The Florida Senate

SB 1370: Florida Clean Elections Act

GENERAL BILL by Lawson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Mitchell

Florida Clean Elections Act; creates said act; provides eligibility requirements for clean-money campaign funding for candidates for statewide or legislative office; provides limitations on contributions & expenditures; directs Sec. of State to create nonpartisan Voter Information Commission & provide its duties; requires publicly funded TV & radio stations to provide free coverage of debates for specified elections, etc. Amends Chs. 106, 199, 320, 322, 328, 607.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/21/2002	Senate	• Prefiled
  1/30/2002	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 00153
  3/13/2002	Senate	• Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 00509; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00509

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• SB 1370, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/22/2002 at 12:51 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 1372	Clean-Money Trust Fund	Lawson	Linked	Last Action: 3/13/2002 S Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 00509; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00509 Location:
  H 1833	Florida Clean Elections Act	Slosberg, Lerner, Weissman	Similar	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Committee on Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC) Location:
  H 867	Campaign Financing	Wiles, Ausley	Compare	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Committee on Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1842 (Ch. 2002-197) Location:
  H 1835	Clean-Money Trust Fund	Slosberg	Compare	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Committee on Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (51)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  106.011	Definitions.
  106.021	Campaign treasurers; deputies; primary and secondary depositories.
  106.07	Reports; certification and filing.
  106.08	Contributions; limitations on.
  106.087	Independent expenditures; contribution limits; restrictions on political parties, political committees, and committees of continuous existence.
  106.141	Disposition of surplus funds by candidates.
  106.143	Political advertisements circulated prior to election; requirements.
  106.144	Endorsements or opposition by certain groups and organizations.
  106.19	Violations by candidates, persons connected with campaigns, and political committees.
  106.22	Duties of the Division of Elections.
  106.265	Civil penalties.
  106.29	Reports by political parties; restrictions on contributions and expenditures; penalties.
  106.30	Short title.
  106.31	Legislative intent.
  106.32	Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund.
  106.33	Election campaign financing; eligibility.
  106.34	Expenditure limits.
  106.35	Distribution of funds.
  106.353	Candidates voluntarily abiding by election campaign financing limits but not requesting public funds; irrevocable statement required; penalty.
  106.355	Nonparticipating candidate exceeding limits.
  106.36	Penalties; fines.
  106.401
  106.402
  106.403
  106.404
  106.405
  106.406
  106.407
  106.408
  106.409
  106.410
  106.411
  106.412
  106.413
  106.414
  106.415
  106.416
  106.417
  106.418
  106.419
  106.420
  106.421
  106.422
  106.423
  106.424
  106.425
  199.052	Annual tax returns; payment of annual tax.
  320.02	Registration required; application for registration; forms.
  322.08	Application for license.
  328.72	Classification; registration; fees and charges; surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.
  607.1622	Annual report for Department of State.

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