the department. A person or entity may not provide |
| 30 | compensation or other valuable consideration as a direct or |
| 31 | indirect consequence of the activities described in paragraph |
| 32 | (1)(d) to a petition circulator who is not registered with the |
| 33 | department as a paid petition circulator. |
| 34 | (3) REGISTRATION FOR PAID PETITION CIRCULATORS; |
| 35 | REQUIREMENTS.-- |
| 36 | (a) A person may apply to the department for the |
| 37 | registration required under subsection (2). The application must |
| 38 | include: |
| 39 | 1. The full name and any assumed name of the applicant. |
| 40 | 2. The residential street address of the applicant. |
| 41 | 3. The signature of the applicant. |
| 42 | 4. Identification of the initiative petitions that the |
| 43 | applicant will be circulating. |
| 44 | 5. The name, street address, and telephone number of the |
| 45 | person or entity from which the applicant will receive |
| 46 | compensation as a direct or indirect consequence of the |
| 47 | activities described in paragraph (1)(d). |
| 48 | (b) If an applicant provides the information identified in |
| 49 | paragraph (a), the department shall register the applicant and |
| 50 | assign the registrant a registration number no later than 5 |
| 51 | business days after the date on which the completed application |
| 52 | is received. As a condition of registration, the registrant |
| 53 | shall notify the department in writing of any change in the |
| 54 | information submitted pursuant to this subsection within 10 |
| 55 | business days after such change. |
| 56 | (4) REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIATIVE PETITION FORMS.--Every |
| 57 | initiative petition form presented by a registrant to a person |
| 58 | for his or her possible signature must contain the registrant's |
| 59 | registration number as issued by the department. |
| 60 | (5) RULEMAKING.--The Department of State shall adopt rules |
| 61 | pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this |
| 62 | section, including the adoption of a registration fee necessary |
| 63 | to cover the department's cost of registration. Funds collected |
| 64 | from registrants shall be deposited in the Grants and Donations |
| 65 | Trust Fund of the Department of State. |
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| 68 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 69 | Remove line 320 and insert: |
| 70 | petition form; creating s. 100.372, F.S.; providing |
| 71 | definitions; requiring registration of paid petition |
| 72 | circulators and prohibiting the payment of compensation to |
| 73 | those not properly registered; providing application |
| 74 | requirements; requiring registration numbers to appear on |
| 75 | certain forms; requiring the department to adopt rules; |
| 76 | providing for a registration fee; providing for |
| 77 | disposition of funds; amending s. 101.64, F.S.; |
| 78 | prohibiting a |