Emergency Order 17-1 (Hurricane Irma)STATE OF FLORIDA
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
EMERGENCY ORDER NUMBER 17-1
(Emergency Management/Elections -Hurricane Irma)
WHEREAS, on September 4, 2017, Governor Rick Scott issued Executive Order
17-235, declaring a state of emergency as a result of the threat posed to the State of
Florida due to storm conditions forecast as a result of Hurricane Irma;
WHEREAS, on September 6, 2017, Governor Rick Scott issued Executive Order
17-236, authorizing, among other things, the Secretary of State to modify, amend, or
suspend any deadline imposed pursuant to Chapters 97 through 106, Florida Statutes, to
the extent those deadlines cannot be complied with by any county or candidate due to the
emergency declared in Executive Order 17-235;
WHEREAS, on Sunday, September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma initially made
landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane and then made a second landfall,
hitting Florida's southwest coast as a Category 3 hurricane, before traveling north up the
entire length of the Florida peninsula;
WHEREAS, the damage caused by Hurricane Irma is widespread throughout
Florida, including, among other things, power outages affecting mi II ions of Floridians;
WHEREAS, electronically filed campaign finance reports were due at the State,
County and/or Municipal level on September 11, 2017, pursuant to chapter 106, Florida
Statutes;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEN DETZNER as Florida Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority vested in me by Executive Order Number 17-236, Section 6, the Florida
Elections Emergency Act, Sections 101.731-101.74, Florida Statutes, and all other
applicable laws, promulgate the following Emergency Order, to take immediate effect:
Section 1. Based on the foregoing, I declare the circumstances resulting from
Hurricane Irma have affected candidate and political entities from being able to comply
with the campaign finance reports due to the Florida Department of State, Division of
Elections, on September 11, 2017, pursuant to chapter 106, Florida Statutes.
Section 2. I, therefore, hereby extend the deadline for all campaign finance
reports due to the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, on Monday,
September 11, 2017. The new deadline for filing all State campaign finance reports to
the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, is midnight (Eastern Time),
Friday, September 22, 2017.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capitol,
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KEN DETZNER, SECRETARY OF STATE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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