Senate Bill sb1856

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1856

    By Senator Villalobos





    38-1385-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Commission on Ethics;

  3         amending s. 112.321, F.S.; prohibiting an

  4         individual who qualifies as a lobbyist from

  5         serving on the commission; prohibiting a member

  6         of the commission from lobbying any state or

  7         local governmental entity; providing exceptions

  8         for individuals who are members of the

  9         commission on the effective date of the act

10         until the expiration of their current terms;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 112.321, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         112.321  Membership, terms; travel expenses; staff.--

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

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

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

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

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

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

24  zoning board which has only advisory duties.  Two members

25  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

26  Representatives, and two members shall be appointed by the

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

28  Representatives nor the President of the Senate shall appoint

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

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

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

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1856
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 1  member may hold any public employment. An individual who

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

 3  or pursuant to any local government charter or ordinance may

 4  not serve as a member of the commission, except that this

 5  prohibition does not apply to an individual who is a member of

 6  the commission on July 1, 2005, until the expiration of his or

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

 8  state or local governmental entity as provided in s. 11.045 or

 9  s. 112.3215 or as provided by any local government charter or

10  ordinance, except that this prohibition does not apply to an

11  individual who is a member of the commission on July 1, 2005,

12  until the expiration of his or her current term. All members

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

14  full terms in succession. Any member of the commission may be

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

16  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

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

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

19  law.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Prohibits an individual who qualifies as a lobbyist from
      serving on the Commission on Ethics. Prohibits a member
24    of the commission from lobbying any state or local
      governmental entity. Provides that the prohibitions do
25    not apply to an individual who is a commission member on
      the effective date of the act until the expiration of his
26    or her current term.

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