Senate Bill sb2322

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2322

    By Senator Wilson





    33-154-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to elections; amending s.

  3         99.092, F.S.; requiring a write-in candidate

  4         who seeks to qualify for nomination or election

  5         to any office to pay a qualifying fee;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 99.092, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         99.092  Qualifying fee of candidate; notification of

13  Department of State.--

14         (1)(a)  Each person seeking to qualify for nomination

15  or election to any office, except a person seeking to qualify

16  by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 and except a

17  person seeking to qualify as a write-in candidate, shall pay a

18  qualifying fee, which shall consist of a filing fee and

19  election assessment, to the officer with whom the person

20  qualifies, and any party assessment levied, and shall attach

21  the original or signed duplicate of the receipt for his or her

22  party assessment or pay the same, in accordance with the

23  provisions of s. 103.121, at the time of filing his or her

24  other qualifying papers. The amount of the filing fee is 3

25  percent of the annual salary of the office. The amount of the

26  election assessment is 1 percent of the annual salary of the

27  office sought. The election assessment shall be deposited into

28  the Elections Commission Trust Fund. The amount of the party

29  assessment is 2 percent of the annual salary. The annual

30  salary of the office for purposes of computing the filing fee,

31  election assessment, and party assessment shall be computed by

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 1  multiplying 12 times the monthly salary, excluding any special

 2  qualification pay, authorized for such office as of July 1

 3  immediately preceding the first day of qualifying.

 4         (b)  Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or

 5  election to any office as a write-in candidate, except a

 6  person seeking to qualify by the petition process pursuant to

 7  s. 99.095, shall pay a qualifying fee that is 3 percent of the

 8  annual salary for the office sought.

 9         (c)  A No qualifying fee may not shall be returned to

10  the candidate unless the candidate withdraws his or her

11  candidacy before the last date to qualify. If a candidate dies

12  before prior to an election and has not withdrawn his or her

13  candidacy before the last date to qualify, the candidate's

14  qualifying fee shall be returned to his or her designated

15  beneficiary, and, if the filing fee or any portion thereof has

16  been transferred to the political party of the candidate, the

17  Secretary of State shall direct the party to return that

18  portion to the designated beneficiary of the candidate.

19         (2)  The supervisor of elections shall, immediately

20  after the last day for qualifying, submit to the Department of

21  State a list containing the names, party affiliations, and

22  addresses of all candidates and the offices for which they

23  qualified.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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28                          SENATE SUMMARY

29    Requires a write-in candidate who seeks to qualify for
      nomination or election to any office to pay a qualifying
30    fee.

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