Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7006
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/23/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Clemens) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 555 - 560
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 7. Subsection (2) and paragraph (h) of subsection
    6  (5) of section 112.3144, Florida Statutes, are amended, present
    7  subsection (7) is renumbered as subsection (9), and new
    8  subsections (7) and (8) are added to that section, to read:
    9         112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial
   10  interests.—
   11         (2) A person who is required, pursuant to s. 8, Art. II of
   12  the State Constitution, to file a full and public disclosure of
   13  financial interests and who has filed a full and public
   14  disclosure of financial interests for any calendar or fiscal
   15  year shall not be required to file a statement of financial
   16  interests pursuant to s. 112.3145(2) and (3) for the same year
   17  or for any part thereof notwithstanding any requirement of this
   18  part., except that A candidate for office shall file a copy of
   19  his or her disclosure with the officer before whom he or she
   20  qualifies. If a candidate has qualified for office with the
   21  Division of Elections and filed a full and public disclosure of
   22  financial interests with the division before qualifying as a
   23  candidate, the division shall, within 3 days after receipt of
   24  the disclosure, forward to the commission an electronic copy of
   25  the full and public disclosure of financial interests. The
   26  electronic copy of the full and public disclosure of financial
   27  interests forwarded by the division satisfies the filing
   28  requirements with the commission pursuant to this section.
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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         Delete line 54
   33  and insert:
   34         requiring the Division of Elections to electronically
   35         transmit a full and public disclosure of financial
   36         interests of a qualified candidate to the commission;
   37         authorizing the commission or the Department of