Amendment
Bill No. 1589

Amendment No. 384087

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative(s) Waters offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Between line(s) 2332 and 2333, insert:
5	Section 48.  Subsection (1) of section 99.061, Florida
6	Statutes, is amended to read:
7	99.061  Method of qualifying for nomination or election to
8	federal, state, county, or district office.--
9	(1)  The provisions of any special act to the contrary
10	notwithstanding, each person seeking to qualify for nomination
11	or election to a federal, state, or multicounty district office,
12	other than election to a judicial office as defined in chapter
13	105 or the office of school board member, shall file his or her
14	qualification papers with, and pay the qualifying fee, which
15	shall consist of the filing fee and election assessment, and
16	party assessment, if any has been levied, to, the Department of
17	State, or qualify by the alternative method with the Department
18	of State, at any time after noon of the 1st day for qualifying,
19	which shall be as follows: the 120th day prior to the first
20	primary, but not later than noon of the 116th day prior to the
21	date of the first primary, for persons seeking to qualify for
22	nomination or election to federal office or the office of the
23	state attorney or public defender; and noon of the 50th day
24	prior to the first primary, but not later than noon of the 46th
25	day prior to the date of the first primary, for persons seeking
26	to qualify for nomination or election to a state or multicounty
27	district office other than the office of state attorney or
28	public defender.
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31	Between line(s) 151 and 152, insert:
32	amending s. 99.061, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the
33	method of qualifying for nomination to the office of the state
34	attorney or public defender;

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.