Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7006
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  01/23/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1009 and 1010
    4  insert:
    5         Section 15. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (8) of
    6  section 112.3215, Florida Statutes, are amended, present
    7  subsections (11) through (14) are renumbered as (12) through
    8  (15), respectively, and a new subsection (11) is created to
    9  read:
   10         112.3215 Lobbying before the executive branch or the
   11  Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting;
   12  investigation by commission.—
   13         (8)(a) The commission shall investigate every sworn
   14  complaint that is filed with it alleging that a person covered
   15  by this section has failed to register, has failed to submit a
   16  compensation report, has made a prohibited expenditure or has
   17  knowingly submitted false information in any report or
   18  registration required in this section.
   19         (c) The commission shall investigate any lobbying firm,
   20  lobbyist, principal, agency, officer, or employee upon receipt
   21  of information from a sworn complaint or from a random audit of
   22  lobbying reports indicating a possible violation other than a
   23  late-filed report.
   24  (11) Any person who is required to be registered or to provide
   25  information under this section or under rules adopted pursuant
   26  to this section and who knowingly fails to disclose any material
   27  fact that is required by this section or by rules adopted
   28  pursuant to this section, or who knowingly provides false
   29  information on any report required by this section or by rules
   30  adopted pursuant to this section, commits a noncriminal
   31  infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000. Such
   32  penalty is in addition to any other penalty assessed by the
   33  Governor and Cabinet pursuant to subsection (10).
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   36         And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 162
   38  and insert:
   39         thereto; amending s. 112.3215, F.S.; authorizing the
   40         commission to investigate sworn complaints alleging a
   41         prohibited expenditure; authorizing the commission to
   42         investigate a lobbyist or principal upon a sworn
   43         complaint or random audit; providing a civil penalty;
   44         amending s. 112.324, F.S.; authorizing