| 1 | Representative(s) Goodlette offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 182-198 and insert: |
| 5 | 1.3 Registration Costs; Exemptions |
| 6 | (1) To cover the costs incurred in administering this |
| 7 | joint policy, each person who registers under Joint Senate and |
| 8 | House Rule 1.1 must pay an annual registration fee to the |
| 9 | Lobbyist Registration Office. The annual period runs from |
| 10 | January 1 to December 31. These fees must be paid at the time of |
| 11 | registration. |
| 12 | (2) The following persons are exempt from paying the fee, |
| 13 | provided they are designated in writing by the agency head or |
| 14 | person designated in this subsection: |
| 15 | (a) Two employees of each department of the executive |
| 16 | branch created under chapter 20, Florida Statutes. |
| 17 | (b) Two employees of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| 18 | Commission. |
| 19 | (c) Two employees of the Executive Office of the Governor. |
| 20 | (d) Two employees of the Commission on Ethics. |
| 21 | (e) Two employees of the Florida Public Service |
| 22 | Commission. |
| 23 | (f) Two employees of the judicial branch designated in |
| 24 | writing by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. |
| 25 | (3) The annual fee is up to $50 per each house for a |
| 26 | person to register to represent one principal and up to an |
| 27 | additional $10 per house for each additional principal that the |
| 28 | person registers to represent. The amount of each fee shall be |
| 29 | established annually by the President of the Senate and the |
| 30 | Speaker of the House of Representatives. The fees set shall be |
| 31 | adequate to ensure operation of the lobbyist registration and |
| 32 | reporting operations of the Lobbyist Registration Office. The |
| 33 | fees collected by the Lobbyist Registration Office under this |
| 34 | joint policy shall be deposited in the State Treasury and |
| 35 | credited to the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund |
| 36 | specifically to cover the costs incurred in administering this |
| 37 | joint policy. |