Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 582
       
       
        
       By Senator Latvala
       
       16-00221A-17                                           2017582__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to regulatory boards; amending s.
    3         455.203, F.S.; requiring the Department of Business
    4         and Professional Regulation to indemnify, defend, and
    5         hold harmless from claims, actions, demands, suits,
    6         investigations, damages, and liability all current and
    7         former board members and any companies or businesses
    8         with which they have or had specified affiliations,
    9         but only if their service meets a specified
   10         requirement; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section 455.203,
   15  Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         455.203 Department; powers and duties.—The department, for
   17  the boards under its jurisdiction, shall:
   18         (11) Indemnify, defend, and hold harmless all current and
   19  former board members and any companies or businesses in which
   20  they have or had an equity interest or in which they serve or
   21  served as an employee, director, officer, or representative,
   22  against all claims, actions, demands, suits, investigations,
   23  damages, and liability incurred by any board member in
   24  connection with any action or inaction by a current or former
   25  board member in the course and conduct of his or her service.
   26  However, this subsection applies only if, in providing such
   27  service, the current or former board members acted in good faith
   28  and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in conformity
   29  with, or not contrary to, the laws of this state and the United
   30  States.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.