Published on: 7340395. This action is taken to repeal the entirety of the subject rule and its incorporated forms based upon the Florida Supreme Court’s opinion in Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc., No. SC08-884, (Fla. Feb. 18, 2010), that the revocation provisions of Section 100.371, Florida Statutes, and this rule violate the Florida Constitution and are void and without effect.
Published on: 5947184. The amendments to this proposed rule primarily implement the amendments to Section 100.371, Florida Statutes, in Chapter 2008-95, Laws of Florida. The statutory amendments deleted the requirement that verified signatures on petition revocation forms be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; mandated the adoption of petition revocation forms, to include a standard form when no corresponding initiative petition has been submitted and approved; specifically prohibited the bundling of petition forms circulated for signature; and mandated the adoption by rule of petition-revocation forms.
Published on: 5782963. To implement the amendments to Section 100.371, Florida Statutes, in Chapter 2008-95, Laws of Florida. The statutory amendments deleted the requirement that verified signatures on petition revocation forms be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; therefore, the revised rule removes this requirement. The statutory amendments also mandated the adoption of petition revocation forms, to include a standard form when no corresponding initiative petition has been submitted and approved. The revised rule adopts such form. The rule clarifies that the sponsoring political committee also must include its address in the political disclaimer portion of the revocation form and that no additional information other than that required by the rule may be printed on the petition revocation form. The rule also deletes the provision that prevents bundling of the revocation petitions as being unnecessary, because Section 100.371, F.S., requires that the manner in which signatures on petition revocation forms are obtained be subject to the same requirements as the corresponding petition form. The statute now expressly provides that petition forms cannot be bundled while being circulated for signature.
Published on: 4483163. The purpose of the proposed rules amendments is to implement the amendments to Section 100.371, Florida Statutes, as amended in section 25 of Chapter 2007-30, Laws of Florida, which pertain to the process for citizen constitutional initiative petitions and for revocation of signatures on constitutional initiative petitions.
Published on: 4310406. To implement the provisions of section 25 of Chapter 2007-30, Laws of Florida, which amended Section 100.371, Florida Statutes, by creating a process for revoking signed citizen initiated constitutional amendment petitions.