HB 0645 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to the Consolidated Government of the City
3    of Jacksonville, Duval County; amending chapter 92-341,
4    Laws of Florida; requiring that all elected officials
5    within the consolidated government complete ethics
6    education training; requiring that Chapter 602,
7    Jacksonville Ordinance Code, apply to all such elected
8    officials; providing an effective date.
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10          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12          Section 1. Section 18.10 is added to article 18 of chapter
13    92-341, Laws of Florida, to read:
14 ARTICLE 18. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
15          Section 18.10. Ethics education and application of ethics
16    laws.--Within 90 days after taking office, every elected
17    official within the consolidated government shall complete
18    ethics training as required by Section 602.1001, Jacksonville
19    Ordinance Code. This requirement shall apply to all elected
20    officials within the consolidated government, including, without
21    limitation, the Mayor, all City Council Members, all Duval
22    County School Board Members, the Sheriff, the Supervisor of
23    Elections, the Property Appraiser, the Tax Collector, and the
24    Clerk of the Circuit and County Court. Additionally, all such
25    elected officials shall be included in the definition of the
26    term “officer” in Section 602.201(x), Jacksonville Ordinance
27    Code, and all such elected officials shall comply with all laws
28    applicable to officers in Chapter 602, Jacksonville Ordinance
29    Code.
30          Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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