The Florida Senate

SB 1142: Public Officers and Employees [GPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Wise

Public Officers and Employees [GPSC]; Provides additional acts that constitute a breach of duty by a public official, an agency employee, or a local government attorney. Expands the list of acts of official misconduct. Requires state attorneys and law enforcement agencies to strictly enforce the provisions prohibiting official misconduct. Provides penalties for additional criminal actions committed by a public servant, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/3/2009	Senate	• Filed
  2/12/2009	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means
  3/3/2009	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00071
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections

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• SB 1142, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2009 at 3:54 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 2686	Litigation [SPSC]	Lawson	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Judiciary Location:

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.
  838.022	Official misconduct.
  839.24	Penalty for failure to perform duty required of officer.
  843.0855	Criminal actions under color of law or through use of simulated legal process.

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