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Florida Electors And Elections Code Section 99.093 - Candidates - Municipal candidates; election assessment.Legal Research Home > Florida Lawyer > Electors and Elections > Florida Electors And Elections Code Section 99.093 - Candidates - Municipal candidates; election assessment. Sponsored LinksTitle IX ELECTORS AND ELECTIONSChapter 99 CANDIDATES99.093 Municipal candidates; election assessment.-- (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 Department of State 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. Last modified: November 21, 2006 |