Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Baker)
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 97.05831, Florida Statutes, is
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20 97.05831 Voter registration applications made
21 available to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
22 Commission.--As required in s. 372.561, each supervisor of
23 elections shall supply voter registration applications to the
24 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its subagents,
25 as needed.
26 Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 372.561, Florida
27 Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (10), and new
28 subsections (8) and (9) are added to that section to read:
29 372.561 Recreational licenses, permits, and
30 authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater
31 aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.--
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1 (8) At each location where hunting, fishing, or
2 trapping licenses or permits are sold, voter registration
3 applications shall be displayed and made available to the
4 public. Subagents shall ask each person who applies for a
5 hunting, fishing, or trapping license or permit if he or she
6 would like a voter registration application and may provide
7 such application to the license or permit applicant but shall
8 not assist such persons with voter registration applications
9 or collect complete or incomplete voter registration
10 applications.
11 (9) When acting in its official capacity pursuant to
12 this section, neither the commission nor a subagent is deemed
13 a third-party registration organization, as defined in s.
14 97.021(36), or a voter registration agency, as defined in s.
15 97.021(40), and is not authorized to solicit, accept, or
16 collect voter registration applications or provide voter
17 registration services.
18 Section 3. Effective October 1, 2006, subsection (9)
19 of section 372.561, Florida Statutes, as created by this act,
20 is renumbered as subsection (11), subsection (10) of that
21 section is renumbered as subsection (13), and new subsections
22 (9), (10), and (12) are added to that section, to read:
23 372.561 Recreational licenses, permits, and
24 authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater
25 aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.--
26 (9) Except as provided in subsections (8) and (12),
27 each person who applies for a hunting, fishing, or trapping
28 license or permit shall be asked if he or she would like the
29 appropriate supervisor of elections to provide a voter
30 registration application to the applicant at a later date. If
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1 that he or she would like to receive a voter registration
2 application, the commission shall, within 7 days, make the
3 request available to the appropriate supervisor of elections
4 or voter registration agency so that an application may be
5 sent to the applicant. Supervisors of elections shall mail an
6 application to each person requesting such application within
7 5 business days after receipt of the request.
8 (10) The commission may satisfy the requirements of
9 subsection (9) by providing access to an Internet site with
10 the voter registration information included thereon.
11 (12) Each person who applies for a hunting, fishing,
12 or trapping license or permit on the Internet shall be
13 provided a link to the Department of State's online uniform
14 statewide voter registration application.
15 Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
16 this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
21 Delete everything before the enactment clause
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24 A bill to be entitled
25 An act relating to voter registration; creating
26 s. 97.05831, F.S.; requiring the supervisor of
27 elections of each county to send voter
28 registration applications to the Fish and
29 Wildlife Commission and its subagents; amending
30 s. 372.561, F.S.; requiring voter registration
31 applications to be displayed at each location
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1 where hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or
2 permits are sold; requiring that applicants for
3 hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or
4 permits be asked if they would like a voter
5 registration application; requiring that
6 certain information be provided when a person
7 applies for a hunting, fishing, or trapping
8 license or permit on the Internet; providing
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