Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 336
       
       
       
       By Senator Aronberg
       
       
       
       
       27-00309A-09                                           2009336__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to campaign contributions; amending
    3         106.08, F.S.; prohibiting a person or political
    4         committee from contributing in excess of a certain
    5         monetary amount to a committee of continuous existence
    6         or an electioneering communication organization;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8         
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 106.08, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         106.08 Contributions; limitations on.—
   14         (1)(a) Except for political parties, a no person, political
   15  committee, or committee of continuous existence may not, in any
   16  election, make contributions in excess of $500 to any candidate
   17  for election to or retention in office or to any political
   18  committee supporting or opposing one or more candidates.
   19  Candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor
   20  on the same ticket are considered a single candidate for the
   21  purpose of this section.
   22         (b) A person or political committee may not, in any
   23  election, make contributions to a committee of continuous
   24  existence or an electioneering communication organization which
   25  exceed $500 in the aggregate.
   26         (c)(b)1. The contribution limits provided in this
   27  subsection do not apply to contributions made by a state or
   28  county executive committee of a political party regulated by
   29  chapter 103 or to amounts contributed by a candidate to his or
   30  her own campaign.
   31         2. Notwithstanding the limits provided in this subsection,
   32  an unemancipated child under the age of 18 years of age may not
   33  make a contribution in excess of $100 to any candidate or to any
   34  political committee supporting one or more candidates.
   35         (d)(c) The contribution limits of this subsection apply to
   36  each election. For purposes of this subsection, the primary
   37  election and general election are separate elections so long as
   38  the candidate is not an unopposed candidate as defined in s.
   39  106.011(15). However, for the purpose of contribution limits
   40  with respect to candidates for retention as a justice or judge,
   41  there is only one election, which is the general election.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.