Senate Bill 1534 (2018) - The Florida Senate

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SB 1534: Government Integrity

GENERAL BILL by Mayfield

Government Integrity; Requiring the Chief Inspector General and each agency inspector general, respectively, to determine within a specified timeframe whether reasonable cause exists to believe that fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or misconduct in government has occurred; authorizing the Department of Management Services to adopt certain rules relating to individuals or groups of employees who initiate a complaint under the Whistle-blower’s Act; requiring certain ethics training for governing board members of special districts and water management districts; prohibiting statewide elected officers and legislators from soliciting employment offers or investment advice arising out of official or political activities, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2018-5)
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Senate Committee References:

Ethics and Elections (EE)
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/4/2018	Senate	• Filed
1/12/2018	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 175
1/17/2018	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 175
3/10/2018	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2018-5)

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
S 1536	Local Government Lobbyist Registration System Trust Fund/Commission on Ethics	Mayfield	Linked	Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Ethics and Elections
H 1279 (er)	School District Accountability	Sullivan	Compare	Last Action: 3/12/2018 Chapter No. 2018-5
H 7003	Local Government Ethics Reform	Public Integrity and Ethics Committee	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2018-5)
H 7007 (c2)	Ethics Reform	Public Integrity and Ethics Committee	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Ethics and Elections
H 7055 (c1)	Education	Appropriations Committee	Compare	Last Action: 3/12/2018 Chapter No. 2018-6, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2018-9)
H 7055 (e1)	Education	Appropriations Committee	Compare	Last Action: 3/12/2018 Chapter No. 2018-6, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2018-9)
H 7073 (e1)	Government Integrity	Appropriations Committee	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2018-5)
S 1804 (c2)	School District Accountability	Stargel	Compare	Last Action: 3/2/2018 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2018-5) -SJ 544

Version	Posted	Format
S 1534 Filed	1/4/2018 10:54 AM	Web Page \| PDF

Citations - Statutes (23)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
11.061	State, state university, and community college employee lobbyists; registration; recording attendance; penalty; exemptions.	Page 5 (pdf)
14.32	Office of Chief Inspector General.	Page 5 (pdf)
17.325	Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Chief Financial Officer.	Page 6 (pdf)
20.055	Agency inspectors general.	Page 6 (pdf)
106.114		Page 7 (pdf)
110.1245	Savings sharing program; bonus payments; other awards.	Page 8 (pdf)
112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.	Page 10 (pdf)
112.3142	Ethics training for specified constitutional officers and elected municipal officers.	Page 18 (pdf)
112.3143	Voting conflicts.	Page 20 (pdf)
112.3144	Full and public disclosure of financial interests.	Page 22 (pdf)
112.3145	Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies.	Page 25 (pdf)
112.31455	Collection methods for unpaid automatic fines for failure to timely file disclosure of financial interests.	Page 26 (pdf)
112.3148	Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of financial interests and by procurement employees.	Page 27 (pdf)
112.3181		Page 28 (pdf)
112.3185	Additional standards for state agency employees.	Page 30 (pdf)
112.3187	Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief.	Page 33 (pdf)
112.3188	Confidentiality of information given to the Chief Inspector General, internal auditors, inspectors general, local chief executive officers, or other appropriate local officials.	Page 48 (pdf)
112.3189	Investigative procedures upon receipt of whistle-blower information from certain state employees.	Page 49 (pdf)
112.31895	Investigative procedures in response to prohibited personnel actions.	Page 52 (pdf)
112.3215	Lobbying before the executive branch or the Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting; investigation by commission.	Page 34 (pdf)
112.3261	Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting.	Page 40 (pdf)
112.3262		Page 40 (pdf)
218.32	Annual financial reports; local governmental entities.	Page 48 (pdf)

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