| 1 | Representative Attkisson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1535 and 1536, insert: |
| 5 | Section 6. Section 551.45, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 6 | read: |
| 7 | 551.45 Ethics.-- |
| 8 | (1) The public trust associated with implementing section |
| 9 | 23 of Article X of the State Constitution makes it imperative |
| 10 | that the highest standards of conduct apply to public officers |
| 11 | and employees engaged in making decisions under this act. It is |
| 12 | the intent of the Legislature to protect the public trust by |
| 13 | avoiding even the appearance or perception that favoritism, |
| 14 | special dealing, or political considerations are involved in |
| 15 | decisions regarding slot machines. |
| 16 | (2) As a condition of licensure, a business entity, as |
| 17 | defined in s. 112.312(5), with a material interest in a slot |
| 18 | machine gaming facility license may seek to influence the |
| 19 | governmental decisionmaking of a public officer or seek or |
| 20 | encourage the passage, defeat, or modification of any proposal |
| 21 | or recommendation before such public officer. However, no such |
| 22 | business entity may engage a lobbyist as defined in s. 11.045 or |
| 23 | s. 112.3215, whether paid through contractual agreement or |
| 24 | salary or otherwise, to seek to influence the governmental |
| 25 | decisionmaking of a public officer or seek or encourage the |
| 26 | passage, defeat, or modification of any proposal or |
| 27 | recommendation before such public officer. A violation of this |
| 28 | provision constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree, |
| 29 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
| 30 | (3) No elective public officer or candidate seeking |
| 31 | election to public office may accept a campaign contribution as |
| 32 | defined in s. 106.011(3), a gift as defined in s. |
| 33 | 112.312(12)(a), or expenses related to an honorarium event from |
| 34 | any slot machine licensee over which the public officer or |
| 35 | candidate seeking election has regulatory jurisdiction, is doing |
| 36 | business with, or is or may be, in the foreseeable future, in a |
| 37 | position to affect the regulatory environment of the slot |
| 38 | machine licensee through legislation or contractual |
| 39 | relationship. |
| 40 | (4) As a condition of licensure, no slot machine licensee |
| 41 | and no political committee that receives contributions from a |
| 42 | slot machine licensee shall engage in any electioneering |
| 43 | communication or political advertisement as defined in s. |
| 44 | 106.011 likely to impact the election of a public officer or |
| 45 | candidate for public office who has, or if elected may have, |
| 46 | regulatory or legislative jurisdiction over the licensee. |
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| 49 | Remove line 216 and insert: |
| 50 | prevention program; providing legislative intent; |
| 51 | prohibiting certain businesses from engaging a lobbyist or |
| 52 | seeking to influence the governmental decisionmaking of a |
| 53 | public officer or seeking or encouraging the passage, |
| 54 | defeat, or modification of any proposal or recommendation |
| 55 | before such public officer; providing penalties; |
| 56 | prohibiting a public official seeking election to public |
| 57 | office from accepting certain campaign contributions; |
| 58 | prohibiting slot machine licensees and political |
| 59 | committees that receive contributions from slot machine |
| 60 | licensees from engaging in certain electioneering |
| 61 | communications and political advertisements; amending s. |
| 62 | 849.15, F.S.; providing |