Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 900
                        Barcode 395294
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11  Senator Posey moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments) 
14         On page 1, lines 30 and 31, delete those lines
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17         (3)  Each signature shall be dated by the elector when
18  made and shall be valid for a period of 4 years following such
19  date, provided all other requirements of law are met. The
20  sponsor shall submit signed and dated forms to the appropriate
21  supervisor of elections for verification as to the number of
22  registered electors whose valid signatures appear thereon. The
23  supervisor shall promptly verify the signatures upon payment
24  of the fee required by s. 99.097. The supervisor shall verify
25  that the signature on a form is valid only if the date the
26  elector signed the form, as recorded by the elector, is no
27  more than 30 days before the date the form is received by the
28  supervisor of elections. The supervisor shall promptly record
29  each valid signature in the statewide voter registration
30  system, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of State,
31  the date each form is received by the supervisor, and the date
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 900 Barcode 395294 1 the signature on the form is verified as valid. The supervisor 2 shall retain the signature forms for at least 1 year following 3 the election in which the issue appeared on the ballot or 4 until the Division of Elections notifies the supervisors of 5 elections that the committee which circulated the petition is 6 no longer seeking to obtain ballot position. 7 (6) An elector's signature on a petition form may be 8 revoked, within 120 days after the verification of the 9 petition form by the supervisor of elections, by submitting to 10 the appropriate supervisor of 11 12 13 ==== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ==== 14 And the directory clause is amended as follows: 15 On page 1, lines 14 and 15, delete those lines 16 17 and insert: 18 Section 2. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 100.371, 19 Florida Statutes, are amended, present subsection (6) of that 20 section 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon, 26 27 insert: 28 prescribing a time period within which a signed 29 petition form must be submitted to the 30 supervisor of elections to be verified as 31 valid; 2 10:39 AM 04/27/07 s0900c1c-24-22w