SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1350
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 183220
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11  Senators King and Lee moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, between lines 8 and 9,
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16  insert:  
17         Section 2.  Effective upon becoming a law, subsection
18  (1) of section 106.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         106.24  Florida Elections Commission; membership;
20  powers; duties.--
21         (1)(a)  There is created within the Department of Legal
22  Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, a Florida Elections
23  Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission.  The
24  commission shall be a separate budget entity, and its director
25  shall be the agency head for all purposes.  The commission
26  shall not be subject to control, supervision, or direction by
27  the Department of Legal Affairs or the Attorney General in the
28  performance of its duties, including, but not limited to,
29  personnel, purchasing transactions involving real or personal
30  property, and budgetary matters.
31         (b)  The commission shall be composed of nine members.
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1350 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 183220 1 The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 2 Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate, and the 3 minority leader of the House of Representatives shall each 4 provide a list of six nominees to the Governor for initial 5 appointment to the commission. The Governor may appoint two 6 members to the commission from each list. If the Governor 7 refuses to appoint two members from any of the respective 8 lists, the Governor shall so inform the nominating officer and 9 the nominating officer shall submit a new list of six nominees 10 within 30 days. The new list must contain at least three 11 nominees not included on the prior nominating list. The ninth 12 commission member, who shall serve as chair of the commission, 13 shall be appointed by the Governor. Each member of the 14 commission is subject to confirmation by the Senate. The 15 chair of the commission shall serve for a maximum term of 4 16 years, such term to run concurrently with the term of the 17 appointing Governor and until a future successor is appointed. 18 Other members of the commission shall serve for 4-year terms 19 and until their successors are appointed. An individual who is 20 a lobbyist at the state or local government level may not 21 serve as a member of the commission, except that this 22 prohibition shall not apply to an individual who is a member 23 of the commission on July 1, 2002, until the expiration of his 24 or her current term. A member of the commission is prohibited 25 from lobbying state or local government while he or she is a 26 member of the commission, except that this prohibition shall 27 not apply to an individual who is a member of the commission 28 on July 1, 2002, until the expiration of his or her current 29 term. 30 (c) As the terms of members expire, excluding the 31 chair, successors shall be appointed to 4-year terms and shall 2 2:28 PM 03/22/02 s1350.ee08.02
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1350 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 183220 1 serve until their successors are appointed. Six months prior 2 to the expiration of a commission member's term, the ranking 3 officer of the political party in the respective house 4 originally nominating the commission member shall submit a 5 list of three nominees to the Governor. The Governor may 6 appoint one of the listed nominees to the commission. If no 7 nominee is selected from the list, the Governor shall so 8 inform the nominating officer, who shall submit a list of 9 three different nominees to the Governor within 30 days. 10 Vacancies on the commission shall expeditiously be filled for 11 the unexpired terms in the same manner. 12 (d) As the term of the chair of the commission expires 13 or becomes vacant, a successor shall be appointed in the 14 manner of the original appointment, and shall serve for a 15 maximum of 4 years, such term to run concurrently with the 16 term of the appointing Governor and until a future successor 17 is appointed. 18 (e) In no event may any member of the commission serve 19 more than two full terms. Members of the commission shall be 20 paid travel and per diem as provided in s. 112.061 while in 21 performance of their duties and in traveling to, from, and 22 upon same. Of the nine members of the commission, no more 23 than five members shall be from the same political party at 24 any one time. 25 26 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 27 28 29 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 On page 1, line 7, after the semicolon 3 2:28 PM 03/22/02 s1350.ee08.02
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1350 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 183220 1 insert: 2 amending s. 106.24, F.S.; providing for 3 restrictions on the membership of the Florida 4 Elections Commission; providing exceptions; 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 2:28 PM 03/22/02 s1350.ee08.02