Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1070
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (613644) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 15 - 33
    5  and insert:
    6         (b)1. The department may enter into interstate agreements
    7  or become a member of a nongovernmental entity whose membership
    8  is composed solely of state government election officials if the
    9  sole purpose of the agreement or membership is to share and
   10  exchange information in order to verify voter registration
   11  information. If the department intends to become a member of
   12  such a nongovernmental entity, the agreement to join the entity
   13  must require that the Secretary of State, or his or her
   14  designee, serve as a full member with voting rights on the
   15  nongovernmental entity’s board of directors. The department
   16  shall provide information it receives as a result of the
   17  agreements or memberships to the supervisors to conduct
   18  registration list maintenance activities.
   19         2. If the department enters into an interstate agreement or
   20  becomes a member of a nongovernmental entity pursuant to
   21  subparagraph 1., each state that is a participant in the
   22  agreement or a member of the nongovernmental entity must agree
   23  to maintain the confidentiality of personal information as
   24  required by the laws of the state supplying the information to
   25  the entity or participating states. The bylaws of a
   26  nongovernmental entity must also contain a provision requiring
   27  member states and the entity to maintain the confidentiality of
   28  personal information as required by the laws of the state
   29  supplying the information to the entity.
   30         3. The department may only participate in an interstate
   31  agreement or become a member of a nongovernmental entity as
   32  provided in subparagraph 1. if the agreement or entity is
   33  controlled and operated by the participating states. The
   34  interstate agreement or entity may not be operated or controlled
   35  by the Federal Government or any other entity acting on behalf
   36  of the Federal Government. The department must be able to
   37  withdraw at any time from any interstate agreement or membership
   38  entered into.
   39         4. If the department enters into an interstate agreement or
   40  becomes a member of a nongovernmental entity as provided in
   41  subparagraph 1., the department must submit a report to the
   42  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
   43  House of Representatives by December 1 of each year. The report
   44  must describe the agreement or membership and provide
   45  information on the total number of voters removed from the voter
   46  registration system as a result of the agreement or membership
   47  and the reasons for their removal.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50  And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete lines 44 - 47
   52  and insert:
   53         agreements or become a member of a nongovernmental
   54         entity to verify voter registration information;
   55         requiring the department to share certain information
   56         with supervisors of elections; establishing
   57         requirements for participation in such agreements or
   58         memberships;