The Miami-Dade County
Board of Commissioners on January 23, 2013
passed
County Ordinance 13-05 which
declares that candidates for County or Municipal
office in Miami-Dade County may not direct, or
knowingly permit, any paid, or volunteer,
campaign worker to violate any provision of the
Miami-Dade County Code or Florida Law regarding
the conduct of absentee voting.
Ordinance 13-05 requires that each
campaign treasurer shall from this day forward
identify and report the names of all paid
campaign workers that are: ·
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Employed by the
campaign, or ·
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Participating in the
campaign, or ·
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Performing any
activities associated with absentee ballots.
The
report shall be filed
concurrently with scheduled campaign reports on
the attached form at: Office of the City Clerk
Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami,
Florida 33133.
Any candidate failing to
file a report
as required by this section on the designated
due date shall be subject to a fine of $50 per
day for the first three (3) days and, thereafter
$500 per day for each day lat not to exceed
$5,000. Such fine shall not be an allowable
campaign expense and shall be paid only from the
personal funds of the candidate.
Any candidate may appeal
or dispute the fine to the
Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and
Public Trust base upon, but not limited to,
unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to
file on the designated due date, and may
request, and shall be entitled to, a hearing
before the Commission on Ethics and Public
Trust, which shall have the authority to waive
the fine in whole or in part. Any such appeal
or dispute shall be made within twenty (20) days
after receipt of notice that payment is due or
such appeal or dispute shall be waived.
Any such candidate found
to violate this subsection by the Commission on
Ethics and Public Trust shall, in addition to
any other civil or criminal penalties provided
in Section 2-11.1(bb) of the Code of Miami-Dade
County
Miami-Dade County Ordinance 13-05
Reporting Form
