| 1 | Representative(s) Brown offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (426201) (with directory and title |
| 4 | amendments) |
| 5 | Remove line(s) 1663-1686 and insert: |
| 6 | Section 29. Subsection (3) of section 101.001, Florida |
| 7 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 8 | 101.001 Precincts and polling places; boundaries.-- |
| 9 | (3)(a) Each supervisor of elections shall maintain a |
| 10 | suitable map drawn to a scale no smaller than 3 miles to the |
| 11 | inch and clearly delineating all major observable features such |
| 12 | as roads, streams, and railway lines and showing the current |
| 13 | geographical boundaries of each precinct, representative |
| 14 | district, and senatorial district, and other type of district in |
| 15 | the county subject to the elections process in this code. |
| 16 | (b) The supervisor of elections shall notify the Secretary |
| 17 | of State in writing within 30 days after of any reorganization |
| 18 | of precincts and shall furnish a copy of the map showing the |
| 19 | current geographical boundaries and designation of each new |
| 20 | precinct. However, if precincts are composed of whole census |
| 21 | blocks, the supervisor may furnish, in lieu of a copy of the |
| 22 | map, a list, in an electronic format prescribed by the |
| 23 | Department of State, associating each census block in the county |
| 24 | with its precinct. |
| 25 | (c) Any precinct established or altered under the |
| 26 | provisions of this section shall consist of areas bounded on all |
| 27 | sides only by: |
| 28 | 1. Visible features that are readily distinguishable upon |
| 29 | the ground, such as streets, railroad tracks, streams, and |
| 30 | lakes, and that are indicated upon current census maps, official |
| 31 | Department of Transportation maps, official municipal maps, |
| 32 | official county maps, or a combination of such maps; |
| 33 | 2. The boundaries of public parks, public school grounds, |
| 34 | or churches; or |
| 35 | 3. The boundaries of counties and incorporated |
| 36 | municipalities. |
| 37 | (d) Until July 1, 2012, a supervisor may apply for and |
| 38 | obtain from the Secretary of State a waiver of the requirement |
| 39 | in paragraph (c). |