Bill Text: FL S1928 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Campaign Finance [GPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections [S1928 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1928-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1928 
        
       By Senator Bennett 
       21-01289A-10                                          20101928__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to campaign finance; amending s. 
    3         106.113, F.S.; deleting the definition of “public 
    4         funds”; prohibiting a local government, or a person 
    5         acting on behalf of a local government, from making a 
    6         specific appropriation or designated expenditure of 
    7         moneys under the jurisdiction or control of the local 
    8         government; prohibiting certain persons or groups from 
    9         accepting such moneys for the purpose of certain 
   10         political advertisements; deleting an exception for 
   11         certain electioneering communications; clarifying that 
   12         certain provisions of state law do not preclude 
   13         certain officials from expressing an opinion on an 
   14         issue at any time; providing an effective date. 
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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   18         Section 1. Section 106.113, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
   19  read: 
   20         106.113 Expenditures by local governments.— 
   21         (1) As used in this section, the term: 
   22         (a) “local government” means: 
   23         (a)1. A county, municipality, school district, or other 
   24  political subdivision in this state; and 
   25         (b)2. Any department, agency, board, bureau, district, 
   26  commission, authority, or similar body of a county, 
   27  municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of 
   28  this state. 
   29         (b) “Public funds” means all moneys under the jurisdiction 
   30  or control of the local government. 
   31         (2) A local government or a person acting on behalf of 
   32  local government may not make a specific appropriation or 
   33  designated expenditure of moneys under the jurisdiction or 
   34  control of the local government expend or authorize the 
   35  expenditure of, and a person or group may not accept such 
   36  moneys, public funds for the purpose of a political 
   37  advertisement or electioneering communication concerning an 
   38  issue, referendum, or amendment, including any state question, 
   39  that is subject to a vote of the electors. This subsection does 
   40  not apply to an electioneering communication from a local 
   41  government or a person acting on behalf of a local government 
   42  which is limited to factual information. 
   43         (3) With the exception of the prohibitions specified in 
   44  subsection (2), this section does not preclude an elected 
   45  official of the local government from expressing an opinion on 
   46  any issue at any time. 
   47         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. 
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