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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 11, between lines 3 and 4,

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17         Section 6.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5), paragraph

18  (d) of subsection (6), and paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of

19  section 112.3148, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

20         112.3148  Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by

21  individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of

22  financial interests and by procurement employees.--

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24         (b)  However, a person who is regulated by this

25  subsection, who is not regulated by subsection (6), and who

26  makes, or directs another to make, an individual gift having a

27  value in excess of $25, but not in excess of $100, other than

28  a gift which the donor knows will be accepted on behalf of a

29  governmental entity or charitable organization, must file a

30  report on the last day of each calendar quarter, for the

31  previous calendar quarter in which a reportable gift is made.

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 1  The report shall be filed with the Commission on Ethics

 2  Secretary of State, except with respect to gifts to reporting

 3  individuals of the legislative branch, in which case the

 4  report shall be filed with the Division of Legislative

 5  Information Services in the Office of Legislative Services.

 6  The report must contain a description of each gift, the

 7  monetary value thereof, the name and address of the person

 8  making such gift, the name and address of the recipient of the

 9  gift, and the date such gift is given.  In addition, when a

10  gift is made which requires the filing of a report under this

11  subsection, the donor must notify the intended recipient at

12  the time the gift is made that the donor, or another on his or

13  her behalf, will report the gift under this subsection.  Under

14  this paragraph, a gift need not be reported by more than one

15  person or entity.

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17         (d)  No later than July 1 of each year, each reporting

18  individual or procurement employee shall file a statement

19  listing each gift having a value in excess of $100 received by

20  the reporting individual or procurement employee, either

21  directly or indirectly, from a governmental entity or a

22  direct-support organization specifically authorized by law to

23  support a governmental entity.  The statement shall list the

24  name of the person providing the gift, a description of the

25  gift, the date or dates on which the gift was given, and the

26  value of the total gifts given during the calendar year for

27  which the report is made.  The reporting individual or

28  procurement employee shall attach to such statement any report

29  received by him or her in accordance with paragraph (c), which

30  report shall become a public record when filed with the

31  statement of the reporting individual or procurement employee.

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 1  The reporting individual or procurement employee may explain

 2  any differences between the report of the reporting individual

 3  or procurement employee and the attached reports.  The annual

 4  report filed by a reporting individual shall be filed with the

 5  financial disclosure statement required by either s. 8, Art.

 6  II of the State Constitution or s. 112.3145, as applicable to

 7  the reporting individual.  The annual report filed by a

 8  procurement employee shall be filed with the Commission on

 9  Ethics Department of State.

10         (8)(a)  Each reporting individual or procurement

11  employee shall file a statement with the Commission on Ethics

12  Secretary of State on the last day of each calendar quarter,

13  for the previous calendar quarter, containing a list of gifts

14  which he or she believes to be in excess of $100 in value, if

15  any, accepted by him or her, except the following:

16         1.  Gifts from relatives.

17         2.  Gifts prohibited by subsection (4) or s.

18  112.313(4).

19         3.  Gifts otherwise required to be disclosed by this

20  section.

21         Section 7.  Subsection (6) of section 112.3149, Florida

22  Statutes, is amended to read:

23         112.3149  Solicitation and disclosure of honoraria.--

24         (6)  A reporting individual or procurement employee who

25  receives payment or provision of expenses related to any

26  honorarium event from a person who is prohibited by subsection

27  (4) from paying an honorarium to a reporting individual or

28  procurement employee shall publicly disclose on an annual

29  statement the name, address, and affiliation of the person

30  paying or providing the expenses; the amount of the honorarium

31  expenses; the date of the honorarium event; a description of

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 1  the expenses paid or provided on each day of the honorarium

 2  event; and the total value of the expenses provided to the

 3  reporting individual or procurement employee in connection

 4  with the honorarium event.  The annual statement of honorarium

 5  expenses shall be filed by July 1 of each year for such

 6  expenses received during the previous calendar year. The

 7  reporting individual or procurement employee shall attach to

 8  the annual statement a copy of each statement received by him

 9  or her in accordance with subsection (5) regarding honorarium

10  expenses paid or provided during the calendar year for which

11  the annual statement is filed.  Such attached statement shall

12  become a public record upon the filing of the annual report.

13  The annual statement of a reporting individual shall be filed

14  with the financial disclosure statement required by either s.

15  8, Art. II of the State Constitution or s. 112.3145, as

16  applicable to the reporting individual. The annual statement

17  of a procurement employee shall be filed with the Commission

18  on Ethics Department of State.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 21, after the first semicolon,

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28         amending ss. 112.3148, 112.3149, F.S.;

29         requiring that reports of certain gifts and

30         honoraria be filed with the Commission on

31         Ethics rather than the Secretary of State or

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