Senate Bill sb1578

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1578

    By Senator Cowin





    20-468B-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Commission on Ethics;

  3         amending s. 112.321, F.S.; restricting lobbying

  4         activities of members of the Commission on

  5         Ethics; providing exceptions; 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. One member

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

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

19  zoning board which has only advisory duties.  Two members

20  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

21  Representatives, and two members shall be appointed by the

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

23  Representatives nor the President of the Senate shall appoint

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

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

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

27  member may hold any public employment.  An individual who is a

28  lobbyist at the state or local government level may not serve

29  as a member of the commission, except that this prohibition

30  does not apply to an individual who is a member of the

31  commission on June 1, 2003, until the expiration of his or her

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1578
    20-468B-03




  1  current term. A member of the commission may not lobby any

  2  state or local governmental entity while he or she is a member

  3  of the commission, except that this prohibition does not apply

  4  to an individual who is a member of the commission on June 1,

  5  2003, until the expiration of his or her current term. All

  6  members shall serve 2-year terms.  No member shall serve more

  7  than two full terms in succession. Any member of the

  8  commission may be removed for cause by majority vote of the

  9  Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the

10  House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme

11  Court.

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

13  law.

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16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Prohibits a lobbyist at the state or local government
      level from serving on the Commission on Ethics and
18    prohibits a member of the commission from lobbying a
      state or local governmental entity. Provides an exception
19    for a member of the commission on June 1, 2003, until the
      expiration of his or her term.
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