Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 582
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Clemens moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Before line 35
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 112.3143, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 112.3143 Voting conflicts.—
8 (2)(a) A state public officer, other than a member of the
9 Legislature, may not vote on any matter that the officer knows
10 would inure to his or her special private gain or loss. Any
11 state public officer who abstains from voting in an official
12 capacity upon any measure that the officer knows would inure to
13 the officer’s special private gain or loss, or who votes in an
14 official capacity on a measure that he or she knows would inure
15 to the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom the
16 officer is retained or to the parent organization or subsidiary
17 of a corporate principal by which the officer is retained, other
18 than an agency as defined in s. 112.312(2); or which the officer
19 knows would inure to the special private gain or loss of a
20 relative or business associate of the public officer, shall make
21 every reasonable effort to disclose the nature of his or her
22 interest as a public record in a memorandum filed with the
23 person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who
24 shall incorporate the memorandum in the minutes. If it is not
25 possible for the state public officer to file a memorandum
26 before the vote, the memorandum must be filed with the person
27 responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting no later
28 than 15 days after the vote.
29 (b) A member of the Legislature shall disclose any matter
30 that the member knows would inure to his or her special private
31 gain or loss; that he or she knows would inure to the special
32 private gain or loss of any principal by whom he or she is
33 retained, other than an agency as defined in s. 112.312(2); or
34 that he or she knows would inure to the special private gain or
35 loss of a relative or business associate of the member, upon
36 being called to vote on a measure. Regardless of whether the
37 member abstains from voting or votes on the measure, the member
38 shall disclose the nature of his or her interest as a public
39 record in a memorandum filed with the Secretary of the Senate or
40 the Clerk of the House of Representatives as soon as he or she
41 is aware of the conflict. If the member abstains from voting on
42 the measure, he or she must also state the reasons for
43 abstaining before the body which shall be recorded in the
44 journal of his or her respective house. If the member becomes
45 aware of the conflict during a committee, subcommittee, council,
46 caucus, or other meeting, or during a sitting on the floor, the
47 member must report the conflict as soon as possible after
48 conclusion of the meeting or adjournment of the sitting may
49 satisfy the disclosure requirements of this section by filing a
50 disclosure form created pursuant to the rules of the member’s
51 respective house if the member discloses the information
52 required by this subsection.
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55 And the title is amended as follows:
56 Between lines 2 and 3
57 insert:
58 112.3143, F.S.; revising voting conflicts and
59 disclosure requirements applicable to members of the
60 Legislature as to measures that would inure to the
61 special private gain or loss of the member, or a
62 principal, relative, or business associate thereof;
63 amending s.