Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/HB 7127, 2nd Eng. Barcode 643292 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 1h/AD/2R . 04/30/2013 03:48 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Brandes moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (740626) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 4286 - 4298 5 and insert: 6 (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no eligible 7 public transit provider or a person acting on behalf of a public 8 transit provider shall use public transit block grant funds for 9 a political advertisement or electioneering communication 10 concerning an issue, referendum, or amendment, including any 11 state question, that is subject to a vote of the electors. To 12 the extent that a public transit provider uses other public 13 funds in this manner, the amount of the provider’s grant must be 14 reduced by the same amount. As used in this paragraph, the term 15 “public funds” means all moneys under the jurisdiction or 16 control of a federal agency, the state, a county, or a 17 municipality, including any district, authority, commission, 18 board, or agency thereof, for any public purpose. This paragraph 19 does not apply to any communication from a public transit 20 provider or a person acting on behalf of a public transit 21 provider which is not advocating a position and is limited to 22 factual information. 23 24 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 Delete lines 4808 - 4812 27 and insert: 28 information system; amending s. 341.052, F.S.; 29 prohibiting an eligible public transit provider from 30 using public transit block grant funds for a political 31 advertisement or electioneering communication 32 concerning an issue, referendum, or amendment, 33 including any state question, that is subject to a 34 vote of the electors; requiring the amount of the 35