Bill Text: FL S1596 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - Laid on Table -SJ 948 [S1596 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S1596-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1596
       
       
       
       By Senator Diaz de la Portilla
       
       
       
       
       36-01137C-12                                          20121596__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to elections; amending s. 101.043,
    3         F.S.; removing a provision prohibiting the use of the
    4         address appearing on the identification presented by
    5         an elector as a basis for confirming or challenging
    6         the elector’s legal residence; amending s. 106.025,
    7         F.S.; requiring that tickets and advertising for
    8         campaign fund raisers comply with the requirements for
    9         political advertisements; amending s. 106.05, F.S.;
   10         revising the information that is required to appear on
   11         a bank account for the deposit of funds received by a
   12         campaign treasurer for a candidate or political
   13         committee; amending s. 106.11, F.S.; revising the
   14         information that is required to appear on bank account
   15         checks of candidates or political committees; revising
   16         the information that is used to determine whether
   17         debit cards are considered bank checks; providing an
   18         effective date.
   19  
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   23  101.043, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         101.043 Identification required at polls.—
   25         (1)
   26         (b) If the picture identification does not contain the
   27  signature of the elector, an additional identification that
   28  provides the elector’s signature shall be required. The address
   29  appearing on the identification presented by the elector may not
   30  be used as the basis to confirm an elector’s legal residence or
   31  otherwise challenge an elector’s legal residence. The elector
   32  shall sign his or her name in the space provided on the precinct
   33  register or on an electronic device provided for recording the
   34  elector’s signature. The clerk or inspector shall compare the
   35  signature with that on the identification provided by the
   36  elector and enter his or her initials in the space provided on
   37  the precinct register or on an electronic device provided for
   38  that purpose and allow the elector to vote if the clerk or
   39  inspector is satisfied as to the identity of the elector.
   40         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   41  106.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   42         106.025 Campaign fund raisers.—
   43         (1)
   44         (c) Any tickets or advertising for such a campaign fund
   45  raiser shall comply with the requirements of s. 106.143 relating
   46  to political advertisements is exempt from the requirements of
   47  s. 106.143.
   48         Section 3. Section 106.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   49  read:
   50         106.05 Deposit of contributions; statement of campaign
   51  treasurer.—All funds received by the campaign treasurer of any
   52  candidate or political committee shall, prior to the end of the
   53  5th business day following the receipt thereof, Saturdays,
   54  Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, be deposited in a campaign
   55  depository designated pursuant to s. 106.021, in an account that
   56  contains the designated “...(name of the candidate or
   57  committee)... Campaign Account.” Except for contributions to
   58  political committees made by payroll deduction, all deposits
   59  shall be accompanied by a bank deposit slip containing the name
   60  of each contributor and the amount contributed by each. If a
   61  contribution is deposited in a secondary campaign depository,
   62  the depository shall forward the full amount of the deposit,
   63  along with a copy of the deposit slip accompanying the deposit,
   64  to the primary campaign depository prior to the end of the 1st
   65  business day following the deposit.
   66         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraph
   67  (a) of subsection (2) of section 106.11, Florida Statutes, are
   68  amended to read:
   69         106.11 Expenses of and expenditures by candidates and
   70  political committees.—Each candidate and each political
   71  committee which designates a primary campaign depository
   72  pursuant to s. 106.021(1) shall make expenditures from funds on
   73  deposit in such primary campaign depository only in the
   74  following manner, with the exception of expenditures made from
   75  petty cash funds provided by s. 106.12:
   76         (1)
   77         (b) The checks for such account shall contain, as a
   78  minimum, the following information:
   79         1. The statement “...(name of the campaign account of the
   80  candidate or political committee)... Campaign Account.”
   81         2. The account number and the name of the bank.
   82         3. The exact amount of the expenditure.
   83         4. The signature of the campaign treasurer or deputy
   84  treasurer.
   85         5. The exact purpose for which the expenditure is
   86  authorized.
   87         6. The name of the payee.
   88         (2)(a) For purposes of this section, debit cards are
   89  considered bank checks, if:
   90         1. Debit cards are obtained from the same bank that has
   91  been designated as the candidate’s or political committee’s
   92  primary campaign depository.
   93         2. Debit cards are issued in the name of the treasurer,
   94  deputy treasurer, or authorized user and contain the state
   95  “...(name of the campaign account of the candidate or political
   96  committee)... Campaign Account.”
   97         3. No more than three debit cards are requested and issued.
   98         4. The person using the debit card does not receive cash as
   99  part of, or independent of, any transaction for goods or
  100  services.
  101         5. All receipts for debit card transactions contain:
  102         a. The last four digits of the debit card number.
  103         b. The exact amount of the expenditure.
  104         c. The name of the payee.
  105         d. The signature of the campaign treasurer, deputy
  106  treasurer, or authorized user.
  107         e. The exact purpose for which the expenditure is
  108  authorized.
  109  
  110  Any information required by this subparagraph but not included
  111  on the debit card transaction receipt may be handwritten on, or
  112  attached to, the receipt by the authorized user before
  113  submission to the treasurer.
  114         Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.