SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB's 1842, 1124 & 498

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 324228

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11  Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 17, between lines 2 and 3,

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

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         112.321  Membership, terms; travel expenses; staff.--

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

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

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

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

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

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

26  zoning board which has only advisory duties.  Two members

27  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

28  Representatives, and two members shall be appointed by the

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

30  Representatives nor the President of the Senate shall appoint

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

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB's 1842, 1124 & 498

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 324228





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

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

  3  member may hold any public employment.  All members shall

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

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

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

  7  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

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

  9  An individual who is a lobbyist at the state or local

10  government level may not serve as a member of the commission,

11  except that this prohibition shall not apply to an individual

12  who is a member of the commission on July 1, 2002, until the

13  expiration of his or her current term. A member of the

14  commission is prohibited from lobbying state or local

15  government while he or she is a member of the commission,

16  except that this prohibition shall not apply to an individual

17  who is a member of the commission on July 1, 2002, until the

18  expiration of his or her current term.

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20  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 24, after the semicolon

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28         amending s. 112.321, F.S.; providing for

29         restrictions on the membership of the

30         Commission on Ethics; providing exceptions;

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