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2023 Florida Statutes (including 2023C)

Title XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 944 STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM Entire Chapter
SECTION 717
Conflicts of interest.
F.S. 944.717
944.717 Conflicts of interest.—
(1) An employee of the department or any governmental entity that exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or approval of a private correctional facility contract or the operation of a private correctional facility, or a member of the immediate family of any such person, may not solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any personal benefit or promise of a benefit from a bidder or private vendor.
(2) A private vendor may not have any interest at the time of entering into a contract with the department, or acquire any interest at a later time, that would directly or indirectly conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the contract. A private vendor may not, in the performance of the contract, employ any person who has any known interests which conflict with the performance of the contract.
History.—s. 20, ch. 89-526.