| 1 | Representative Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 604 and 605, insert: |
| 5 | (12) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1)- |
| 6 | (8), the commission shall dismiss any complaint when: |
| 7 | (a) The complaining party filed a parallel complaint, |
| 8 | arising out of a common nucleus of operative facts, with a |
| 9 | county ethics commission which resulted in a finding of no |
| 10 | probable cause or a final order disposing of the complaint; |
| 11 | (b) The state law upon which the Commission on Ethics |
| 12 | complaint is based is not materially different from the |
| 13 | provisions of the county or municipal ordinance applied by the |
| 14 | county ethics commission when resolving the parallel complaint; |
| 15 | and |
| 16 | (c) The proceedings before the county ethics commission |
| 17 | regarding the parallel complaint were full and fair. |
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| 19 | A county ethics commission also shall dismiss any complaint |
| 20 | that meets the three criteria in this subsection. |
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| 23 | Remove line 583 and insert: |
| 24 | 112.324, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is |
| 25 | added to that section, to read: |
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| 29 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 30 | Remove line 55 and insert: |
| 31 | than lobbyists or public officers and employees; requiring the |
| 32 | Ethics Commission to dismiss complaints under certain |
| 33 | circumstances; amending |
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