Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 846
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/05/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 690 - 767
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 13. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
    6  627.351, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans.—
    8         (6) CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION.—
    9         (d)1. All prospective employees for senior management
   10  positions, as defined by the plan of operation, are subject to
   11  background checks as a prerequisite for employment. The office
   12  shall conduct the background checks pursuant to ss. 624.34,
   13  624.404(3), and 628.261.
   14         2. On or before July 1 of each year, employees of the
   15  corporation must sign and submit a statement attesting that they
   16  do not have a conflict of interest, as defined in part III of
   17  chapter 112. As a condition of employment, all prospective
   18  employees must sign and submit to the corporation a conflict-of
   19  interest statement.
   20         3. The executive director, senior managers, and members of
   21  the board of governors are subject to part III of chapter 112,
   22  including, but not limited to, the code of ethics and public
   23  disclosure and reporting of financial interests, pursuant to s.
   24  112.3145. Notwithstanding s. 112.3143(2), a board member may not
   25  vote on any measure that would inure to his or her special
   26  private gain or loss; that he or she knows would inure to the
   27  special private gain or loss of any principal by whom he or she
   28  is retained or to the parent organization or subsidiary of a
   29  corporate principal by which he or she is retained, other than
   30  an agency as defined in s. 112.312; or that he or she knows
   31  would inure to the special private gain or loss of a relative or
   32  business associate of the public officer. Before the vote is
   33  taken, such member shall publicly state to the assembly the
   34  nature of his or her interest in the matter from which he or she
   35  is abstaining from voting and, within 15 days after the vote
   36  occurs, disclose the nature of his or her interest as a public
   37  record in a memorandum filed with the person responsible for
   38  recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the
   39  memorandum in the minutes. Senior managers and board members are
   40  also required to file such disclosures with the Commission on
   41  Ethics and the Office of Insurance Regulation. The executive
   42  director of the corporation or his or her designee shall notify
   43  each existing and newly appointed member of the board of
   44  governors and senior managers of their duty to comply with the
   45  reporting requirements of part III of chapter 112. At least
   46  quarterly, the executive director or his or her designee shall
   47  submit to the Commission on Ethics a list of names of the senior
   48  managers and members of the board of governors who are subject
   49  to the public disclosure requirements under s. 112.3145.
   50         4. Notwithstanding s. 112.3148, or s. 112.3149, or any
   51  other provision of law, an employee or board member may not
   52  knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any gift or
   53  expenditure from a person or entity, or an employee or
   54  representative of such person or entity, which has a contractual
   55  relationship with the corporation or who is under consideration
   56  for a contract. An employee or board member who fails to comply
   57  with subparagraph 3. or this subparagraph is subject to
   58  penalties provided under ss. 112.317 and 112.3173.
   59         5. The executive director, a member of the board of
   60  governors, and a any senior manager of the corporation are who
   61  is employed on or after January 1, 2007, regardless of the date
   62  of hire, who subsequently retires or terminates employment is
   63  prohibited from representing another person or entity before the
   64  corporation for 2 years after retirement from or termination of
   65  service to employment from the corporation.
   66         6. The executive director, a member of the board of
   67  governors, and a Any senior manager of the corporation are who
   68  is employed on or after January 1, 2007, regardless of the date
   69  of hire, who subsequently retires or terminates employment is
   70  prohibited from having any employment or contractual
   71  relationship for 2 years after retirement from or termination of
   72  service to the corporation with an insurer that has entered into
   73  a take-out bonus agreement with the corporation.
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   75  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   76  And the title is amended as follows:
   77         Delete lines 92 - 97
   78  and insert:
   79         Officers and Employees to the executive director of
   80         Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; prohibiting a
   81         former executive director, senior manager, or member
   82         of the board of governors of the corporation from
   83         representing another person or entity before the
   84         corporation for a specified timeframe; prohibiting a
   85         former executive director, senior manager, or member
   86         of the board of governors from entering employment or
   87         a contractual relationship for a specified timeframe
   88         with certain insurers; providing an effective date.