Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2176
                        Barcode 274348
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11  The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development
12  Appropriations (Fasano) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 76, between lines 19 and 20,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 43.  Section 106.34, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:--
20         106.34  Expenditure limits.--
21         (1)  Any candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
22  or Cabinet officer who requests contributions from the
23  Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall limit his or her
24  total expenditures as follows:
25         (a)  Governor and Lieutenant Governor:  $2.00 for each
26  Florida registered voter $5 million.
27         (b)  Cabinet officer:  $1.00 for each Florida
28  registered voter $2 million.
29         (2)  The expenditure limit for any candidate with
30  primary election opposition only shall be 60 percent of the
31  limit provided in subsection (1).
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2176 Barcode 274348 1 (3) For purposes of this section, "Florida registered 2 voter" means a voter who is registered to vote in Florida as 3 of June 30 of each odd-numbered year. The Division of 4 Elections shall certify the total number of Florida registered 5 voters no later than July 31 of each odd-numbered year. Such 6 total number shall be calculated by adding the number of 7 registered voters in each county as of June 30 in the year of 8 the certification date. For the 2006 general election, the 9 Division of Elections shall certify the total number of 10 Florida registered voters by July 31, 2005 The expenditure 11 limit shall be adjusted by the Secretary of State 12 quadrennially to reflect the rate of inflation or deflation as 13 indicated in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 14 U.S. City Average, All Items, 1967=100, or successor reports 15 as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau 16 of Labor Statistics. 17 (4) For the purposes of this section, the term 18 "expenditure" does not include the payment of compensation for 19 legal and accounting services rendered on behalf of a 20 candidate. 21 22 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 23 24 25 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 26 And the title is amended as follows: 27 On page 6, line 11, before the word "amending" 28 29 insert: 30 amending s. 106.34, F.S.; revises the method of 31 calculating a candidate's expenditures if such 2 2:57 PM 04/25/05 s2176.ta11.bbb
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2176 Barcode 274348 1 candidate is requesting contributions from the 2 Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund; 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 2:57 PM 04/25/05 s2176.ta11.bbb