Florida Senate - 2022 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 510
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R .
02/23/2022 05:25 PM .
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Senator Hutson moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 489 - 523
4 and insert:
5 (b) Each state or local officer, except as otherwise
6 specified in s. 112.3144(1), and each specified state employee
7 shall file a statement of financial interests no later than July
8 1 of each year. Each state officer, local officer, and specified
9 state employee shall file a final statement of financial
10 interests within 60 days after leaving his or her public
11 position for the period between January 1 of the year in which
12 the person leaves and the last day of office or employment,
13 unless within the 60-day period the person takes another public
14 position requiring financial disclosure under this section or s.
15 8, Art. II of the State Constitution or otherwise is required to
16 file full and public disclosure or a statement of financial
17 interests for the final disclosure period. Each state or local
18 officer who is appointed and each specified state employee who
19 is employed shall file a statement of financial interests within
20 30 days after from the date of appointment or, in the case of a
21 specified state employee, after from the date on which the
22 employment begins, except that any person whose appointment is
23 subject to confirmation by the Senate shall file before prior to
24 confirmation hearings or within 30 days after from the date of
25 appointment, whichever comes first.
26 Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) and subsection
27 (12) of section 112.324, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
28 112.324 Procedures on complaints of violations and
29 referrals; public records and meeting exemptions.—
30 (11)(a) Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(8), the commission
31 may dismiss any complaint or referral at any stage of
32 disposition if it determines that the violation that is alleged
33 or has occurred is a de minimis violation attributable to
34 inadvertent or unintentional error. In determining whether a
35 violation was de minimis, the commission shall consider whether
36 the interests of the public were protected despite the
37 violation. This subsection does not apply to complaints or
38 referrals pursuant to ss. 112.3144 and 112.3145.
39 (12) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1)-(8),
40 the commission may, at its discretion, dismiss any complaint or
41 referral or proceeding under s. 112.3215 at any stage of
42 disposition should it determine that the public interest would
43 not be served by proceeding further, in which case the
44 commission shall issue a public report stating with
45 particularity its reasons for the dismissal.
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48 And the title is amended as follows:
49 Delete lines 54 - 59
50 and insert:
51 specified date; conforming a provision to changes made
52 by the act; amending s. 112.324, F.S.; authorizing the
53 commission to dismiss financial disclosure complaints
54 alleging de minimis violations; authorizing the
55 commission to dismiss specified proceedings at any
56 stage of disposition if a certain condition is met;
57 authorizing the commission to adopt