House Bill 3485e1
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the powers and duties of the
3 Governor; amending s. 14.23, F.S.; regulating
4 the nomination of appointees to federal
5 regional fisheries management councils;
6 providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 14.23,
11 Florida Statutes, to read:
12 14.23 State-Federal relations.--
13 (4)(a) NOMINATIONS TO FEDERAL REGIONAL FISHERIES
14 MANAGEMENT COUNCILS.--The Governor is prohibited from
15 nominating for appointment to any one of the federal fisheries
16 management councils established under 16 U.S.C. s. 1801, et
17 seq, as amended, the name of any person who is, or who has
18 been at any time during the 24 months preceding such
19 nomination, a lobbyist for or paid employee of any entity of
20 any kind whatsoever whose interests are or could be affected
21 by actions or decisions of such fisheries management councils.
22 (b) For purposes of this section, the term "lobbyist"
23 means any natural person who, for compensation, seeks, or
24 sought during the preceding 24 months, to influence the
25 governmental decisionmaking of a reporting individual or
26 procurement employee, as those terms are defined under s.
27 112.3148, or his or her agency, or who seeks, or sought during
28 the preceding 24 months, to encourage the passage, defeat, or
29 modification of any proposal or recommendation by such
30 reporting individual or procurement employee or his or her
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1999.
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