2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                     A SB357 R2 1143

Amendment No. 1143

 

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 357  Second Reprint                                         (BDR 40‑1180)

Proposed by: Assemblyman Goldwater

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 3. 1.  If the board of county commissioners imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of section 1 of this act, the county and any agency of the county shall not expend public revenue to urge the passage of the question proposed to the voters pursuant to subsection 2 of section 1 of this act.

     2.  To the extent not prohibited by federal law, if:

     (a) Such a county operates or has granted a franchise for the operation of a television system; and

     (b) Programming, commercials or public service announcements are broadcast on that system which urge the passage of the question proposed to the voters pursuant to subsection 2 of section 1 of this act,

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the county shall cause equal opportunities to be given to any person or group that opposes the passage of the question proposed to the voters pursuant to subsection 2 of section 1 of this act.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, line 44, by deleting “section 1” and inserting:

“sections 1 and 3”.

     Amend the title of the bill, seventh line, after “collected;” by inserting:

“prohibiting the use of public revenue to urge the passage of the related ballot question; requiring equal broadcast opportunities on governmental television systems under certain circumstances;”.