| 1 | Representative(s) Lopez-Cantera offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 50 and 51, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 6 | 106.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 106.07 Reports; certification and filing.-- |
| 8 | (2)(a) All reports required of a candidate by this section |
| 9 | shall be filed with the officer before whom the candidate is |
| 10 | required by law to qualify. All candidates who file with the |
| 11 | Department of State shall file their reports pursuant to s. |
| 12 | 106.0705. In addition, a copy of each report for candidates for |
| 13 | other than statewide office who qualify with the Department of |
| 14 | State shall be filed with the supervisor of elections in the |
| 15 | county where the candidate resides. Except as provided in s. |
| 16 | 106.0705, reports shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the |
| 17 | day designated; however, any report postmarked by the United |
| 18 | States Postal Service no later than midnight of the day |
| 19 | designated shall be deemed to have been filed in a timely |
| 20 | manner. Any report received by the filing officer within 5 days |
| 21 | after the designated due date that was delivered by the United |
| 22 | States Postal Service shall be deemed timely filed unless it has |
| 23 | a postmark that indicates that the report was mailed after the |
| 24 | designated due date. A certificate of mailing obtained from and |
| 25 | dated by the United States Postal Service at the time of |
| 26 | mailing, or a receipt from an established courier company, which |
| 27 | bears a date on or before the date on which the report is due, |
| 28 | shall be proof of mailing in a timely manner. Reports shall |
| 29 | contain information of all previously unreported contributions |
| 30 | received and expenditures made as of the preceding Friday, |
| 31 | except that the report filed on the Friday immediately preceding |
| 32 | the election shall contain information of all previously |
| 33 | unreported contributions received and expenditures made as of |
| 34 | the day preceding that designated due date. All such reports |
| 35 | shall be open to public inspection. |
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| 39 | Remove line(s) 8 and insert: |
| 40 | certain conditions; amending s. 106.07, F.S.; deleting |
| 41 | certain filing requirements for candidates for other than |
| 42 | statewide office; providing an effective date. |