Senate Bill 1412c1

    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1412

    By the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and Senator Klein





    313-1771A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to campaign financing; amending

  3         s. 106.09, F.S.; increasing penalties for

  4         making certain illegal campaign contributions;

  5         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.  Section 106.09, Florida Statutes, is

10  amended to read:

11         106.09  Cash contributions and contribution by

12  cashier's checks.--

13         (1)  No person shall make or accept a cash contribution

14  or contribution by means of a cashier's check in excess of

15  $100.

16         (2)(a)  Any person who makes or accepts a contribution

17  in an amount of $25,000 or more in violation of this section

18  is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as

19  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

20         (b)  Any person who makes or accepts a contribution in

21  an amount more than $100 but less than $25,000 in violation of

22  this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree,

23  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.

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26          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
27                             SB 1412

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29  The Committee Substitute increases the criminal penalty from a
    first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony for making
30  or accepting a cash contribution of $25,000 or more.

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