Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 1596
By the Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections;
and Senators Diaz de la Portilla and Gaetz
582-02204-12 20121596c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to elections; amending s. 101.043,
3 F.S.; removing a provision prohibiting the use of the
4 address appearing on the identification presented by
5 an elector as a basis for confirming the elector’s
6 legal residence; amending s. 106.025, F.S.; requiring
7 that tickets and advertising for campaign fund raisers
8 comply with the requirements for political
9 advertisements; amending s. 106.05, F.S.; revising the
10 information that is required to appear on a bank
11 account for the deposit of funds received by a
12 campaign treasurer for a candidate or political
13 committee; amending s. 106.11, F.S.; revising the
14 information that is required to appear on bank account
15 checks of candidates or political committees; revising
16 the information that is used to determine whether
17 debit cards are considered bank checks; providing an
18 effective date.
19
20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
21
22 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
23 101.043, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 101.043 Identification required at polls.—
25 (1)
26 (b) If the picture identification does not contain the
27 signature of the elector, an additional identification that
28 provides the elector’s signature shall be required. The address
29 appearing on the identification presented by the elector may not
30 be used as the basis to confirm an elector’s legal residence or
31 otherwise challenge an elector’s legal residence. The elector
32 shall sign his or her name in the space provided on the precinct
33 register or on an electronic device provided for recording the
34 elector’s signature. The clerk or inspector shall compare the
35 signature with that on the identification provided by the
36 elector and enter his or her initials in the space provided on
37 the precinct register or on an electronic device provided for
38 that purpose and allow the elector to vote if the clerk or
39 inspector is satisfied as to the identity of the elector.
40 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
41 106.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
42 106.025 Campaign fund raisers.—
43 (1)
44 (c) Any tickets or advertising for such a campaign fund
45 raiser shall comply with the requirements of s. 106.143 relating
46 to political advertisements is exempt from the requirements of
47 s. 106.143.
48 Section 3. Section 106.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
49 read:
50 106.05 Deposit of contributions; statement of campaign
51 treasurer.—All funds received by the campaign treasurer of any
52 candidate or political committee shall, prior to the end of the
53 5th business day following the receipt thereof, Saturdays,
54 Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, be deposited in a campaign
55 depository designated pursuant to s. 106.021, in an account that
56 contains the designated “...(name of the candidate or
57 committee)... Campaign Account.” Except for contributions to
58 political committees made by payroll deduction, all deposits
59 shall be accompanied by a bank deposit slip containing the name
60 of each contributor and the amount contributed by each. If a
61 contribution is deposited in a secondary campaign depository,
62 the depository shall forward the full amount of the deposit,
63 along with a copy of the deposit slip accompanying the deposit,
64 to the primary campaign depository prior to the end of the 1st
65 business day following the deposit.
66 Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraph
67 (a) of subsection (2) of section 106.11, Florida Statutes, are
68 amended to read:
69 106.11 Expenses of and expenditures by candidates and
70 political committees.—Each candidate and each political
71 committee which designates a primary campaign depository
72 pursuant to s. 106.021(1) shall make expenditures from funds on
73 deposit in such primary campaign depository only in the
74 following manner, with the exception of expenditures made from
75 petty cash funds provided by s. 106.12:
76 (1)
77 (b) The checks for such account shall contain, as a
78 minimum, the following information:
79 1. The statement “...(name of the campaign account of the
80 candidate or political committee)... Campaign Account.”
81 2. The account number and the name of the bank.
82 3. The exact amount of the expenditure.
83 4. The signature of the campaign treasurer or deputy
84 treasurer.
85 5. The exact purpose for which the expenditure is
86 authorized.
87 6. The name of the payee.
88 (2)(a) For purposes of this section, debit cards are
89 considered bank checks, if:
90 1. Debit cards are obtained from the same bank that has
91 been designated as the candidate’s or political committee’s
92 primary campaign depository.
93 2. Debit cards are issued in the name of the treasurer,
94 deputy treasurer, or authorized user and contain the state
95 “...(name of the campaign account of the candidate or political
96 committee)... Campaign Account.”
97 3. No more than three debit cards are requested and issued.
98 4. The person using the debit card does not receive cash as
99 part of, or independent of, any transaction for goods or
100 services.
101 5. All receipts for debit card transactions contain:
102 a. The last four digits of the debit card number.
103 b. The exact amount of the expenditure.
104 c. The name of the payee.
105 d. The signature of the campaign treasurer, deputy
106 treasurer, or authorized user.
107 e. The exact purpose for which the expenditure is
108 authorized.
109
110 Any information required by this subparagraph but not included
111 on the debit card transaction receipt may be handwritten on, or
112 attached to, the receipt by the authorized user before
113 submission to the treasurer.
114 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.