HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                             Bill No. CS/CS HB 273   Barcode 371783
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Ryan offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 106.021, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         106.021  Campaign treasurers; deputies; primary and
20  secondary depositories.--
21         (3)  Except for independent expenditures, no
22  contribution or expenditure, including contributions or
23  expenditures of a candidate or of the candidate's family,
24  shall be directly or indirectly made or received in
25  furtherance of the candidacy of any person for nomination or
26  election to political office in the state or on behalf of any
27  political committee except through the duly appointed campaign
28  treasurer of the candidate or political committee.  However,
29  expenditures may be made directly by any political committee
30  or political party regulated by chapter 103 for obtaining
31  time, space, or services in or by any communications medium
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    File original & 9 copies    03/06/01                          
    hmo0006                     06:07 pm         00273-0099-371783

HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS HB 273 Barcode 371783 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 for the purpose of jointly endorsing three or more candidates, 2 and any such expenditure shall not be considered a 3 contribution or expenditure to or on behalf of any such 4 candidates, but shall be reported as an expenditure by the 5 political party or political committee ,for the purposes of 6 this chapter. The report for such endorsement shall be a 7 separate report filed electronically or on forms prescribed by 8 the Division of Elections containing the total amount and date 9 of the expenditure, on what the expenditure is made, to whom 10 the expenditure is made, and the candidates for whom the 11 expenditure is made. The political party or political 12 committee may report how the time, space or services has been 13 proportioned among the candidates, and the amount of the 14 expenditure allocated to each candidate. 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 1, line 6, 20 remove from the title of the bill: all of said line 21 22 and insert: 23 s. 106.021, F.S.; requiring a political party 24 or political committee to file a report 25 electronically of expenditures made for 26 obtaining time, space, or services in or by any 27 communications medium for the purpose of 28 jointly endorsing three or more candidates; 29 amending s. 106.03, F.S.; requiring additional 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 03/06/01 hmo0006 06:07 pm 00273-0099-371783