House Bill 0295er

    ENROLLED

    2000 Legislature                                        HB 295



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  2         An act relating to candidates for public

  3         office; amending s. 99.012, F.S.; eliminating

  4         the requirement that a subordinate officer,

  5         deputy sheriff, or police officer who is

  6         seeking public office and who is not required

  7         to resign to run for that office must, upon

  8         qualifying, take a leave of absence without pay

  9         during the period of that candidacy; providing

10         an effective date.

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

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

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         99.012  Restrictions on individuals qualifying for

17  public office.--

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

19  sheriff, or police officer must resign effective upon

20  qualifying pursuant to this chapter if the person is seeking

21  to qualify for a public office that is currently held by an

22  officer who has authority to appoint, employ, promote, or

23  otherwise supervise that person and who has qualified as a

24  candidate for reelection to that office.

25         (b)  Upon qualifying pursuant to this chapter, a

26  subordinate officer, deputy sheriff, or police officer who is

27  seeking public office and who is not required to resign under

28  paragraph (a) must take a leave of absence without pay during

29  the period in which he or she is a candidate for office.

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

31  law.


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