Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2176
                        Barcode 130362
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11  The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
12  (Sebesta) recommended the following amendment to amendment
13  (844124):
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15         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
16         On page 74, between lines 20 and 21,
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18  insert:  
19         Section 41.  Subsection (1) of section 99.061, Florida
20  Statutes, is amended to read:
21         99.061  Method of qualifying for nomination or election
22  to federal, state, county, or district office.--
23         (1)  The provisions of any special act to the contrary
24  notwithstanding, each person seeking to qualify for nomination
25  or election to a federal, state, or multicounty district
26  office, other than election to a judicial office as defined in
27  chapter 105 or the office of school board member, shall file
28  his or her qualification papers with, and pay the qualifying
29  fee, which shall consist of the filing fee and election
30  assessment, and party assessment, if any has been levied, to,
31  the Department of State, or qualify by the alternative method
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2176 Barcode 130362 1 with the Department of State, at any time after noon of the 2 1st day for qualifying, which shall be as follows: the 120th 3 day prior to the first primary, but not later than noon of the 4 116th day prior to the date of the first primary, for persons 5 seeking to qualify for nomination or election to federal 6 office or the office of the state attorney or public defender; 7 and noon of the 50th day prior to the first primary, but not 8 later than noon of the 46th day prior to the date of the first 9 primary, for persons seeking to qualify for nomination or 10 election to a state or multicounty district office, other than 11 the office of state attorney or public defender. 12 13 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 14 15 16 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 17 And the title is amended as follows: 18 On page 80, line 2, after the second semicolon, 19 20 insert: 21 amending s. 99.061, F.S.; providing the method 22 of qualifying for nomination or election to the 23 office of the state attorney or public 24 defender; 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 6:43 PM 04/07/05 s2176c-go16-e0x