| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to voter registration; creating s. |
| 3 | 97.05831, F.S.; requiring the supervisor of elections of |
| 4 | each county to send voter registration applications to the |
| 5 | Fish and Wildlife Commission and its subagents; amending |
| 6 | s. 372.561, F.S.; requiring voter registration |
| 7 | applications to be displayed at each location where |
| 8 | hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or permits are |
| 9 | sold; requiring that applicants for hunting, fishing, or |
| 10 | trapping licenses or permits be asked if they would like a |
| 11 | voter registration application; requiring certain |
| 12 | information to be provided when a person applies for a |
| 13 | hunting, fishing, or trapping license or permit on the |
| 14 | Internet; providing effective dates. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 97.05831, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 97.05831 Voter registration applications made available to |
| 21 | the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.--As required in |
| 22 | s. 372.561, each supervisor of elections shall supply voter |
| 23 | registration applications to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| 24 | Commission and its subagents, as needed. |
| 25 | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 372.561, Florida |
| 26 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (10), and new subsections |
| 27 | (8) and (9) are added to that section to read: |
| 28 | 372.561 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization |
| 29 | numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and |
| 30 | marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.-- |
| 31 | (8) At each location where hunting, fishing, or trapping |
| 32 | licenses or permits are sold, voter registration applications |
| 33 | shall be displayed and made available to the public. Subagents |
| 34 | shall ask each person who applies for a hunting, fishing, or |
| 35 | trapping license or permit if he or she would like a voter |
| 36 | registration application and may provide such application to the |
| 37 | license or permit applicant but shall not assist such persons |
| 38 | with voter registration applications or collect complete or |
| 39 | incomplete voter registration applications. |
| 40 | (9) When acting in its official capacity pursuant to this |
| 41 | section, neither the commission nor a subagent is deemed a |
| 42 | third-party registration organization, as defined in s. |
| 43 | 97.021(36), or a voter registration agency, as defined in s. |
| 44 | 97.021(40), and is not authorized to solicit, accept, or collect |
| 45 | voter registration applications or provide voter registration |
| 46 | services. |
| 47 | Section 3. Effective October 1, 2006, subsection (9) of |
| 48 | section 372.561, Florida Statutes, as created by this act, is |
| 49 | renumbered as subsection (11), subsection (10) of that section |
| 50 | is renumbered as subsection (13), and new subsections (9), (10), |
| 51 | and (12) are added to that section to read: |
| 52 | 372.561 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization |
| 53 | numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and |
| 54 | marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.-- |
| 55 | (9) Except as provided in subsections (8) and (12), each |
| 56 | person who applies for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license |
| 57 | or permit shall be asked if he or she would like the appropriate |
| 58 | supervisor of elections to provide a voter registration |
| 59 | application to the applicant at a later date. If at the time a |
| 60 | license is purchased the applicant indicates that he or she |
| 61 | would like to receive a voter registration application, the |
| 62 | commission shall, within 7 days, make the request available to |
| 63 | the appropriate supervisor of elections or voter registration |
| 64 | agency so that an application may be sent to the applicant. |
| 65 | Supervisors of elections shall mail an application to each |
| 66 | person requesting such application within 5 business days after |
| 67 | receipt of the request. |
| 68 | (10) The commission may satisfy the requirements of |
| 69 | subsection (9) by providing access to an Internet site with the |
| 70 | voter registration information included thereon. |
| 71 | (12) Each person who applies for a hunting, fishing, or |
| 72 | trapping license or permit on the Internet shall be provided a |
| 73 | link to the Department of State's online uniform statewide voter |
| 74 | registration application. |
| 75 | Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
| 76 | act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |