Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (184420) for SB 600
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/18/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 727 and 728
    4  insert:
    5  (b)1. The supervisor shall designate each early voting site by
    6  no later than the 30th day prior to an election and shall
    7  designate an early voting area, as defined in s. 97.021, at each
    8  early voting site. The supervisor shall provide to the division
    9  no later than the 30th day before an election the address of
   10  each early voting site and the hours that early voting will
   11  occur at each site.
   12         2. In the event that the waiting time at an early voting
   13  site exceeds 1 hour during an election that contains state or
   14  federal races, the supervisor of elections shall provide early
   15  voting within 3 hours at an alternative site that meets the
   16  requirements specified in paragraph (a). The supervisor shall
   17  provide a list of proposed alternative early voting sites to the
   18  division no later than the 30th day before an election that
   19  contains state or federal races. The supervisor shall provide
   20  public notice of the opening of the alternative early voting
   21  sites to the division and the electors of the county.
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   23  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   24         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 700
   26  and insert:
   27         Section 12. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of subsection (1)
   28  of
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Between lines 55 and 56
   33  insert:
   34         requiring a supervisor of elections to operate
   35         additional early voting sites under specified
   36         conditions; providing notice requirements;