No. CS/HB 401
Filed under Elections.
Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Requires FDLE to provide certain nominees & officers-elect with protective security detail for specified time period.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFDLE must provide a protective security detail to every major-party nominee for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, but not to nominees of minor political parties. Protection starts the moment primary election results are certified.
That protection continues through the general election, ending only when the nominee concedes or the general election results are certified, whichever happens first. Whoever wins keeps a security detail as officer-elect until taking office.
AIThe Department of Law Enforcement is required to provide a protective security detail to every nominee of a political party running for Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
AIThe mandate does not extend to a nominee of a minor political party seeking Governor or Lieutenant Governor, no matter how competitive the race.
AISecurity coverage must start immediately once the Elections Canvassing Commission adjourns the meeting certifying the primary election results, the moment a candidate formally becomes the nominee.
AIA nominee's mandated protection during the general election campaign ends either when that nominee concedes the race or when the general election results are certified, whichever happens sooner.
AIAfter the general election is certified, the Department of Law Enforcement must keep providing a security detail to the winning officers-elect until they are sworn into office.