| 1 | Representative Fitzgerald offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 267-275 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsections (14) and (15) of section 97.012, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (15) and (16), |
| 7 | respectively, and new subsections (14) and (17) are added to |
| 8 | that section to read: |
| 9 | 97.012 Secretary of State as chief election officer.--The |
| 10 | Secretary of State is the chief election officer of the state, |
| 11 | and it is his or her responsibility to: |
| 12 | (14) Provide direction and opinions to the supervisors of |
| 13 | elections on the performance of their official duties with |
| 14 | respect to chapters 97-102 and chapter 105 or rules adopted by |
| 15 | the Department of State. |
| 16 | (17) Be nonpartisan in all decisions and statements. The |
| 17 | secretary may not: |
| 18 | (a) Hold an office in or take an active role in any |
| 19 | function of a political organization; |
| 20 | (b) Publicly endorse or publicly oppose a candidate for |
| 21 | public office or partisan organization; |
| 22 | (c) Take a public position for or against, or participate |
| 23 | in, a campaign to support or oppose the merits of any ballot |
| 24 | initiative or ballot measure, except to act in his or her |
| 25 | official capacity; |
| 26 | (d) Make speeches on behalf of a candidate or political |
| 27 | organization; |
| 28 | (e) Attend political party functions, except to act in his |
| 29 | or her official capacity; or |
| 30 | (f) Solicit funds for, pay an assessment to, or make a |
| 31 | contribution to a political organization or candidate, or |
| 32 | purchase, accept, or distribute tickets for any political party |
| 33 | function. |
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| 35 | A person who violates this subsection commits a misdemeanor of |
| 36 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. |
| 37 | 775.083. |
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| 41 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 42 | Remove line 7 and insert: |
| 43 | officer; prohibiting the secretary from performing certain |
| 44 | actions; providing a penalty; amending s. 97.021, F.S.; defining |
| 45 | the term |