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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                  Bill No. CS for SB 618, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Diaz de la Portilla offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 15 & 16,

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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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  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

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  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.

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

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  2         amending s. 106.24, F.S.; providing for

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