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    By the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and Senator Posey





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to reporting requirements of

  3         committees of continuous existence; amending s.

  4         106.04, F.S.; requiring membership dues of

  5         committees of continuous existence to be

  6         reported in the same manner as regular

  7         contributions; creating exemptions; providing

  8         penalties; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section

13  106.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         106.04  Committees of continuous existence.--

15         (4)

16         (c)  All committees of continuous existence shall file

17  the original and one copy of their reports with the Division

18  of Elections.  In addition, a duplicate copy of each report

19  shall be filed with the supervisor of elections in the county

20  in which the committee maintains its books and records, except

21  that if the filing officer to whom the committee is required

22  to report is located in the same county as the supervisor no

23  such duplicate report is required to be filed with the

24  supervisor.  Reports shall be on forms provided by the

25  division and shall contain the following information:

26         1.  The full name, address, and occupation of each

27  person who has made one or more contributions, including

28  contributions which represent the payment of membership dues,

29  to the committee during the reporting period, together with

30  the amounts and dates of such contributions.  For

31  corporations, the report must provide as clear a description

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  1  as practicable of the principal type of business conducted by

  2  the corporation.  However, if the contribution is $100 or

  3  less, the occupation of the contributor or principal type of

  4  business need not be listed. However, for any contributions

  5  which represent the regular payment of dues by members in a

  6  fixed amount no more than $50 per payment and not exceeding

  7  $250 per calendar year pursuant to the schedule on file with

  8  the Division of Elections, only the aggregate amount of such

  9  contributions need be listed, together with the number of

10  members paying such dues and the amount of the membership

11  dues.

12         2.  The name and address of each political committee or

13  committee of continuous existence from which the reporting

14  committee received, or the name and address of each political

15  committee, committee of continuous existence, or political

16  party to which it made, any transfer of funds, together with

17  the amounts and dates of all transfers.

18         3.  Any other receipt of funds not listed pursuant to

19  subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., including the sources and

20  amounts of all such funds.

21         4.  The name and address of, and office sought by, each

22  candidate to whom the committee has made a contribution during

23  the reporting period, together with the amount and date of

24  each contribution.

25         (d)  The treasurer of each committee shall certify as

26  to the correctness of each report and shall bear the

27  responsibility for its accuracy and veracity.  Any treasurer

28  who willfully certifies to the correctness of a report while

29  knowing that such report is incorrect, false, or incomplete

30  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as

31  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  4                         Senate Bill 1192

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  6  The committee substitute differs from the original bill in
    that it: allows lump-sum reporting of regular payments of
  7  membership dues provided each payment is $50 or less and does
    not exceed $250 per calendar year, pursuant to a fixed
  8  schedule on file with the Division of Elections; and, changes
    the effective date of the bill from "upon becoming law" to
  9  July 1, 2002.

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