Florida Regulations § 34-17.004 Staff Procedures upon Receipt of a Referral

(1) Upon receipt of a referral pursuant to Section 112.324 (1)(b) , F.S., staff shall assign a control number which shall be entered on the referral itself and on a colored folder in which the referral shall be filed so long as it remains confidential. Any documents related to the referral shall be entered in the referral file.

(2) Unless the referral is based upon personal information or information other than hearsay, any referral against a candidate in a general, special, or primary election that is received within the thirty (30) calendar days immediately preceding the date of that election, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, will be returned by the Executive Director to the person submitting the referral, with an explanation of why the referral is being returned.