Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 276
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The Committee on Appropriations (Braynon) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 98.075, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 98.075 Registration records maintenance activities;
8 ineligibility determinations.—
9 (2) DUPLICATE REGISTRATION.—
10 (a) The department shall identify those voters who are
11 registered more than once within the state or those applicants
12 whose registration applications within the state would result in
13 duplicate registrations. The most recent application shall be
14 deemed an update to the voter registration record.
15 (b)1. The department may become a member of a
16 nongovernmental entity whose membership is composed solely of
17 election officials of state governments and the District of
18 Columbia if the sole purpose of the membership is to share and
19 exchange information in order to verify voter registration
20 information. If the department intends to become a member of
21 such a nongovernmental entity, the agreement to join the entity
22 must require that the Secretary of State, or his or her
23 designee, serve as a full member with voting rights on the
24 nongovernmental entity’s board of directors within 12 months
25 after joining the entity.
26 2. The department may share confidential and exempt
27 information after becoming a member of a nongovernmental entity
28 as provided in subparagraph 1. if:
29 a. Each member of the nongovernmental entity agrees to
30 maintain the confidentiality of such information as required by
31 the laws of the jurisdiction providing the information; or
32 b. The bylaws of the nongovernmental entity require member
33 jurisdictions and the entity to maintain the confidentiality of
34 information as required by the laws of the jurisdiction
35 providing the information.
36 3. The department may only become a member of a
37 nongovernmental entity as provided in subparagraph 1. if the
38 entity is controlled and operated by the participating
39 jurisdictions. The entity may not be operated or controlled by
40 the Federal Government or any other entity acting on behalf of
41 the Federal Government. The department must be able to withdraw
42 at any time from any such membership entered into.
43 4. If the department becomes a member of a nongovernmental
44 entity as provided in subparagraph 1., the Department of Highway
45 Safety and Motor Vehicles must, pursuant to a written agreement
46 with the department, provide driver license or identification
47 card information to the department for the purpose of sharing
48 and exchanging voter registration information with the
49 nongovernmental entity.
50 5. If the department becomes a member of a nongovernmental
51 entity as provided in subparagraph 1., the department must
52 submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
53 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 1 of
54 each year. The report must describe the terms of the
55 nongovernmental entity membership and provide information on the
56 total number of voters removed from the voter registration
57 system as a result of the membership and the reasons for their
58 removal.
59 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
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61 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
62 And the title is amended as follows:
63 Delete everything before the enacting clause
64 and insert:
65 A bill to be entitled
66 An act relating to voter registration list
67 maintenance; amending s. 98.075, F.S.; authorizing the
68 Department of State to become a member of a
69 nongovernmental entity to verify voter registration
70 information; establishing requirements for such
71 memberships; requiring the Department of Highway
72 Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide specified
73 information to the Department of State; establishing
74 reporting requirements; providing an effective date.