Amendment AA2-AB61

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2, TO 2007 ASSEMBLY BILL 61

January 7, 2008 - Offered by Representative Gottlieb.

AB61-AA2,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB61-AA2,1,2 1. Page 1, line 2: after "officials" insert ", officials elect,".

AB61-AA2,1,4 2. Page 2, line 2: delete "or" and substitute ", including the governor and lieutenant governor, and no".

AB61-AA2,1,5 3. Page 2, line 7: after that line insert:

AB61-AA2,2,6 "(b) No individual who is serving as governor or lieutenant governor, no individual who has been elected to the office of governor or lieutenant governor but has not yet taken office, and no personal campaign committee or support committee authorized under s. 11.05 (3) (p) of any such individual may accept any contribution for the purpose of promoting that individual's nomination to or reelection to the office held by the individual beginning on the day after the date of the general election and ending on the succeeding first Monday in January. For purposes of this paragraph, the legal counsel to the board shall determine, on the basis of media reports, if it is generally acknowledged that an individual has been elected to the office of governor or lieutenant governor, and shall inform in writing any individual whom the legal counsel determines to have been so elected as soon as the legal counsel makes such a determination. In making his or her determination, the legal counsel is bound by the certification of the chairperson of the board or his or her designee if the certification has been issued.".

AB61-AA2,2,7 4. Page 2, line 8: delete "(b)" and substitute "(c)".

AB61-AA2,2,8 5. Page 2, line 15: after "official" insert ", official elect,".

AB61-AA2,2,9 6. Page 2, line 16: after "official" insert "or official elect".

AB61-AA2,2,10 (End)