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RESOLUTION NO. 91 - JAI A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL 2251 DEALING WITH POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCING. WHEREAS, House Bill 2251 as passed by the 1991 Florida Legislature makes provision for a 10 assessment on contributions made to political committees and on candidate filing fees, and provides for the 1I% assessment to be deposited into the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund which funds the races of the Governor and Cabinet; and WHEREAS, such assessment interferes with freedom of speech rights guaranteed under Section 4 of Article I of the Florida State Constitution; and WHEREAS, such an assessment compromises rights of association and free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; and WHEREAS, the stated intent of depositing funds in the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund is to limit total expenditures in campaigns for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Cabinet, by only allowing those candidates who limit their expenditures to obtain funding from said special assessments; and WHEREAS, this act does not accomplish its intended goals since if any candidate exceeds the spending limits then all candidates are released from the spending limits, regardless of the acceptance of financing funded by said special assessments, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: 1. We are opposed to the mandatory 1}% assessment for the purpose of financing gubernatorial and Cabinet campaigns. 2. We support the efforts of the Republican Party of Florida to challenge these provisions of House Bill 2251. 3. We object to the attempt to shift political power and resources from the local level to the state, by redistributing local 1