SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 10-B
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 30. Subsection (1) of section 99.061, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election
20 to federal, state, county, or district office.--
21 (1) The provisions of any special act to the contrary
22 notwithstanding, each person seeking to qualify for nomination
23 or election to a federal, state, or multicounty district
24 office, other than election to a judicial office as defined in
25 chapter 105 or the office of school board member, shall file
26 his or her qualification papers with, and pay the qualifying
27 fee, which shall consist of the filing fee and election
28 assessment, and party assessment, if any has been levied, to,
29 the Department of State, or qualify by the alternative method
30 with the Department of State, at any time after noon of the
31 1st day for qualifying, which shall be as follows: (a) the
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 10-B
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 290414
1 120th day prior to the first primary, but not later than noon
2 of the 116th day prior to the date of the first primary, for
3 persons seeking to qualify for nomination or election to
4 federal office, except that where a candidate for federal
5 office is also a candidate for President of the United States,
6 or has been a candidate for President of the United States
7 during the calendar year, qualifying for such federal office
8 shall begin on the 120th day prior to the first primary and
9 end on noon of the 29th day prior to the date of the first
10 primary or on the Monday following the death, resignation, or
11 withdrawal of such candidate from the federal race for which
12 he or she has qualified, whichever occurs earlier; and (b)
13 noon of the 50th day prior to the first primary, but not later
14 than noon of the 46th day prior to the date of the first
15 primary, for persons seeking to qualify for nomination or
16 election to a state or multicounty district office.
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
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24 amending s. 99.061, F.S.; modifying qualifying
25 periods for certain federal offices;
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