Senate Bill sb1578c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1578

    By the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and Senators Cowin
    and Fasano




    313-1938-03

  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

28  qualifies as a lobbyist pursuant to s. 11.045 or s. 112.3215

29  or any local government charter or ordinance, may not serve as

30  a member of the commission, except that this prohibition does

31  not apply to an individual who is a member of the commission

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    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1578
    313-1938-03




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

 2  term.  A member of the commission may not lobby any state or

 3  local governmental entity as provided in s. 11.045 or s.

 4  112.3215 or any local government charter or ordinance, except

 5  that this prohibition does not apply to an individual who is a

 6  member of the commission on June 1, 2003, until the expiration

 7  of his or her current term. All members shall serve 2-year

 8  terms.  No member shall serve more than two full terms in

 9  succession. Any member of the commission may be removed for

10  cause by majority vote of the Governor, the President of the

11  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

12  Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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

14  law.

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16          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
17                             SB 1578

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19  The Committee Substitute differs from the original bill in
    that it:  specifically references provisions defining the term
20  "lobbyist" and lobbying activities.

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