| 1 | Representative Joyner offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 58 between lines 4 and 5 insert: |
| 5 | Section 10. Procedure for requesting restoration of civil |
| 6 | rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies.-- |
| 7 | (1) With respect to a person who has been convicted of a |
| 8 | felony and is serving a sentence in a county detention facility, |
| 9 | the administrator of the county detention facility: |
| 10 | (a) Shall provide to the prisoner, at least 2 weeks before |
| 11 | discharge, if possible, an application form obtained from the |
| 12 | Parole Commission which the prisoner must complete in order to |
| 13 | begin the process of having his or her civil rights restored. |
| 14 | (b) May allow volunteers to be used to assist the prisoner |
| 15 | in completing the application. |
| 16 | (2) This section does not apply to prisoners who are |
| 17 | discharged from a county detention facility to the custody or |
| 18 | control of the Department of Corrections. |
| 19 | (3) This section shall take effect July 1, 2005. |
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| 22 | On page 1, lines 2, through page 6, line 5, remove all of |
| 23 | said lines and insert: |
| 24 | An act relating to governmental affairs; amending s. |
| 25 | 11.045, F.S., relating to the requirements that |
| 26 | legislative lobbyists register and report as required by |
| 27 | legislative rule; defining the terms "compensation" and |
| 28 | "lobbying firm"; amending definitions for the terms |
| 29 | "lobbying" and "principal"; requiring each principal upon |
| 30 | the registration of the principal's designated lobbyist to |
| 31 | identify the principal's main business; requiring each |
| 32 | lobbying firm and principal to maintain certain records |
| 33 | and documents for a specified period; specifying judicial |
| 34 | jurisdiction for enforcing the right to inspect certain |
| 35 | documents and records; conditionally prohibiting convicted |
| 36 | felons from registering as a legislative lobbyist; |
| 37 | modifying the aggregate reporting categories on lobbying |
| 38 | expenditure reporting forms; requiring lobbying |
| 39 | expenditure reporting forms to include the name and |
| 40 | address of each person to whom an expenditure for food and |
| 41 | beverages was made, date of the expenditure, and the name |
| 42 | and title of the legislator or employee for whom the |
| 43 | expenditure was made; requiring each lobbyist to report |
| 44 | the general areas of the principal's legislative interest |
| 45 | and specific issues lobbied; requiring each lobbying firm |
| 46 | to file quarterly compensation reports; requiring each |
| 47 | lobbying firm to report certain compensation information |
| 48 | in dollar categories and specific dollar amounts; |
| 49 | requiring certain lobbying firms to report the name and |
| 50 | address of the principal originating lobbying work; |
| 51 | providing for certification of compensation reports; |
| 52 | requiring the Division of Legislative Information Services |
| 53 | to aggregate certain compensation information; revising |
| 54 | the period for filing compensation and expenditure |
| 55 | reporting statements; prescribing procedures for |
| 56 | determining late-filing fines for compensation reports; |
| 57 | prescribing fines and penalties for compensation-reporting |
| 58 | violations; providing exceptions; prohibiting lobbying |
| 59 | expenditures, except for certain food and beverages and |
| 60 | novelty items; prohibiting principals from providing |
| 61 | lobbying compensation to any individual or business entity |
| 62 | other than a lobbying firm; providing for the Legislature |
| 63 | to adopt rules to maintain and make publicly available all |
| 64 | advisory opinions and reports relating to lobbying firms, |
| 65 | to conform; providing for the Legislature to adopt rules |
| 66 | authorizing legislative committees to investigate certain |
| 67 | person and entities engaged in legislative lobbying; |
| 68 | requiring compensation and expenditure reports to be filed |
| 69 | electronically; creating s. 11.0455, F.S.; defining the |
| 70 | term "electronic filing system"; providing requirements |
| 71 | for lobbyists and lobbying firms filing reports with the |
| 72 | Division of Legislative Information Services by means of |
| 73 | the division's electronic filing system; providing that |
| 74 | such reports are considered to be certified as accurate |
| 75 | and complete; providing requirements for the electronic |
| 76 | filing system; providing for the Legislature to adopt |
| 77 | rules to administer the electronic filing system; |
| 78 | requiring alternate filing procedures; requiring the |
| 79 | issuance of electronic receipts; requiring that the |
| 80 | division provide for public access to certain data; |
| 81 | amending s. 11.45, F.S.; requiring that the Auditor |
| 82 | General conduct random audits of the compensation reports |
| 83 | filed by legislative and executive lobbyists; prescribing |
| 84 | conditions for the random selection; directing the Auditor |
| 85 | General to adopt audit and field investigation guidelines; |
| 86 | granting the Auditor General independent authority to |
| 87 | audit the accounts and records of any principal or |
| 88 | lobbyist with respect to compliance with the compensation- |
| 89 | reporting requirements; requiring that legislative |
| 90 | lobbying audit reports be forwarded to the Legislature and |
| 91 | executive lobbying audit reports be sent to the Florida |
| 92 | Commission on Ethics; amending s. 112.3215, F.S., relating |
| 93 | to the requirements that executive branch and Constitution |
| 94 | Revision Commission lobbyists register and report as |
| 95 | required; defining the terms "compensation" and "lobbying |
| 96 | firm"; amending definitions for the terms "lobbies" and |
| 97 | "principal"; conditionally prohibiting convicted felons |
| 98 | from registering as an executive branch lobbyist; |
| 99 | requiring each principal upon the registration of the |
| 100 | principal's designated lobbyist to identify the |
| 101 | principal's main business; modifying the aggregate |
| 102 | reporting categories on lobbying expenditure reporting |
| 103 | forms; requiring lobbying expenditure reporting forms to |
| 104 | include the name and address of each person to whom an |
| 105 | expenditure for food and beverages was made, date of the |
| 106 | expenditure, and the name and title of the agency |
| 107 | official, member, or employee for whom the expenditure was |
| 108 | made; requiring each lobbyist to report the general areas |
| 109 | of the principal's lobbying interest and specific issues |
| 110 | lobbied; requiring each lobbying firm to file quarterly |
| 111 | compensation reports; requiring each lobbying firm to |
| 112 | report certain compensation information in dollar |
| 113 | categories and specific dollar amounts; requiring certain |
| 114 | lobbying firms to report the name and address of the |
| 115 | principal originating lobbying work; providing for |
| 116 | certification of compensation reports; requiring the |
| 117 | Florida Commission on Ethics to aggregate certain |
| 118 | compensation information; revising the period for filing |
| 119 | compensation and expenditure reporting statements; |
| 120 | authorizing the commission to adopt procedural rules for |
| 121 | determining late-filing fines for compensation reports; |
| 122 | prescribing fines and penalties for compensation-reporting |
| 123 | violations; providing exceptions; requiring each lobbying |
| 124 | firm and principal to maintain certain records and |
| 125 | documents for a specified period; specifying judicial |
| 126 | jurisdiction for enforcing the right of inspection; |
| 127 | prohibiting lobbying expenditures, except for certain food |
| 128 | and beverages and novelty items; prohibiting principals |
| 129 | from providing lobbying compensation to any individual or |
| 130 | business entity other than a lobbying firm; providing for |
| 131 | the commission to investigate certain lobbying firms for |
| 132 | compensation-reporting violations; providing procedures |
| 133 | for disposing of compensation-reporting investigations and |
| 134 | proceedings; providing penalties; providing for public |
| 135 | access to certain records; authorizing the commission to |
| 136 | adopt administration rules and forms relating to |
| 137 | compensation reporting; requiring compensation and |
| 138 | expenditure reports to be filed electronically; creating |
| 139 | s. 112.32155, F.S.; defining the term "electronic filing |
| 140 | system"; providing requirements for lobbyists and lobbying |
| 141 | firms filing reports with the Florida Commission on Ethics |
| 142 | by means of the electronic filing system; providing that |
| 143 | such reports are considered to be certified as accurate |
| 144 | and complete; providing requirements for the electronic |
| 145 | filing system; providing for the commission to adopt rules |
| 146 | to administer the electronic filing system; requiring |
| 147 | alternate filing procedures; requiring the issuance of |
| 148 | electronic receipts; requiring that the commission provide |
| 149 | for public access to certain data; specifying the initial |
| 150 | reporting period that is subject to the requirements of |
| 151 | the act; requiring that the administrator of a county |
| 152 | detention facility provide an application form for the |
| 153 | restoration of civil rights to a prisoner who has been |
| 154 | convicted of a felony and is serving a sentence in that |
| 155 | facility; authorizing the use of volunteers to assist the |
| 156 | prisoner in completing the application; providing that |
| 157 | this section does not apply to prisoners who are |
| 158 | transferred to the Department of Corrections; providing an |
| 159 | effective date. |