Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 136
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-00234-09                                            2009136__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the receipt of gifts by candidates,
    3         officers, and state employees; amending s. 112.3148,
    4         F.S.; deleting a limitation on the amount of time that
    5         a gift accepted on behalf of a governmental entity or
    6         charitable organization may be retained; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8         
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 112.3148, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         112.3148 Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by
   14  individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of
   15  financial interests and by procurement employees.—
   16         (4) A reporting individual or procurement employee or any
   17  other person on his or her behalf is prohibited from knowingly
   18  accepting, directly or indirectly, a gift from a political
   19  committee or committee of continuous existence, as defined in s.
   20  106.011, or from a lobbyist who lobbies the reporting
   21  individual's or procurement employee's agency, or directly or
   22  indirectly on behalf of the partner, firm, employer, or
   23  principal of a lobbyist, if he or she knows or reasonably
   24  believes that the gift has a value in excess of $100; however,
   25  such a gift may be accepted by such person on behalf of a
   26  governmental entity or a charitable organization. If the gift is
   27  accepted on behalf of a governmental entity or charitable
   28  organization, the person receiving the gift shall not maintain
   29  custody of the gift for any period of time beyond that
   30  reasonably necessary to arrange for the transfer of custody and
   31  ownership of the gift.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.