Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Justice) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 106.142, Florida Statutes, is
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20 106.142 Florida Campaign Sunshine website.--
21 (1) As used in this section, the term "targeted
22 political advertisement" has the same meaning as provided in
23 s. 106.011(17), provided that:
24 (a) For political advertisements referring to or
25 depicting a clearly identified candidate for office, the
26 advertisement is directed to the relevant electorate. A
27 political advertisement is directed to the relevant electorate
28 if the candidate would represent 1,000 or more persons in the
29 geographic area of the advertisement.
30 (b) For political advertisements containing a clear
31 reference indicating that an issue is to be voted on at an
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1 election, the advertisement is published after the issue is
2 designated a ballot position or 120 days before the date of
3 the election on the issue, whichever occurs first.
4 (2) The division shall create and maintain a website
5 known as "Florida Campaign Sunshine," a link to which shall be
6 placed on the division's homepage using a clearly marked and
7 conspicuous hyperlink containing the words "Florida Campaign
8 Sunshine." The website and all of its contents shall be made
9 available for viewing by the public.
10 (3) Each candidate, electioneering communication
11 organization, or other person responsible for creating or
12 publishing any targeted political advertisement or
13 electioneering communication relating to a candidate who
14 qualifies with the division or an issue to be voted upon a
15 statewide or multicounty basis must submit to the division a
16 copy of the targeted political advertisement or electioneering
17 communication, in the form in which the advertisement will
18 appear, no less than 3 days after the advertisement is used.
19 During the final week of a campaign, the division must receive
20 a copy of an advertisement not less than 24 hours after the
21 advertisement is used.
22 (4) Each candidate, electioneering communication
23 organization, or other person responsible for creating or
24 publishing a targeted political advertisement or
25 electioneering communication must also submit to the division
26 a complete copy of any documentation or other materials
27 referenced, used, or footnoted in the advertisement, along
28 with a statement of the source of each document or other
29 material, not less than 3 days after the advertisement is used
30 and, during the final week of a campaign, not less than 24
31 hours after the corresponding advertisement is used.
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1 (5) The division shall post all targeted political
2 advertisements, electioneering communications and other
3 materials required to be filed on the Florida Campaign
4 Sunshine website within 24 hours after the division receives
5 the documents.
6 (6) At the time of the submission of a targeted
7 political advertisement or electioneering communication to the
8 division, the candidate, electioneering communication
9 organization, or other person responsible for the creation or
10 publication of such advertisement must include the name of the
11 person or organization paying for the advertisement, as well
12 as that person's or organization's contact information. The
13 division shall include a link on the Florida Campaign Sunshine
14 website to the appropriate section of the department's website
15 regarding campaign finance for the person or organization
16 paying for each advertisement.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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21 And the title is amended as follows:
22 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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25 A bill to be entitled
26 An act relating to political advertisements;
27 creating s. 106.142, F.S.; creating the Florida
28 Campaign Sunshine website; defining the term
29 "targeted political advertisement"; requiring
30 any person or organization responsible for
31 creating or publishing a targeted political
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1 advertisement to submit a copy of the
2 advertisement and certain specified materials
3 and information to the Division of Elections;
4 providing a separate deadline for
5 advertisements published during the final week
6 of a campaign; requiring the division to post
7 all advertisements on the website within a
8 specified period; requiring that the name and
9 contact information of the person or
10 organization paying for a political
11 advertisement be submitted with the
12 advertisement; requiring the division to
13 include a link on the website to the
14 appropriate section of the department's
15 homepage regarding campaign finance for the
16 person paying for each advertisement; providing
17 an effective date.
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