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11  Representative(s) Wilson offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (152507) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 7 and 8,

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16  and insert:

17         Section 7.  Section 97.0584, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         97.0584  High school voter registration program.--

20         (1)(a)  Each school district in a county in which the

21  office of supervisor of elections is filled by appointment

22  rather than by election shall establish a voter registration

23  program that provides every eligible student enrolled in a

24  high school in the district the opportunity to register to

25  vote or to update a voter registration record at least once

26  each year as provided in this section.  Registration under

27  this section includes preregistration as authorized under s.

28  97.041(1)(b).

29         (b)  Participation in the program is mandatory for all

30  public high schools in the district and voluntary for each

31  nonpublic high school in the district.

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  1         (2)  The social sciences division of each school

  2  district subject to this section shall administer the program

  3  for the district and shall coordinate the annual voter

  4  registration drive conducted in the participating high schools

  5  in the district to ensure compliance with this section.

  6         (3)(a)  Each participating high school in a school

  7  district subject to this section shall conduct a voter

  8  registration drive each year pursuant to this section with the

  9  goal of registering a number of students equal to its base

10  group.  The base group for each school shall consist of those

11  students who are enrolled in American Government or Economics

12  classes, who are at least 17 years of age as of April 10 of

13  the year of the registration drive, and who meet the

14  requirements to become a registered voter specified in s.

15  97.041.

16         (b)  Each participating high school in a school

17  district subject to this section shall conduct a review of the

18  voter registration applications filled out by students at the

19  school to ensure compliance with the requirements for

20  completeness specified in s. 97.053(5) and shall submit the

21  completed voter registration applications to the school

22  district for submission to the supervisor of elections.

23         (4)  The supervisor of elections of the county shall

24  provide the voter registration forms and other materials and

25  support necessary to assist the school district in carrying

26  out its responsibilities under this section.

27         (5)  This section neither requires an eligible student

28  to register nor prevents a school district subject to this

29  section from providing eligible students the opportunity to

30  register at other times of the school year.

31         (6)  As an adjunct to the program and to familiarize

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  1  students with the voting system used in their county, each

  2  school district subject to this section shall make

  3  arrangements with the supervisor of elections for use of the

  4  county's voting equipment in any election held in a high

  5  school in the district in which only students are candidates,

  6  provided there is no conflict with another scheduled election

  7  as determined by the supervisor of elections.

  8         Section 8.  Section 97.041, Florida Statutes, reads:

  9         97.041  Qualifications to register or vote.--

10         (1)(a)  A person may become a registered voter only if

11  that person:

12         1.  Is at least 18 years of age;

13         2.  Is a citizen of the United States;

14         3.  Is a legal resident of the State of Florida;

15         4.  Is a legal resident of the county in which that

16  person seeks to be registered; and

17         5.  Registers pursuant to the Florida Election Code.

18         (b)  A person who is otherwise qualified may

19  preregister on or after that person's 17th birthday and may

20  vote in any election occurring on or after that person's 18th

21  birthday.

22         (2)  The following persons, who might be otherwise

23  qualified, are not entitled to register or vote:

24         (a)  A person who has been adjudicated mentally

25  incapacitated with respect to voting in this or any other

26  state and who has not had his or her right to vote restored

27  pursuant to law.

28         (b)  A person who has been convicted of any felony by

29  any court of record and who has not had his or her right to

30  vote restored pursuant to law.

31         (3)  A person who is not registered may not vote.

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  1         Section 9.  Subsection (5) of section 97.053, Florida

  2  Statutes, reads:

  3         97.053  Acceptance of voter registration

  4  applications.--

  5         (5)(a)  A voter registration application is complete if

  6  it contains:

  7         1.  The applicant's name.

  8         2.  The applicant's legal residence address.

  9         3.  The applicant's date of birth.

10         4.  An indication that the applicant is a citizen of

11  the United States.

12         5.  The last four digits of the applicant's social

13  security number.

14         6.  An indication that the applicant has not been

15  convicted of a felony or that, if convicted, has had his or

16  her civil rights restored.

17         7.  An indication that the applicant has not been

18  adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting or

19  that, if so adjudicated, has had his or her right to vote

20  restored.

21         8.  Signature of the applicant swearing or affirming

22  under the penalty for false swearing pursuant to s. 104.011

23  that the information contained in the registration application

24  is true and subscribing to the oath required by s. 3, Art. VI

25  of the State Constitution and s. 97.051.

26         (b)  An applicant who fails to designate party

27  affiliation must be registered without party affiliation. The

28  supervisor must notify the voter by mail that the voter has

29  been registered without party affiliation and that the voter

30  may change party affiliation as provided in s. 97.1031.

31         Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

  3         On page 7, line 17, after the semicolon, of the

  4  amendment

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  6  insert:

  7         An act relating to voter registration; creating

  8         s. 97.0584, F.S.; requiring certain school

  9         districts to establish a voter registration

10         program that offers eligible high school

11         students in the district the opportunity to

12         register to vote or to update a voter

13         registration record at least once a year;

14         providing that participation is mandatory for

15         public high schools in the district and

16         voluntary for nonpublic high schools in the

17         district; providing requirements of the

18         participating high schools, school districts,

19         and supervisors of elections with respect to

20         the program; specifying eligibility

21         requirements; providing for use of county

22         voting equipment in certain school elections;

23         providing an effective date.

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