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House Bill 2009




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 2009

        By Representative Kelly






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to campaign financing; amending

  3         s. 106.141, F.S.; limiting the amount of

  4         surplus funds that may be given to a political

  5         party; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 106.141, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         106.141  Disposition of surplus funds by candidates.--

12         (4)(a)  Except as provided in paragraph (b), any

13  candidate required to dispose of funds pursuant to this

14  section shall, at the option of the candidate, dispose of such

15  funds by any of the following means, or any combination

16  thereof:

17         1.  Return pro rata to each contributor the funds that

18  which have not been spent, or have not been obligated to be

19  spent, with respect to a campaign which has been conducted.

20         2.  Donate the funds that which have not been spent or

21  have not been obligated to be spent to a charitable charity

22  organization or organizations that which meet the

23  qualifications of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,

24  with respect to a campaign which has been conducted.

25         3.  Give not more than $10,000 of the funds that which

26  have not been spent or have not been obligated to be spent to

27  the political party of which such candidate is a registered

28  member.

29         4.  Give the funds that which have not been spent, or

30  have not been obligated to be spent, with respect to a

31  campaign which has been conducted:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 2009

    90-384A-97






  1         a.  In the case of a candidate for state office, to the

  2  state, to be deposited in either the Election Campaign

  3  Financing Trust Fund or the General Revenue Fund, as

  4  designated by the candidate; or

  5         b.  In the case of a candidate for an office of a

  6  political subdivision, to such political subdivision, to be

  7  deposited in the general fund thereof.

  8         (b)  Any candidate required to dispose of funds

  9  pursuant to this section who has received contributions from

10  the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall return all

11  surplus campaign funds to the Election Campaign Financing

12  Trust Fund.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Limits to $10,000 the amount of surplus funds that may be
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