Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 268
                        Barcode 832204
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11  The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Jones) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, between lines 20 and 21,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 99.061, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         99.061  Method of qualifying for nomination or election
21  to federal, state, county, or district office.--
22         (1)  The provisions of any special act to the contrary
23  notwithstanding, each person seeking to qualify for nomination
24  or election to a federal, state, or multicounty district
25  office, including the office of state attorney or public
26  defender, other than election to a judicial office as defined
27  in chapter 105 or the office of school board member, shall
28  file his or her qualification papers with, and pay the
29  qualifying fee, which shall consist of the filing fee and
30  election assessment, and party assessment, if any has been
31  levied, to, the Department of State, or qualify by the
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 268 Barcode 832204 1 alternative method with the Department of State, at any time 2 after noon of the 1st day for qualifying, which shall be as 3 follows: the 120th day prior to the first primary, but not 4 later than noon of the 116th day prior to the date of the 5 first primary, for persons seeking to qualify for nomination 6 or election to federal office; and noon of the 50th day prior 7 to the first primary, but not later than noon of the 46th day 8 prior to the date of the first primary, for persons seeking to 9 qualify for nomination or election to a state or multicounty 10 district office. 11 12 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 13 14 15 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 16 And the title is amended as follows: 17 On page 1, line 4, after the semicolon 18 19 insert: 20 amending s. 99.061, F.S.; clarifying 21 qualification method provisions to include 22 candidates for the office of state attorney or 23 public defender; 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 4:03 PM 02/21/05 s0268c-ee13-k01