Senate Bill 1656

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1656

    By the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and Senators
    Saunders, Kirkpatrick, Rossin and Sebesta




    313-1086-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to political committees;

  3         amending s. 106.011, F.S.; redefining the term

  4         "political committee" for purposes of the

  5         campaign finance laws; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 106.011, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         106.011  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the

13  following terms have the following meanings unless the context

14  clearly indicates otherwise:

15         (1)  "Political committee" means a combination of two

16  or more individuals, or a person other than an individual, the

17  major primary or incidental purpose of which is to support or

18  oppose any candidate, issue, or political party. For purposes

19  of this subsection, the term "major purpose" means making or

20  accepting which accepts contributions or making makes

21  expenditures to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a

22  candidate or issue during a calendar year in an aggregate

23  amount in excess of $500.; "Political committee" also means

24  the sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment by

25  initiative who intends to seek the signatures of registered

26  electors. Organizations which are certified by the Department

27  of State as committees of continuous existence pursuant to s.

28  106.04, national political parties, and the state and county

29  executive committees of political parties regulated by chapter

30  103 shall not be considered political committees for the

31  purposes of this chapter. Corporations regulated by chapter

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  1  607 or chapter 617 or other business entities formed for

  2  purposes other than to support or oppose issues or candidates

  3  are not political committees if their political activities are

  4  limited to contributions to candidates, political parties, or

  5  political committees or expenditures in support of or

  6  opposition to an issue from corporate or business funds and if

  7  no contributions are received by such corporations or business

  8  entities.

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

10  law.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Redefines the term "political committee" for purposes of
      the campaign finance laws.
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