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House Bill 0267




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 267

        By Representative Carlton






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to campaign financing; amending

  3         s. 106.07, F.S.; revising reporting

  4         requirements applicable to candidates for other

  5         than statewide office who qualify with the

  6         Department of State; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

12  106.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         106.07  Reports; certification and filing.--

14         (2)(a)  All reports required of a candidate by this

15  section shall be filed with the officer before whom the

16  candidate is required by law to qualify.  All candidates who

17  file with the Department of State shall file the original and

18  one copy of their reports.  In addition, a copy of each report

19  for candidates for other than statewide office who qualify

20  with the Department of State shall be filed with the

21  supervisor of elections in each the county any portion of

22  which is within the jurisdiction of the office where the

23  candidate seeks resides.  Reports shall be filed not later

24  than 5 p.m. of the day designated; however, any report

25  postmarked by the United States Postal Service no later than

26  midnight of the day designated shall be deemed to have been

27  filed in a timely manner.  A certificate of mailing obtained

28  from and dated by the United States Postal Service at the time

29  of mailing, or a receipt from an established courier company,

30  which bears a date on or before the date on which the report

31  is due, shall be proof of mailing in a timely manner.  Reports

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 267

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  1  shall contain information of all previously unreported

  2  contributions received and expenditures made as of the

  3  preceding Friday, except that the report filed on the Friday

  4  immediately preceding the election shall contain information

  5  of all previously unreported contributions received and

  6  expenditures made as of the day preceding that designated due

  7  date.  All such reports shall be open to public inspection.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 1998.

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      Requires candidates for other than statewide office who
13    qualify with the Department of State to file copies of
      their campaign finance reports with the supervisor of
14    elections of each county any portion of which is within
      the jurisdiction of the office the candidate seeks.
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