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House Bill 0495




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 495

        By Representative Bullard






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Commission on Ethics;

  3         amending s. 112.321, F.S.; revising criteria

  4         for appointment of members to the commission;

  5         defining the term "cause"; providing an

  6         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 (1) of section 112.321, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         112.321  Membership, terms; travel expenses; staff.--

13         (1)  The commission shall be composed of nine members.

14  Five of these members shall be appointed by the Governor, no

15  more than three of whom shall be from the same political

16  party, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Two members One

17  member appointed by the Governor shall be former elected or

18  appointed local governmental officials or employees, who may

19  be former members of a local planning or zoning board which

20  has only advisory duties.  One member shall be an attorney

21  with trial bar experience a former city or county official and

22  may be a former member of a local planning or zoning board

23  which has only advisory duties.  Two members shall be

24  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and

25  two members shall be appointed by the President of the Senate.

26  Neither the Speaker of the House of Representatives nor the

27  President of the Senate shall appoint more than one member

28  from the same political party and one member appointed each by

29  the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President

30  of the Senate shall be a former local or state governmental

31  official or employee, who may be a former member of a local

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 495

    546-150-97






  1  planning or zoning board which has only advisory duties.  No

  2  member may hold any public employment.  All members shall

  3  serve 2-year terms.  No member shall serve more than two full

  4  terms in succession. Any member of the commission may be

  5  removed for cause by majority vote of the Governor, the

  6  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

  7  Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

  8  The term "cause" may include nonattendance at two or more

  9  consecutive official meetings.

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

11  law.

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      Revises the requirements for appointment to the
16    Commission on Ethics and provides that the term "cause"
      includes nonattendance at two or more consecutive
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