Senate Bill sb0166

    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 166

    By Senator Klein





    28-225-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to campaign financing; amending

  3         s. 106.09, F.S.; increasing penalties for

  4         making or accepting certain illegal campaign

  5         contributions; providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Section 106.09, Florida Statutes, is

10  amended to read:

11         106.09  Cash contributions and contribution by

12  cashier's checks.--

13         (1)  A No person may not shall make or accept a cash

14  contribution or contribution by means of a cashier's check in

15  excess of $100.

16         (2)(a)  Any person who makes or accepts a contribution

17  in excess of $100 in violation of this section commits is

18  guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as

19  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

20         (b)  Any person who knowingly and willfully makes or

21  accepts a contribution in excess of $5,000 in violation of

22  this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable

23  as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

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

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Provides that knowingly and willfully making or accepting
      a contribution in cash or by means of a cashier's check
29    in excess of $5,000 constitutes a third-degree felony.
      Retains the first-degree-misdemeanor penalty for making
30    or accepting a contribution in cash or by means of a
      cashier's check in excess of $100, whether or not the act
31    was done knowingly and willfully.

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