Florida Senate - 2024                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7014
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Burgess moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 92 and 93
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) of section
    6  112.3144, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial
    8  interests.—
    9         (6)
   10         (c)1. Each separate source and amount of income which
   11  exceeds $1,000 must be identified. For the purpose of a filer
   12  reporting income, the commission shall accept federal income tax
   13  returns. If a filer submits a federal income tax return for the
   14  purpose of reporting income, he or she must also include all
   15  attachments and schedules associated with such federal income
   16  tax return.
   17         2.If disclosure of identifying information regarding a
   18  source of income or secondary sources of income will violate
   19  confidentiality or privilege pursuant to law or rules governing
   20  attorneys, a filer who is also an attorney may indicate that he
   21  or she has a legal client who meets the disclosure criteria
   22  without providing further information about the client. The
   23  filer in such circumstance may write “Legal Client” in the
   24  disclosure fields without providing further information.
   25         Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 112.3145, Florida
   26  Statutes, is amended to read:
   27         112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients
   28  represented before agencies.—
   29         (3) The statement of financial interests for state
   30  officers, specified state employees, local officers, and persons
   31  seeking to qualify as candidates for state or local office shall
   32  be filed even if the reporting person holds no financial
   33  interests requiring disclosure in a particular category, in
   34  which case that section of the statement shall be marked “not
   35  applicable.” Otherwise, the statement of financial interests
   36  must include the information under paragraph (a) or paragraph
   37  (b). The reporting person must indicate on the statement whether
   38  he or she is using the reporting method under paragraph (a) or
   39  paragraph (b). Beginning January 1, 2023, only the reporting
   40  method specified under paragraph (b) may be used.
   41         (a)1. All sources of income in excess of 5 percent of the
   42  gross income received during the disclosure period by the person
   43  in his or her own name or by any other person for his or her use
   44  or benefit, excluding public salary. However, this shall not be
   45  construed to require disclosure of a business partner’s sources
   46  of income. The person reporting shall list such sources in
   47  descending order of value with the largest source first;
   48         2. All sources of income to a business entity in excess of
   49  10 percent of the gross income of a business entity in which the
   50  reporting person held a material interest and from which he or
   51  she received an amount which was in excess of 10 percent of his
   52  or her gross income during the disclosure period and which
   53  exceeds $1,500. The period for computing the gross income of the
   54  business entity is the fiscal year of the business entity which
   55  ended on, or immediately prior to, the end of the disclosure
   56  period of the person reporting;
   57         3. The location or description of real property in this
   58  state, except for residences and vacation homes, owned directly
   59  or indirectly by the person reporting, when such person owns in
   60  excess of 5 percent of the value of such real property, and a
   61  general description of any intangible personal property worth in
   62  excess of 10 percent of such person’s total assets. For the
   63  purposes of this paragraph, indirect ownership does not include
   64  ownership by a spouse or minor child; and
   65         4. Every individual liability that equals more than the
   66  reporting person’s net worth; or
   67         (b)1. All sources of gross income in excess of $2,500
   68  received during the disclosure period by the person in his or
   69  her own name or by any other person for his or her use or
   70  benefit, excluding public salary. However, this shall not be
   71  construed to require disclosure of a business partner’s sources
   72  of income. The person reporting shall list such sources in
   73  descending order of value with the largest source first;
   74         2. All sources of income to a business entity in excess of
   75  10 percent of the gross income of a business entity in which the
   76  reporting person held a material interest and from which he or
   77  she received gross income exceeding $5,000 during the disclosure
   78  period. The period for computing the gross income of the
   79  business entity is the fiscal year of the business entity which
   80  ended on, or immediately prior to, the end of the disclosure
   81  period of the person reporting;
   82         3. The location or description of real property in this
   83  state, except for residence and vacation homes, owned directly
   84  or indirectly by the person reporting, when such person owns in
   85  excess of 5 percent of the value of such real property, and a
   86  general description of any intangible personal property worth in
   87  excess of $10,000. For the purpose of this paragraph, indirect
   88  ownership does not include ownership by a spouse or minor child;
   89  and
   90         4. Every liability in excess of $10,000.
   91         (b)If disclosure of identifying information regarding a
   92  source of income or secondary sources of income will violate
   93  confidentiality or privilege pursuant to law or rules governing
   94  attorneys, a filer who is also an attorney may indicate that he
   95  or she has a legal client who meets the disclosure criteria
   96  without providing further information about the client. The
   97  filer in such circumstance may write “Legal Client” in the
   98  disclosure fields without providing further information.
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  100  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  101  And the title is amended as follows:
  102         Delete line 4
  103  and insert:
  104         specified lobbying provisions; amending s. 112.3144,
  105         F.S.; authorizing attorneys who file full and public
  106         disclosures of their financial interests to indicate
  107         that a client meets disclosure criteria without
  108         providing further information relating to such client;
  109         authorizing such attorneys to designate such clients
  110         as “Legal Client” on such disclosures; amending s.
  111         112.3145, F.S.; deleting obsolete language;
  112         authorizing attorneys who file statements of financial
  113         interests to indicate that a client meets disclosure
  114         criteria without providing further information
  115         relating to such client; authorizing such attorneys to
  116         designate such clients as “Legal Client” on such
  117         statements; amending s. 112.321,