(1) Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to a municipal office shall pay, at the time of qualifying for office, an election assessment. The election assessment shall be an amount equal to 1 percent of the annual salary of the office sought. Within 30 days after the close of qualifying, the qualifying officer shall forward all assessments collected pursuant to this section to the Florida Elections Commission for deposit in the Elections Commission Trust Fund.
(2) Any person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to a municipal office who is unable to pay the election assessment without imposing an undue burden on personal resources or on resources otherwise available to him or her shall, upon written certification of such inability given under oath to the qualifying officer, be exempt from paying the election assessment.
History.—s. 9, ch. 89-338; s. 2, ch. 91-107; s. 538, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 97-13; s. 3, ch. 2010-16; s. 17, ch. 2011-40.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title IX - Electors and Elections
99.012 - Restrictions on Individuals Qualifying for Public Office.
99.021 - Form of Candidate Oath.
99.063 - Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
99.081 - United States Senators Elected in General Election.
99.091 - Representatives to Congress.
99.092 - Qualifying Fee of Candidate; Notification of Department of State.
99.093 - Municipal Candidates; Election Assessment.
99.095 - Petition Process in Lieu of a Qualifying Fee and Party Assessment.
99.0955 - Candidates With No Party Affiliation; Name on General Election Ballot.
99.096 - Minor Political Party Candidates; Names on Ballot.
99.09651 - Signature Requirements for Ballot Position in Year of Apportionment.
99.097 - Verification of Signatures on Petitions.
99.121 - Department of State to Certify Nominations to Supervisors of Elections.