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11 Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4), and
19 subsections (2) and (5) of section 106.04, Florida Statutes,
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21 106.04 Committees of continuous existence.--
22 (2) Any group, organization, association, or other
23 entity may seek certification from the Department of State as
24 a committee of continuous existence by filing an application
25 with the Division of Elections on a form provided by the
26 division. Such application shall provide the information
27 required of political committees by s. 106.03(2) and s.
28 106.03(3), and any change in such information shall be
29 reported pursuant to s. 106.03(5). Each application shall be
30 accompanied by the name and street address of the principal
31 officer of the applying entity as of the date of the
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1 application; a copy of the charter or bylaws of the
2 organization; a copy of the dues or assessment schedule of the
3 organization, or formula by which dues or assessments are
4 levied; and a complete financial statement or annual audit
5 summarizing all income received, and all expenses incurred, by
6 the organization during the 12 months preceding the date of
7 application. A membership list shall be made available for
8 inspection if deemed necessary by the division.
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10 (c) All committees of continuous existence shall file
11 the original and one copy of their reports with the Division
12 of Elections. In addition, a duplicate copy of each report
13 shall be filed with the supervisor of elections in the county
14 in which the committee maintains its books and records, except
15 that if the filing officer to whom the committee is required
16 to report is located in the same county as the supervisor no
17 such duplicate report is required to be filed with the
18 supervisor. Reports shall be on forms provided by the
19 division and shall contain the following information:
20 1. The full name, address, and occupation of each
21 person who has made one or more contributions to the committee
22 during the reporting period, together with the amounts and
23 dates of such contributions. For corporations, the report
24 must provide as clear a description as practicable of the
25 principal type of business conducted by the corporation.
26 However, if the contribution is $100 or less, the occupation
27 of the contributor or principal type of business need not be
28 listed. However, for any contributions which represent the
29 payment of dues by members in a fixed amount pursuant to the
30 schedule on file with the Division of Elections, only the
31 aggregate amount of such contributions need be listed,
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1 together with the number of members paying such dues and the
2 amount of the membership dues.
3 2. For reporting committees whose name does not
4 include the name of a corporation, labor union, professional
5 association, political committee, committee of continuous
6 existence, or other business entity, or economic or special
7 interest, the report must include as clear a description as
8 practicable of a common economic or other special interest, if
9 any, of a majority of the committee's contributors. For
10 purposes of this subparagraph, the term "majority of the
11 committee's contributors" means more than 50 percent of the
12 total number of contributors who have contributed in excess of
13 $100 or more than 50 percent of the sum of all contributions
14 received in excess of $100 each.
15 3.2. The name and address of each political committee
16 or committee of continuous existence from which the reporting
17 committee received, or the name and address of each political
18 committee, committee of continuous existence, or political
19 party to which it made, any transfer of funds, together with
20 the amounts and dates of all transfers.
21 4.3. Any other receipt of funds not listed pursuant to
22 subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., including the sources and
23 amounts of all such funds.
24 5.4. The name and address of, and office sought by,
25 each candidate to whom the committee has made a contribution
26 during the reporting period, together with the amount and date
27 of each contribution.
28 (5) No committee of continuous existence shall
29 contribute to any candidate or political committee an amount
30 in excess of the limits contained in s. 106.08(1) or
31 participate in any other activity which is prohibited by this
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1 chapter. If any violation occurs, it shall be punishable as
2 provided in this chapter for the given offense. No funds of a
3 committee of continuous existence shall be expended on behalf
4 of a candidate, except by means of a contribution made through
5 the duly appointed campaign treasurer of a candidate. No such
6 committee shall make expenditures in support of, or in
7 opposition to, an issue or an elected public official unless
8 such committee first registers as a political committee
9 pursuant to this chapter and undertakes all the practices and
10 procedures required thereof; provided such committee may make
11 contributions in a total amount not to exceed 25 percent of
12 its aggregate income, as reflected in the annual report filed
13 for the previous year, to one or more political committees
14 registered pursuant to s. 106.03 and formed to support or
15 oppose issues.
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
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23 certain expenditures; providing additional reporting
24 requirements for campaign finance reports of certain
25 committees of continuous existence; amending s. 106.07, F.S.;
26 providing additional reporting requirements for campaign
27 treasurer reports of certain political committees; amending s.
28 106.08, F.S.; revising
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