| 1 | Representative Richardson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 35-77 and insert: |
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| 6 | (6) In carrying out the investigative duties and |
| 7 | responsibilities specified in this section, each inspector |
| 8 | general shall initiate, conduct, supervise, and coordinate |
| 9 | investigations designed to detect, deter, prevent, and eradicate |
| 10 | fraud, waste, mismanagement, misconduct, and other abuses in |
| 11 | state government. For these purposes, the Chief Inspector |
| 12 | General and each state agency shall have the following |
| 13 | functions, powers, and duties: |
| 14 | (a) To receive complaints and coordinate all activities of |
| 15 | the agency as required by the Whistle-blower's Act pursuant to |
| 16 | ss. 112.3187-112.31895. |
| 17 | (b) To receive and consider the complaints which do not |
| 18 | meet the criteria for an investigation under the Whistle- |
| 19 | blower's Act and conduct, supervise, or coordinate such |
| 20 | inquiries, investigations, or reviews as the inspector general |
| 21 | deems appropriate. |
| 22 | (c) To report expeditiously to the Department of Law |
| 23 | Enforcement or other law enforcement agencies, as appropriate, |
| 24 | whenever the inspector general has reasonable grounds to believe |
| 25 | there has been a violation of criminal law. |
| 26 | (d) To conduct investigations and other inquiries free of |
| 27 | actual or perceived impairment to the independence of the |
| 28 | inspector general or the inspector general's office. This shall |
| 29 | include freedom from any interference with investigations and |
| 30 | timely access to records and other sources of information. |
| 31 | (e) To access any records, data, and other information of |
| 32 | a state agency he or she deems necessary to carry out his or her |
| 33 | duties pursuant to this section and to request such information |
| 34 | or assistance as may be necessary from a state agency or from |
| 35 | any federal, state, or local governmental entity. |
| 36 | (f) The Chief Inspector General may compel by subpoena the |
| 37 | production of all information, documents, reports, answers, |
| 38 | records, accounts, papers, and other data necessary in the |
| 39 | performance of the functions assigned by this section, which |
| 40 | subpoena, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey, shall be |
| 41 | enforceable by order of any appropriate state court of competent |
| 42 | jurisdiction. Provided, that procedures other than subpoenas |
| 43 | shall be used by the Chief Inspector General to obtain documents |
| 44 | and information from state agencies, employees of state |
| 45 | agencies, former employees of state agencies who have filed a |
| 46 | whistle-blower complaint pursuant to s. 112.31895, and immediate |
| 47 | family members of current or former employees of state agencies |
| 48 | who have filed a whistle-blower complaint pursuant to s. |
| 49 | 112.31895. |
| 50 | (g)(e) To submit in a timely fashion final reports on |
| 51 | investigations conducted by the inspector general to the agency |
| 52 | head, except for whistle-blower's investigations, which shall be |
| 53 | conducted and reported pursuant to s. 112.3189. |
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| 57 | Remove lines 8-22, and insert: |
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| 59 | amending s. 20.055, F.S.; providing that the Chief |
| 60 | Inspector General and each state agency shall have certain |
| 61 | powers and perform certain functions and duties relative |
| 62 | to specified investigations; providing that the Chief |
| 63 | Inspector General and each state agency may access |
| 64 | specified records, data, and information of a state agency |
| 65 | and request information or assistance from a state agency |
| 66 | or any federal, state, or local governmental entity; |
| 67 | providing that the Chief Inspector General may compel the |
| 68 | production by subpoena of specified information, |
| 69 | documents, and other data necessary in the performance of |
| 70 | assigned functions; providing for the enforcement of |
| 71 | specified subpoenas; providing that procedures other than |
| 72 | subpoenas shall be used by the Chief Inspector General to |
| 73 | obtain documents and information from state agencies, |
| 74 | employees of state agencies, former employees of state |
| 75 | agencies who have filed a whistle-blower complaint, and |
| 76 | immediate family members of current or former employees of |
| 77 | state agencies who have filed a whistle-blower complaint; |
| 78 | amending s. 112.3189, F.S.; providing |