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House Bill 3001



    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3001

        By Representative Carlton






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to restrictions on individuals

  3         qualifying for public office; amending s.

  4         99.012, F.S.; requiring a person who is a

  5         subordinate officer, deputy sheriff, or police

  6         officer to resign upon qualifying for public

  7         office; providing for the effective date of

  8         such resignation; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 99.012, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         99.012  Restrictions on individuals qualifying for

15  public office.--

16         (5)  A person who is a subordinate officer, deputy

17  sheriff, or police officer must need not resign upon

18  qualifying for public office. If pursuant to this section

19  unless the person is seeking to qualify for a public office

20  which is currently held by an officer who has authority to

21  appoint, employ, promote, or otherwise supervise that person

22  and who has qualified as a candidate for reelection to that

23  office, the resignation must be effective not later than the

24  date the candidate qualifies. Otherwise, the resignation must

25  be effective not later than the date the officer would take

26  office, if elected. However, upon qualifying, the subordinate

27  officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer must take a leave

28  of absence without pay during the period in which he or she is

29  a candidate for office.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3001

    548-123A-98






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      Requires a person who is a subordinate officer, deputy
  4    sheriff, or police officer to resign upon qualifying for
      public office. Provides that, if the person is seeking to
  5    qualify for a public office which is currently held by an
      officer who has authority to appoint, employ, promote, or
  6    otherwise supervise that person and who has qualified as
      a candidate for reelection to that office, the
  7    resignation must be effective not later than the date the
      candidate qualifies; otherwise, it must be effective not
  8    later than the date the officer would take office, if
      elected.
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