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SB 1542: Government Integrity

GENERAL BILL by Hutson

Government Integrity; Creating the Florida Accountability Office under the Auditor General; providing investigative duties of the Chief Inspector General and agency inspectors general; providing requirements for awards given to employees who report under the Whistle-blower’s Act; prohibiting tax incentives from being awarded or paid to a state contractor or subcontractor, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/28/2019 Senate • Filed
    3/8/2019 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 203
    3/13/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 203
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

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  • SB 1542, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2019 at 3:18 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1047 (c1) Government Integrity Public Integrity and Ethics Committee Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in State Affairs Committee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.421 Page 3 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 9 (pdf)
    11.47 Penalties; failure to make a proper audit or examination; making a false report; failure to produce documents or information. Page 11 (pdf)
    14.32 Office of Chief Inspector General. Page 12 (pdf)
    17.04 To audit and adjust accounts of officers and those indebted to the state. Page 14 (pdf)
    17.325 Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Chief Financial Officer. Page 15 (pdf)
    20.055 Agency inspectors general. Page 16 (pdf)
    110.1245 Savings sharing program; bonus payments; other awards. Page 16 (pdf)
    112.3187 Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief. Page 20 (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 27 (pdf)
    112.3189 Investigative procedures upon receipt of whistle-blower information from certain state employees. Page 28 (pdf)
    112.31895 Investigative procedures in response to prohibited personnel actions. Page 31 (pdf)
    286.31 Page 21 (pdf)
    287.057 Procurement of commodities or contractual services. Page 21 (pdf)
    288.00001 Page 25 (pdf)
    1001.20 Department under direction of state board. Page 25 (pdf)
    1001.65 Florida College System institution presidents; powers and duties. Page 27 (pdf)

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