| 1 | Representative(s) Reagan offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (426201) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 2098 and 2099, insert: |
| 5 | Section 45. Section 106.34, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 106.34 Expenditure limits.-- |
| 8 | (1) Any candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor or |
| 9 | Cabinet officer who requests contributions from the Election |
| 10 | Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall limit his or her total |
| 11 | expenditures as follows: |
| 12 | (a) Governor and Lieutenant Governor: $2 for each Florida |
| 13 | registered voter $5 million. |
| 14 | (b) Cabinet officer: $1 for each Florida registered voter |
| 15 | $2 million. |
| 16 | (2) The expenditure limit for any candidate with primary |
| 17 | election opposition only shall be 60 percent of the limit |
| 18 | provided in subsection (1). |
| 19 | (3) For purposes of this section, "Florida registered |
| 20 | voter" means a voter who is registered to vote in Florida as of |
| 21 | June 30 of each odd-numbered year. The Division of Elections |
| 22 | shall certify the total number of Florida registered voters no |
| 23 | later than July 31 of each odd-numbered year. Such total number |
| 24 | shall be calculated by adding the number of registered voters in |
| 25 | each county as of June 30 of the year of the certification date. |
| 26 | For the 2006 general election, the Division of Elections shall |
| 27 | certify the total number of Florida registered voters by July |
| 28 | 31, 2005 The expenditure limit shall be adjusted by the |
| 29 | Secretary of State quadrennially to reflect the rate of |
| 30 | inflation or deflation as indicated in the Consumer Price Index |
| 31 | for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, 1967=100, |
| 32 | or successor reports as reported by the United States Department |
| 33 | of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| 34 | (4) For the purposes of this section, the term |
| 35 | "expenditure" does not include the payment of compensation for |
| 36 | legal and accounting services rendered on behalf of a candidate. |
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| 39 | Remove line(s) 2281 and insert: |
| 40 | conform; amending s. 106.34, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 41 | relating to certain candidate expenditure limits; |
| 42 | providing a definition; amending s. 196.141, F.S., |
| 43 | relating to homestead |