| 1 | Representative Ausley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 354-358 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 13. Section 106.34, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 106.34 Expenditure limits.-- |
| 8 | (1) Any candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor or |
| 9 | Cabinet officer who requests contributions from the Election |
| 10 | Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall limit his or her total |
| 11 | expenditures as follows: |
| 12 | (a) Governor and Lieutenant Governor: $5 million $2.00 for |
| 13 | each Florida-registered voter. |
| 14 | (b) Cabinet officer: $2 million $1.00 for each Florida- |
| 15 | registered voter. |
| 16 | (2) The expenditure limit for any candidate with primary |
| 17 | election opposition only shall be 60 percent of the limit |
| 18 | provided in subsection (1). |
| 19 | (3) The expenditure limit shall be adjusted by the |
| 20 | Secretary of State quadrennially to reflect the rate of |
| 21 | inflation or deflation as indicated in the Consumer Price Index |
| 22 | for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, 1967=100, |
| 23 | or successor reports as reported by the United States Department |
| 24 | of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. For purposes of this |
| 25 | section, "Florida-registered voter" means a voter who is |
| 26 | registered to vote in Florida as of June 30 of each odd-numbered |
| 27 | year. The Division of Elections shall certify the total number |
| 28 | of Florida-registered voters no later than July 31 of each odd- |
| 29 | numbered year. Such total number shall be calculated by adding |
| 30 | the number of registered voters in each county as of June 30 in |
| 31 | the year of the certification date. For the 2006 general |
| 32 | election, the Division of Elections shall certify the total |
| 33 | number of Florida-registered voters by July 31, 2005. |
| 34 | (4) For the purposes of this section, the term |
| 35 | "expenditure" does not include the payment of compensation for |
| 36 | legal and accounting services rendered on behalf of a candidate. |
| 37 | Section 14. Sections 1 through 12 of this act shall take |
| 38 | effect on the effective date of House Joint Resolution 281, or a |
| 39 | similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific |
| 40 | intent and purpose, if that joint resolution is approved by the |
| 41 | electors at the general election to be held in November 2008; |
| 42 | and section 13 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2009, if |
| 43 | House Joint Resolution 281, or a similar resolution having |
| 44 | substantially the same specific intent and purpose, fails to be |
| 45 | adopted by the electors at the general election to be held in |
| 46 | November 2008. |
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| 49 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 50 | Remove line(s) 10-11 and insert: |
| 51 | correcting cross-references; amending s. 106.34, F.S.; revising |
| 52 | expenditure limits for certain candidates for statewide office; |
| 53 | providing contingent effective dates. |