Amendments to senate Bill No. 530

2nd Reading/2nd House Copy

Requested by Steve Fitzpatrick

For the (S) Committee of the Whole

Prepared by K.V. Aldrich

04/26/2021, 02:32:26

1. Title, line 14.

Following: "REQUIREMENTS;"

Insert: "DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ADOPT A RULE PROHIBITING CERTAIN PERSONS FROM RECEIVING PECUNIARY BENEFITS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN BALLOT ACTIVITIES; PROVIDING PENALTIES;"

2. Page 1, line 20 through line 22.

Strike: "using" on line 20 through "commerce" on line 22

3. Page 2.

Following: line 2

Insert: "NEW SECTION. Section 2. Direction to secretary of state -- penalty. (1) On or before July 1, 2022, the secretary of state shall adopt an administrative rule in substantially the following form:

(a) For the purposes of enhancing election security, a person may not provide or offer to provide, and a person may not accept, a pecuniary benefit in exchange for distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, or delivering ballots.

(b) "Person" does not include a government entity, a state agency as defined in 1-2-116, a local government as defined in 2-6-1002, an election administrator, an election judge, a person authorized by an election administrator to prepare or distribute ballots, or a public or private mail service or its employees acting in the course and scope of the mail service's duties to carry and deliver mail.

(2) A person violating the rule adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to subsection (1) is subject to a civil penalty. The civil penalty is a fine of $100 for each ballot distributed, ordered, requested, collected, or delivered in violation of the rule."

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4. Page 2, line 4.

Following: "instruction."

Insert: "(1)"

5. Page 2.

Following: line 5

Insert: "(2) [Section 2] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 13, and the provisions of Title 13 apply to [section 2]."

6. Page 2.

Following: line 6

Insert: "NEW SECTION. Section 4. {standard} Severability. If a part of [this act] is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of [this act] is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications."

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