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The Committee on Judiciary (Gaetz) recommended the following

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amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 348 through 352

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and insert:

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     Section 13.  Section 106.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to

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read:

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     106.34  Expenditure limits.--

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     (1)  Any candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor or

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Cabinet officer who requests contributions from the Election

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Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall limit his or her total

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expenditures as follows:

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     (a) Governor and Lieutenant Governor: $5 million $2.00 for

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each Florida-registered voter.

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     (b) Cabinet officer: $2 million $1.00 for each Florida-

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registered voter.

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     (2)  The expenditure limit for any candidate with primary

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election opposition only shall be 60 percent of the limit

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provided in subsection (1).

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     (3) The expenditure limit shall be adjusted by the

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Secretary of State quadrennially to reflect the rate of inflation

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or deflation as indicated in the Consumer Price Index for All

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Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, 1967=100, or

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successor reports as reported by the United States Department of

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Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. For purposes of this section,

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"Florida-registered voter" means a voter who is registered to

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vote in Florida as of June 30 of each odd-numbered year. The

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Division of Elections shall certify the total number of Florida-

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registered voters no later than July 31 of each odd-numbered

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year. Such total number shall be calculated by adding the number

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of registered voters in each county as of June 30 in the year of

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the certification date. For the 2006 general election, the

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Division of Elections shall certify the total number of Florida-

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registered voters by July 31, 2005.

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     (4)  For the purposes of this section, the term

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"expenditure" does not include the payment of compensation for

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legal and accounting services rendered on behalf of a candidate.

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     Section 14.  Sections 1 through 12 of this act shall take

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effect on the effective date of House Joint Resolution 281, or a

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similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific

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intent and purpose, if that joint resolution is approved by the

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electors at the general election to be held in November 2008; and

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section 13 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2009, if

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House Joint Resolution 281, or a similar resolution having

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substantially the same specific intent and purpose, fails to be

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adopted by the electors at the general election to be held in

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November 2008.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete lines 10 and 11

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and insert:

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correcting cross-references; amending s. 106.34, F.S.;

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revising expenditure limits for certain candidates for

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statewide office; providing contingent effective dates.

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