The Florida Senate

HB 1421: Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees

GENERAL BILL by Heller

Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees; Revises provisions of code of ethics relating to standards of conduct, conflicts of interests, filing public disclosure forms, reporting of gifts, & civil penalties; establishes criteria for qualified blind trusts for certain public officials; adopts "actual malice" standard when determining if fees & costs shall be assessed against complainant, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/26/2010	House	• Filed
  3/2/2010	House	• Introduced -HJ 00127
  3/10/2010	House	• Referred to Governmental Affairs Policy (EDCA); Government Operations Appropriations (CGHC); Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council -HJ 00256
  4/30/2010	House	• Died in Committee on Governmental Affairs Policy (EDCA)

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• HB 1421, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2010 at 3:02 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1423	Public Records and Meetings/Commission on Ethics	Heller	Linked	Last Action: 4/30/2010 H Died in Committee on Governmental Affairs Policy (EDCA), companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 551 (Ch. 2010-130), HB 7085 (Ch. 2010-116) Location:
  S 2492	Public Officers & Employees/Code of Ethics [GPSC]	Fasano	Identical	Last Action: 4/30/2010 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections Location:
  S 2494	Pub. Rec./Code of Ethics/Commission on Ethics [GPSC]	Fasano	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2010 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 551 (Ch. 2010-130), HB 7085 (Ch. 2010-116) Location:
  S 2630	Florida Commission on Ethics [GPSC]	Aronberg	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2010 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections Location:

  Citations - Statutes (13)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  112.312	Definitions.
  112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.
  112.3135	Restriction on employment of relatives.
  112.3142
  112.3143	Voting conflicts.
  112.3144	Full and public disclosure of financial interests.
  112.3145	Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies.
  112.3148	Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of financial interests and by procurement employees.
  112.3149	Solicitation and disclosure of honoraria.
  112.317	Penalties.
  112.3215	Lobbying before the executive branch or the Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting; investigation by commission.
  112.324	Procedures on complaints of violations; public records and meeting exemptions.
  411.01	School readiness programs; early learning coalitions.

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