Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 846
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/13/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 489 - 531
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
    7  288.901, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is
    8  added to that subsection, to read:
    9         288.901 Enterprise Florida, Inc.—
   10         (1) CREATION.—
   11         (c) The Legislature determines that it is in the public
   12  interest that the president, senior managers, and for the
   13  members of the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
   14  board of directors to be subject to the requirements of ss.
   15  112.313, 112.3135, and 112.3143(2), and 112.313, excluding s.
   16  112.313(2), notwithstanding the fact that the board members are
   17  not public officers or employees. For purposes of those
   18  sections, the president, senior managers, and board members
   19  shall be considered to be public officers or employees. The
   20  exemption set forth in s. 112.313(12) for advisory boards
   21  applies to the members of the Enterprise Florida, Inc., board of
   22  directors. Further, each member of the board of directors who is
   23  not otherwise required to file financial disclosures pursuant to
   24  s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution or s. 112.3144, shall
   25  file disclosure of financial interests pursuant to s. 112.3145.
   26         (d) The president, senior managers, and members of the
   27  board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc., may not
   28  represent another person or entity for compensation before the
   29  corporation for a period of 2 years after ending his or her
   30  employment with the corporation or service on the board of
   31  directors.
   32         Section 10. Present paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of
   33  section 288.92, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   34  (c), and a new paragraph (b) is added to that subsection, to
   35  read:
   36         288.92 Divisions of Enterprise Florida, Inc.—
   37         (2)
   38         (b)1. The Legislature determines that it is in the public
   39  interest that the following officers and board members be
   40  subject to ss. 112.313, 112.3135, and 112.3143(2),
   41  notwithstanding the fact that such officers and board members
   42  are not public officers or employees:
   43         a. Officers and members of the board of directors of the
   44  divisions of Enterprise Florida, Inc.;
   45         b. Officers and members of the board of directors of
   46  subsidiaries of Enterprise Florida, Inc.;
   47         c. Officers and members of the board of directors of
   48  corporations created to carry out the missions of Enterprise
   49  Florida, Inc.; and
   50         d. Officers and members of the board of directors of
   51  corporations with which a division is required by law to
   52  contract with to carry out its missions.
   53         2. Such officers and members of the board of directors may
   54  not represent another person or entity for compensation before
   55  Enterprise Florida, Inc., for a period of 2 years after
   56  retirement from or termination of service to the division.
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   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59  And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete lines 71 - 77
   61  and insert:
   62         Ethics for Public Officers and Employees to the
   63         president, senior managers, and members of the board
   64         of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; prohibiting
   65         the president, senior managers, and board members from
   66         representing a person or entity before the corporation
   67         for a specified timeframe; amending s. 288.92, F.S.;
   68         specifying the applicability of certain provisions of
   69         the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees
   70         to certain officers and board members associated with
   71         the divisions of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; prohibiting
   72         such officers and members from representing a person