| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to political advertisements; requiring the |
| 3 | Division of Elections of the Department of State to create |
| 4 | and maintain the "Florida Campaign Sunshine" website; |
| 5 | requiring certain links to the website; requiring that all |
| 6 | contents of the website be made available to the public; |
| 7 | defining the term "political advertisement"; requiring any |
| 8 | person or organization responsible for the creation or |
| 9 | publication of any political advertisement to submit a |
| 10 | copy of the advertisement to the division; providing a |
| 11 | separate deadline for advertisements published during the |
| 12 | final week of a campaign; requiring any person or |
| 13 | organization responsible for the creation or publication |
| 14 | of a political advertisement to submit certain materials |
| 15 | and information to the division; providing a separate |
| 16 | deadline for advertisements published during the final |
| 17 | week of a campaign; requiring the division to post all |
| 18 | advertisements on the website within 24 hours after |
| 19 | receipt; requiring that the name and contact information |
| 20 | of the person or organization paying for a political |
| 21 | advertisement be submitted at the same time as a copy of |
| 22 | the advertisement; requiring the division to include a |
| 23 | link on the website to the appropriate section of the |
| 24 | department's homepage regarding campaign finance for the |
| 25 | person paying for each advertisement; providing an |
| 26 | effective date. |
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| 28 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 30 | Section 1. Florida Campaign Sunshine website.-- |
| 31 | (1) As used in this section, the term "political |
| 32 | advertisement" has the same meaning as in s. 106.011, Florida |
| 33 | Statutes. |
| 34 | (2) The Division of Elections of the Department of State |
| 35 | shall create and maintain a website known as "Florida Campaign |
| 36 | Sunshine," a link to which shall be placed on the department's |
| 37 | and the division's respective homepages using a clearly marked |
| 38 | and conspicuous hyperlink containing the words "Florida Campaign |
| 39 | Sunshine." The website and all of its contents shall be made |
| 40 | available for viewing by the public. |
| 41 | (3) Any person or organization responsible for the |
| 42 | creation or publication of any political advertisement must |
| 43 | submit to the division a copy of the advertisement, in the form |
| 44 | in which such advertisement will appear, no less than 3 days |
| 45 | after such advertisement is used. During the final week of a |
| 46 | campaign, the division must receive a copy of an advertisement |
| 47 | not less than 24 hours after such advertisement is used. |
| 48 | (4) Any person or organization responsible for the |
| 49 | creation or publication of a political advertisement must also |
| 50 | submit to the division a complete copy of any documents or other |
| 51 | materials referenced, used, or footnoted in the advertisement, |
| 52 | along with a statement of the source of each document or other |
| 53 | material, not less than 3 days after such advertisement is used |
| 54 | and, during the final week of a campaign, not less than 24 hours |
| 55 | after the corresponding advertisement is used. |
| 56 | (5) The division shall post all political advertisements |
| 57 | and other materials required to be filed under this section on |
| 58 | the Florida Campaign Sunshine website within 24 hours after the |
| 59 | division's receipt thereof. |
| 60 | (6) At the time of the submission of an advertisement to |
| 61 | the division, the person or organization responsible for the |
| 62 | creation or publication of such advertisement must include the |
| 63 | name of the person or organization paying for the advertisement, |
| 64 | as well as contact information for that person or organization. |
| 65 | The division shall include a link on the Florida Campaign |
| 66 | Sunshine website to the appropriate section of the department's |
| 67 | website regarding campaign finance for the person or |
| 68 | organization paying for each advertisement. |
| 69 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |