Revocation of Registration of Political Committees

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Division of Elections

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
1S-2.021: Revocation of Registration of Political Committees

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 35 No. 32, August 14, 2009 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The changes are in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:

Subsection (1)(b) shall now read:

(b) The committee fails to file the appointment of a successor within 10 days after the death, resignation or removal of the campaign treasurer pursuant to Section 106.021(2), F.S.;

Subsection (1)(c) shall now read:

(c) The committee fails to file the appointment of a successor within 10 days after the death, resignation or removal of the committee chairperson;

Section (2) shall now read:

(2) The filing officer shall send notification to the committee’s chairperson treasurer of the filing officer’s intent to revoke the committee’s registration to the most recent address on file with the filing officer for the chairperson of the committee. If the notification is returned undeliverable after being sent to address for the chairperson on file with the filing officer, the filing officer shall send the notification to the committee’s registered agent at the most recent address on file with the filing officer. Within 30 days of the date receipt of the filing officer’s mailing of the preliminary notice of intent to revoke, the committee may provide additional documentation to the filing officer showing that the committee’s registration should not be revoked. Upon review of such documentation, if the filing officer determines that the committee’s registration should not be revoked, the committee will be notified that it is in compliance. If after review of the additional documentation provided, the filing officer determines that the committee’s registration should be revoked, a final notice of intent to revoke the registration of the committee shall be mailed issued by the filing officer to the most recent address on file with the filing officer. If no additional documentation is provided by the committee within 30 days of the date of the filing officer’s mailing of receipt of the preliminary notice, the filing officer shall mail issue a final notice of intent to revoke to the most recent address on file with the filing officer the registration of the committee.

Section (3) shall now read:

(3) If the committee objects to such revocation, it must file an appeal within 30 days of the date of the filing officer’s mailing receipt of the final notice of intent to revoke. The appeal may be accompanied by any documentation or evidence supporting the claim. The appeal must be filed with the filing officer Division of Elections, Room 316, R. A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250. The filing officer Division will forward the appeal to the Florida Elections Commission.