SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/CS/HB 181

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Jones moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 41, line 13,

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18         Section 9.  Subsection (1) of section 112.321, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         112.321  Membership, terms; travel expenses; staff.--

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

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

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

24  party, subject to confirmation by the Senate. One member

25  appointed by the Governor shall be a former city or county

26  official and may be a former member of a local planning or

27  zoning board which has only advisory duties.  Two members

28  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

29  Representatives, and two members shall be appointed by the

30  President of the Senate. Neither the Speaker of the House of

31  Representatives nor the President of the Senate shall appoint

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/CS/HB 181

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 1  more than one member from the same political party. Of the

 2  nine members of the Commission, no more than five members

 3  shall be from the same political party at any one time. No

 4  member may hold any public employment.  All members shall

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

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

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

 8  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

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

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11  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 57, line 20, after the semicolon

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19         amending s. 112.321, F.S.; regarding membership

20         of the Ethics Commission;

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