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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB's 1842, 1124 & 498

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 393492

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11  Senator Rossin moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 17, between lines 8 and 9,

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17         Section 10.  Subsection (6) of section 103.091, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         103.091  Political parties.--

20         (6)(a)1.  In addition to the members provided for in

21  subsection (1), each county executive committee shall include

22  all members of the Legislature who are residents of the county

23  and members of their respective political party and who shall

24  be known as at-large committeemen and committeewomen.

25         (b)2.  Each state executive committee shall include, as

26  at-large committeemen and committeewomen, all members of the

27  United States Congress representing the State of Florida who

28  are members of the political party, all statewide elected

29  officials who are members of the party, and all members of the

30  Legislature who are members of the political party. the

31  President of the Senate or the Minority Leader in the Senate,

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  1  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the

  2  Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, whichever is

  3  a member of the political party, and 20 members of the

  4  Legislature who are members of the political party.  Ten of

  5  the legislators shall be appointed with the concurrence of the

  6  state chair of the respective party, as follows: five to be

  7  appointed by the President of the Senate; five by the Minority

  8  Leader in the Senate; five by the Speaker of the House of

  9  Representatives; and five by the Minority Leader in the House.

10         (c)3.  When a political party allows any member of the

11  state executive committee to have more than one vote per

12  person, other than by proxy, in a matter coming before the

13  state executive committee, the 20 members of the Legislature

14  appointed under subparagraph 2. shall not be appointed to the

15  state executive committee and the following elected officials

16  who are members of that political party shall be appointed and

17  shall have the following votes:

18         1.a.  Governor:  a number equal to 15 percent of votes

19  cast by state executive committeemen and committeewomen;

20         2.b.  Lieutenant Governor:  a number equal to 5 percent

21  of the votes cast by state executive committeemen and

22  committeewomen;

23         3.c.  Each member of the United States Senate

24  representing the state: a number equal to 10 percent of the

25  votes cast by state executive committeemen and committeewomen;

26         4.d.  Secretary of State:  a number equal to 5 percent

27  of the votes cast by state executive committeemen and

28  committeewomen;

29         5.e.  Attorney General:  a number equal to 5 percent of

30  the votes cast by state executive committeemen and

31  committeewomen;

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  1         6.f.  Comptroller:  a number equal to 5 percent of the

  2  votes cast by state executive committeemen and committeewomen;

  3         7.g.  Treasurer:  a number equal to 5 percent of the

  4  votes cast by state executive committeemen and committeewomen;

  5         8.h.  Commissioner of Agriculture:  a number equal to 5

  6  percent of the votes cast by state executive committeemen and

  7  committeewomen;

  8         9.i.  Commissioner of Education:  a number equal to 5

  9  percent of the votes cast by state executive committeemen and

10  committeewomen;

11         10.j.  President of the Senate: a number equal to 10

12  percent of the votes cast by state executive committeemen and

13  committeewomen;

14         11.k.  Minority leader of the Senate:  a number equal

15  to 10 percent of the votes cast by state executive

16  committeemen and committeewomen;

17         12.l.  Speaker of the House of Representatives:  a

18  number equal to 10 percent of the votes cast by state

19  executive committeemen and committeewomen;

20         13,m.  Minority leader of the House of Representatives:

21  a number equal to 10 percent of the votes cast by state

22  executive committeemen and committeewomen; and

23         14.n.  Each member of the United States House of

24  Representatives representing the state, and each member of the

25  Legislature, who is a member of the political party:  a number

26  equal to 2 1 percent of the votes cast by state executive

27  committeemen and committeewomen.

28         (d)1.4.a.  The governing body of each state executive

29  committee as defined by party rule shall include as at-large

30  committeemen and committeewomen all statewide elected

31  officials who are members of such political party; up to four

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  1  members of the United States Congress representing the state

  2  who are members of such political party and who shall be

  3  appointed by the state chair on the basis of geographic

  4  representation; the permanent presiding officer selected by

  5  the members of each house of the Legislature who are members

  6  of such political party; and the minority leader selected by

  7  the members of each house of the Legislature who are members

  8  of such political party.

  9         2.b.  All members of the governing body shall have one

10  vote per person.

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 1, line 25, following the semicolon

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20         amending s. 103.091, F.S.; amending membership

21         of state party executive committees;

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