| 1 | Representative Baxley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 2303-2346 and insert: |
| 5 | 103.095 Minor political parties.- |
| 6 | (1) Any group of citizens organized for the general |
| 7 | purposes of electing to office qualified persons and determining |
| 8 | public issues under the democratic processes of the United |
| 9 | States may become a minor political party of this state by |
| 10 | filing with the department a certificate showing the name of the |
| 11 | organization, the names and addresses of its current officers, |
| 12 | including the members of its executive committee, accompanied by |
| 13 | a completed uniform statewide voter registration application as |
| 14 | specified in s. 97.052 for each of its current officers and |
| 15 | members of its executive committee which reflect their |
| 16 | affiliation with the proposed minor political party, and a copy |
| 17 | of its constitution, bylaws, and rules and regulations. |
| 18 | (2) All electors registered to vote in the minor political |
| 19 | party in which he or she has so designated has a fundamental |
| 20 | right to fully and meaningfully participate in the business and |
| 21 | affairs of the minor political party without any monetary |
| 22 | encumbrance. The constitution, bylaws, rules, regulations, or |
| 23 | other equivalent documents must reflect this fundamental right |
| 24 | and must provide for and contain reasonable provisions which at |
| 25 | a minimum must prescribe procedures to: prescribe its |
| 26 | membership, conduct its meetings according to generally accepted |
| 27 | parliamentary practices, timely notify its members as to the |
| 28 | time, date, and place of all of its meetings, timely publish |
| 29 | notice on its public and functioning website as to the time, |
| 30 | date, and place of all of its meetings, elect its officers, |
| 31 | remove its officers, make party nominations when required by |
| 32 | law, conduct campaigns for party nominees, raise and expend |
| 33 | party funds, select delegates to its national convention, select |
| 34 | presidential electors, and alter or amend all of its governing |
| 35 | documents. |
| 36 | (3) The members of the executive committee must elect a |
| 37 | chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer, all of whom shall |
| 38 | be members of the minor political party and no member may hold |
| 39 | more than one office, except that one person may hold the |
| 40 | offices of secretary and treasurer. |
| 41 | (4) Upon approval of the minor political party's filing, |
| 42 | the department shall process the voter registration applications |
| 43 | submitted by the minor political party's officers and members of |
| 44 | its executive committee. It shall be the duty of the minor |
| 45 | political party to notify the department of any changes in the |
| 46 | filing certificate within 5 days after such changes. |
| 47 | (5) The Division of Elections shall adopt rules to |
| 48 | prescribe the manner in which political parties, including minor |
| 49 | political parties, may have their filings with the Department of |
| 50 | State canceled. Such rules shall, at a minimum, provide for: |
| 51 | (a) Notice, which must contain the facts and conduct that |
| 52 | warrant the intended action, including, but not limited to, the |
| 53 | failure to have any voters registered in the party, the failure |
| 54 | to notify the department of replacement officers, and the |
| 55 | failure to file campaign finance reports, the failure to adopt |
| 56 | or file with the department all governing documents containing |
| 57 | the provisions specified in subsection (2), and limited |
| 58 | activity. |
| 59 | (b) Adequate opportunity to respond. |
| 60 | (c) Appeal of the decision to the Florida Elections |
| 61 | Commission. Such appeals are exempt from the confidentiality |
| 62 | provisions of s. 106.25. |
| 63 | (6) The requirements of this section are retroactive for |
| 64 | any minor political party registered with the department on July |
| 65 | 1, 2011, and must be complied with within 180 days after the |
| 66 | department provides notice to the minor political party of the |
| 67 | requirements contained in this section. Failure of the minor |
| 68 | political party to comply with the requirements within 180 days |
| 69 | after receipt of the notice shall automatically result in the |
| 70 | cancellation of the minor political party's registration. |
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| 75 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 76 | Remove lines 193-199 and insert: |
| 77 | President placed on the general election ballot; creating |
| 78 | s. 103.095, F.S.; providing a procedure for the |
| 79 | registration of a minor political party; requiring the |
| 80 | Division of Elections to adopt rules to prescribe the |
| 81 | manner in which political parties may have their filings |
| 82 | canceled; amending s. 103.101, F.S.; |
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