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Florida House Bill H0707

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to the form of candidate oath; 2
1616 amending s. 99.021, F.S.; revising the address that 3
1717 certain candidates must provide on the form of 4
18-candidate oath; amending s. 105.031, F.S.; revising 5
19-the address that judicial candidates must provide on 6
20-the form of candidate oath; providing an effective 7
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23-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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25- Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1 ) of section 12
26-99.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13
27- 99.021 Form of candidate oath. — 14
28- (1)(a)1. Each candidate, whether a party candidate, a 15
29-candidate with no party affiliation, or a write -in candidate, in 16
30-order to qualify for nomination or electio n to any office other 17
31-than a judicial office as defined in chapter 105 or a federal 18
32-office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in 19
33-writing. A copy of the oath or affirmation shall be made 20
34-available to the candidate by the officer before whom such 21
35-candidate seeks to qualify and shall be substantially in the 22
36-following form: 23
37-State of Florida 24
38-County of.... 25
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20+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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22+ Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 9
23+99.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 10
24+ 99.021 Form of candidate oath. — 11
25+ (1)(a)1. Each candidat e, whether a party candidate, a 12
26+candidate with no party affiliation, or a write -in candidate, in 13
27+order to qualify for nomination or election to any office other 14
28+than a judicial office as defined in chapter 105 or a federal 15
29+office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in 16
30+writing. A copy of the oath or affirmation shall be made 17
31+available to the candidate by the officer before whom such 18
32+candidate seeks to qualify and shall be substantially in the 19
33+following form: 20
34+State of Florida 21
35+County of.... 22
36+ Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, 23
37+personally appeared ...(please print name as you wish it to 24
38+appear on the ballot)..., to me well known, who, being sworn, 25
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4747 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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51- Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, 26
52-personally appeared ...(please print name as you wish it to 27
53-appear on the ballot)..., t o me well known, who, being sworn, 28
54-says that he or she is a candidate for the office of ....; that 29
55-he or she is a qualified elector of .... County, Florida; that 30
56-he or she is qualified under the Constitution and the laws of 31
57-Florida to hold the office to wh ich he or she desires to be 32
58-nominated or elected; that he or she has qualified for no other 33
59-public office in the state, the term of which office or any part 34
60-thereof runs concurrent with that of the office he or she seeks; 35
61-that he or she has resigned from a ny office from which he or she 36
62-is required to resign pursuant to s. 99.012, Florida Statutes; 37
63-and that he or she will support the Constitution of the United 38
64-States and the Constitution of the State of Florida. 39
65-...(Signature of candidate)... 40
66-...(Address of legal residence)... 41
67-Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ...., 42
68-...(year)..., at .... County, Florida. 43
69-...(Signature and title of officer administering oath)... 44
70- 2. Each candidate for federal office, whether a party 45
71-candidate, a candidate wit h no party affiliation, or a write -in 46
72-candidate, in order to qualify for nomination or election to 47
73-office shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in 48
74-writing. A copy of the oath or affirmation shall be made 49
75-available to the candidate by the offic er before whom such 50
51+says that he or she is a candidate for the office of ....; that 26
52+he or she is a qualified elector of .... County, Florida; that 27
53+he or she is qualified under the Constitution and the laws of 28
54+Florida to hold the office to which he or she desires to be 29
55+nominated or elected; that he or she has qualified for no other 30
56+public office in the stat e, the term of which office or any part 31
57+thereof runs concurrent with that of the office he or she seeks; 32
58+that he or she has resigned from any office from which he or she 33
59+is required to resign pursuant to s. 99.012, Florida Statutes; 34
60+and that he or she will support the Constitution of the United 35
61+States and the Constitution of the State of Florida. 36
62+...(Signature of candidate)... 37
63+...(Address of legal residence)... 38
64+Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ...., 39
65+...(year)..., at .... County, Florida. 40
66+...(Signature and title of officer administering oath)... 41
67+ 2. Each candidate for federal office, whether a party 42
68+candidate, a candidate with no party affiliation, or a write -in 43
69+candidate, in order to qualify for nomination or election to 44
70+office shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in 45
71+writing. A copy of the oath or affirmation shall be made 46
72+available to the candidate by the officer before whom such 47
73+candidate seeks to qualify and shall be substantially in the 48
74+following form: 49
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88-candidate seeks to qualify and shall be substantially in the 51
89-following form: 52
90-State of Florida 53
91-County of .... 54
92- Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, 55
93-personally appeared ...(please print name as you wish it to 56
94-appear on the ballot)..., to me well known, who, being sworn, 57
95-says that he or she is a candidate for the office of ....; that 58
96-he or she is qualified under the Constitution and laws of the 59
97-United States to hold the office to which he or she desires to 60
98-be nominated or elected; that he or she has qualified for no 61
99-other public office in the state, the term of which office or 62
100-any part thereof runs concurrent with that of the office he or 63
101-she seeks; and that he or she will support the Constitution of 64
102-the United States. 65
103-...(Signature of candidate)... 66
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105-Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ...., 68
106-...(year)..., at .... County, Florida. 69
107-...(Signature and title of officer administering oath)... 70
108- Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 71
109-105.031, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 72
110- 105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate's oath; items 73
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126-an oath or affirmation in writing to be filed with the 77
127-appropriate qualifying officer upon qualifying. A printed copy 78
128-of the oath or affirmation shall be furnished to the candidate 79
129-by the qualifying officer and shall be in substantially the 80
130-following form: 81
131-State of Florida 82
132-County of .... 83
133- Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, 84
134-personally appeared ...(please print name as you wish it to 85
135-appear on the ballot)..., to me well known, who, being sworn, 86
136-says he or she: is a candidate for the judicial office of ....; 87
137-that his or her legal residence is .... County, Florida; that he 88
138-or she is a qualified elector of the state and of the 89
139-territorial jurisdiction of the court to which he or she seeks 90
140-election; that he or she is qualified under the constitution and 91
141-laws of Florida to hold the jud icial office to which he or she 92
142-desires to be elected or in which he or she desires to be 93
143-retained; that he or she has qualified for no other public 94
144-office in the state, the term of which office or any part 95
145-thereof runs concurrent to the office he or she s eeks; that he 96
146-or she has resigned from any office which he or she is required 97
147-to resign pursuant to s. 99.012, Florida Statutes; and that he 98
148-or she will support the Constitution of the United States and 99
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164-Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ...., 103
165-...(year)..., at .... County, Florida. 104
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167- Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 106
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89+ Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, 52
90+personally appeared ...(please print name as you wish it to 53
91+appear on the ballot)..., to me well known, who, being sworn, 54
92+says that he or she is a candidate for the office of ....; that 55
93+he or she is qualified under the Constitution and laws of the 56
94+United States to hold the office to which he or she desires to 57
95+be nominated or elected; that he or she has qualified for no 58
96+other public office in the state, the term of which office or 59
97+any part thereof runs concurrent with that of the office he or 60
98+she seeks; and that he or she will support the Constitution of 61
99+the United States. 62
100+...(Signature of candidate)... 63
101+...(Address)... 64
102+Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ...., 65
103+...(year)..., at .... County, Florida. 66
104+...(Signature and title of officer administering oath)... 67
105+ Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 68