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SB 1538: Government Integrity

GENERAL BILL by Gruters

Government Integrity; Creating the Florida Integrity Office under the Auditor General; providing for the appointment of the Florida Integrity Officer; providing procedures for the submission and investigation of certain complaints; authorizing the Florida Integrity Officer to take certain action in response to complaints received; revising provisions relating to contractual services and commodities that are not subject to competitive-solicitation requirements; requiring the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Education to conduct investigations relating to waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement against a district school board or Florida College System institution, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/8/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 115
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 115
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

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  • SB 1538, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2020 at 12:13 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1111 (c2) Government Accountability Tomkow Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2020-114) Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (14)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.421 Page 3 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 8 (pdf)
    14.32 Office of Chief Inspector General. Page 11 (pdf)
    17.04 To audit and adjust accounts of officers and those indebted to the state. Page 13 (pdf)
    17.325 Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Chief Financial Officer. Page 14 (pdf)
    20.055 Agency inspectors general. Page 14 (pdf)
    110.1245 Savings sharing program; bonus payments; other awards. Page 15 (pdf)
    112.3187 Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief. Page 19 (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 25 (pdf)
    112.3189 Investigative procedures upon receipt of whistle-blower information from certain state employees. Page 26 (pdf)
    112.31895 Investigative procedures in response to prohibited personnel actions. Page 29 (pdf)
    287.057 Procurement of commodities or contractual services. Page 20 (pdf)
    288.00001 Page 24 (pdf)
    1001.20 Department under direction of state board. Page 24 (pdf)

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