| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to elected officials; requiring the |
| 3 | Commission on Ethics and the Elections Commission to |
| 4 | notify the Chief Financial Officer or the governing body |
| 5 | of a county, municipality, or special district, as |
| 6 | appropriate, of any fines owed to it by a person who has |
| 7 | been elected to a state, county, municipal, or special |
| 8 | district office; requiring the Chief Financial Officer or |
| 9 | the governing body of a county, municipality, or special |
| 10 | district, as appropriate, to withhold salary payments it |
| 11 | would otherwise make to an elected officeholder when that |
| 12 | official owes a fine to the Commission on Ethics or the |
| 13 | Elections Commission; authorizing the Chief Financial |
| 14 | Officer and governing bodies to retain a portion of the |
| 15 | payment to cover their administrative costs; providing an |
| 16 | effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Payment of unpaid fines by elected officials.- |
| 21 | (1) The Commission on Ethics and the Elections Commission |
| 22 | shall notify the Chief Financial Officer or the governing body |
| 23 | of a county, municipality, or special district, as appropriate, |
| 24 | of any fines owed to the Commission on Ethics or the Elections |
| 25 | Commission by a person who has been elected to a state, county, |
| 26 | municipal, or special district office. |
| 27 | (2) The Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a |
| 28 | county, municipality, or special district, as appropriate, shall |
| 29 | withhold any salary payments, less applicable state and federal |
| 30 | taxes, which it would otherwise pay to a person elected to a |
| 31 | state, county, municipal, or special district office when that |
| 32 | person owes a fine to the Commission on Ethics or to the |
| 33 | Elections Commission. The salary payments withheld shall be |
| 34 | remitted to the commission that is owed the fine until the fine |
| 35 | is satisfied. |
| 36 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a |
| 37 | county, municipality, or special district may retain up to 2 |
| 38 | percent of each payment made pursuant to this section to cover |
| 39 | its administrative costs. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |