Bill Text: FL S0496 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Campaign Contributions [GPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections [S0496 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0496-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 496 
 
By Senator Aronberg 
27-00073-10                                            2010496__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to campaign contributions; amending 
3         106.08, F.S.; prohibiting a person or political 
4         committee from contributing in excess of a specified 
5         monetary amount to a committee of continuous existence 
6         or an electioneering communication organization; 
7         providing an effective date. 
8 
9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 106.08, Florida 
12  Statutes, is amended to read: 
13         106.08 Contributions; limitations on.— 
14         (1)(a) Except for political parties, a no person, political 
15  committee, or committee of continuous existence may not, in any 
16  election, make contributions in excess of $500 to any candidate 
17  for election to or retention in office or to any political 
18  committee supporting or opposing one or more candidates. 
19  Candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor 
20  on the same ticket are considered a single candidate for the 
21  purpose of this section. 
22         (b) A person or political committee may not, in any 
23  election, make contributions to a committee of continuous 
24  existence or an electioneering communication organization which 
25  exceed $500 in the aggregate. 
26         (c)(b)1. The contribution limits provided in this 
27  subsection do not apply to contributions made by a state or 
28  county executive committee of a political party regulated by 
29  chapter 103 or to amounts contributed by a candidate to his or 
30  her own campaign. 
31         2. Notwithstanding the limits provided in this subsection, 
32  an unemancipated child under the age of 18 years of age may not 
33  make a contribution in excess of $100 to any candidate or to any 
34  political committee supporting one or more candidates. 
35         (d)(c) The contribution limits of this subsection apply to 
36  each election. For purposes of this subsection, the primary 
37  election and general election are separate elections so long as 
38  the candidate is not an unopposed candidate as defined in s. 
39  106.011(15). However, for the purpose of contribution limits 
40  with respect to candidates for retention as a justice or judge, 
41  there is only one election, which is the general election. 
42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.