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Senate Bill 0362
    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 362

    By Senator Crist





    20-485-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public officers and

  3         employees; amending s. 99.012, F.S.; requiring

  4         public officers and employees to take a leave

  5         of absence without pay during the period of

  6         their candidacy for public office; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         99.012  Restrictions on individuals qualifying for

14  public office.--

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

16  sheriff, or police officer need not resign pursuant to this

17  section unless the person is seeking to qualify for a public

18  office which is currently held by an officer who has authority

19  to appoint, employ, promote, or otherwise supervise that

20  person and who has qualified as a candidate for reelection to

21  that office. However, upon qualifying, a the subordinate

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

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

24  a candidate for office, whether or not the subordinate

25  officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer is required to

26  resign under this section.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 362
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  3    Requires a subordinate officer, deputy sheriff, or police
      officer, upon qualifying for public office, to take a
  4    leave of absence without pay during the period he or she
      is a candidate, whether or not such person is required to
  5    resign under s. 99.012, F.S.

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