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11  Senators Crist and Dudley moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 6 and 7, delete

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17         Section 6.  Subsection (5) of section 99.102, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         99.012  Restrictions on individuals qualifying for

20  public office.--

21         (5)  A person who is a subordinate officer, deputy

22  sheriff, or police officer need not resign pursuant to this

23  section unless the person is seeking to qualify for a public

24  office which is currently held by an officer who has authority

25  to appoint, employ, promote, or otherwise supervise that

26  person and who has qualified as a candidate for reelection to

27  that office. However, upon qualifying, a the subordinate

28  officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer must take a leave

29  of absence without pay during the period in which he or she is

30  a candidate for office, whether or not the subordinate

31  officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer is required to

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 1  resign under this section.

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 3  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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 7  And the title is amended as follows:

 8         On page 1, lines 1-23, delete those lines

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11                      A bill to be entitled

12         An act relating to special districts and

13         candidacy for public office; amending s.

14         189.4042, F.S.; specifying procedures for

15         merger or dissolution of independent special

16         districts created by a county or municipality;

17         amending s. 189.405, F.S.; revising the amount

18         of the filing fee and the number of required

19         signatures on petitions in provisions which

20         specify how candidates for the governing board

21         of certain single-county and multicounty

22         special districts shall qualify; amending s.

23         189.429, F.S., and s. 15, ch. 97-256, Laws of

24         Florida, which require special districts,

25         including fire control districts, to submit

26         draft codified charters to the Legislature;

27         revising the deadline and requirements for such

28         codification; providing that the Legislature

29         may adopt a schedule for codification; amending

30         s. 215.425, F.S.; authorizing extra

31         compensation for special district employees

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 1         pursuant to resolution; amending s. 191.006,

 2         F.S., relating to powers of independent special

 3         fire control districts, to conform; amending s.

 4         99.102, F.S.; requiring public officers and

 5         employees to take a leave of absence without

 6         pay during the period of their candidacy for

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