HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 29B
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ritter offered the following:
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14	Substitute Amendment for Amendment (438721) (with title
15	amendment)
16	Between line(s) 1589 and 1590, insert:
17	Section 31. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
18	subsections (7) and (9) of section 106.08, Florida Statutes, are
19	renumbered as subsections (8) and (10), respectively, subsection
20	(8) is renumbered as subsection (9) and amended, and a new
21	subsection (7) is added to said section, to read:
22	106.08 Contributions; limitations on.--
23	(7) A member of the Legislature may neither solicit nor
24	accept any contribution during any legislative session on the
25	member's own behalf, on behalf of a political party, or on
26	behalf of a candidate for the house of the Legislature of the
27	member; however, a member may contribute to the member's own
28	campaign.
29	(9)(8) Except when otherwise provided in subsection (8)
30	(7), any person who knowingly and willfully violates any
31	provision of this section shall, in addition to any other
32	penalty prescribed by this chapter, pay to the state a sum equal
33	to twice the amount contributed in violation of this chapter.
34	Each campaign treasurer shall pay all amounts contributed in
35	violation of this section to the state for deposit in the
36	General Revenue Fund.
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39	Remove line(s) 84, and insert:
40	elections; amending s. 106.08, F.S.; prohibiting legislators
41	from soliciting or accepting contributions during any
42	legislative session on their own behalf, on behalf of a
43	political party, or on behalf of a candidate for their house of
44	the Legislature; allowing a member to contribute to the member's
45	own campaign; providing penalties; providing for construction of
46	the act in pari