Senate Bill sb2100

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 2100

    By Senator Jones





    40-616A-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to initiative petitions;

  3         amending s. 100.371, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Secretary of State to adopt rules that allow

  5         the sponsor of an initiative proposing a

  6         constitutional amendment to obtain valid

  7         signatures or electronic signatures from

  8         registered electors via the Internet; requiring

  9         that signatures submitted via the Internet be

10         verified by the appropriate supervisor of

11         elections; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 100.371, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         100.371  Initiatives; procedure for placement on

18  ballot.--

19         (4)  The sponsor shall submit signed and dated forms to

20  the appropriate supervisor of elections for verification as to

21  the number of registered electors whose valid signatures

22  appear thereon. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules

23  pursuant to s. 120.54 which provide a procedure for the

24  sponsor to obtain valid signatures or electronic signatures

25  from registered electors via the Internet. Each signature

26  submitted via the Internet must be verified by the appropriate

27  supervisor of elections as required by rule. The supervisor

28  shall promptly verify the signatures upon payment of the fee

29  required by s. 99.097.  Upon completion of verification, the

30  supervisor shall execute a certificate indicating the total

31  number of signatures checked, the number of signatures

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 2100
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  1  verified as valid and as being of registered electors, and the

  2  distribution by congressional district.  This certificate

  3  shall be immediately transmitted to the Secretary of State.

  4  The supervisor shall retain the signature forms for at least 1

  5  year following the election in which the issue appeared on the

  6  ballot or until the Division of Elections notifies the

  7  supervisors of elections that the committee which circulated

  8  the petition is no longer seeking to obtain ballot position.

  9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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13    Requires that the Secretary of State adopt rules by which
      the sponsor of an initiative petition for a
14    constitutional amendment may obtain signatures or
      electronic signatures from registered electors through
15    the Internet. Requires that the signatures be verified by
      the appropriate supervisor of elections.
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