Senate Bill sb1858

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1858

    By Senator Villalobos





    38-1384-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to standards of conduct for

  3         public officers; amending s. 112.313, F.S.;

  4         prohibiting members of the Board of Governors

  5         of the State University System and members of a

  6         board of trustees of a local constituent

  7         university from representing principals before

  8         the Legislature; providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, Section 18, Article III of the State

11  Constitution confers upon the Legislature the obligation to

12  prohibit conflict between the public duties and private

13  interests of state officers, and

14         WHEREAS, the members of the statewide board of

15  governors and local boards of trustees, as established in

16  Section 7, Article IX of the State Constitution, are state

17  officers and subject to the ethics laws of the State of

18  Florida, and

19         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature to ensure

20  good government practices in the operation of the education

21  boards of this state, and

22         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that lobbyists serving

23  as members of state education boards present an actual or

24  potential conflict of interest, and

25         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the Board of

26  Governors and the local boards of trustees should reach their

27  decisions free of political influence and in the best

28  interests of the people of the State of Florida, NOW,

29  THEREFORE,

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

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1858
    38-1384-05




 1         Section 1.  Subsection (17) is added to section

 2  112.313, Florida Statutes, to read:

 3         112.313  Standards of conduct for public officers,

 4  employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.--

 5         (17)  BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.--No

 6  member of the Board of Governors of the State University

 7  System, nor any member of a board of trustees of a local

 8  constituent university, shall have or hold any employment or

 9  contractual relationship to personally represent another

10  person or entity for compensation before the Legislature.

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

12  law.

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15                          SENATE SUMMARY

16    Prohibits a member of the Board of Governors of the State
      University System or a member of a board of trustees of a
17    constituent university from representing another person
      or entity before the Legislature for compensation.
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