§ 38-2. Qualifying fee and election assessment.
(a)
Any person offering himself as a candidate for election to any elected municipal office in the city shall pay a qualifying fee in the sum of five percent of the annual base salary of the office he or she is qualifying for.
(b)
The qualifying fee must be paid on or before 12:00 noon, 21 days prior to the date of the election, and the payment thereof shall be a condition which must be met, before the name of any candidate otherwise qualified shall be printed on the official ballot at any municipal election.
(c)
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 one percent of the annual base 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 Florida Department of State for deposit in the elections commission trust fund.
(d)
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 shall, upon written certification of such inability given under oath to the qualifying officer, be exempt from paying the election assessment.
(Code 1960, § 6-1; Code 1992, § 6-2; Ord. No. 2006-0477, § 1, 6-20-2006)