| 1 | Representative Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 70 and 71, insert: |
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| 6 | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 112.313, Florida |
| 7 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 8 | 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, |
| 9 | employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.-- |
| 10 | (2) SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS OR |
| 11 | CONTRIBUTIONS.-- |
| 12 | (a) No public officer, employee of an agency, local |
| 13 | government attorney, or candidate for nomination or election |
| 14 | shall solicit or accept anything of value to the recipient, |
| 15 | including a gift, loan, reward, promise of future employment, |
| 16 | favor, or service, based upon any understanding that the vote, |
| 17 | official action, or judgment of the public officer, employee, |
| 18 | local government attorney, or candidate would be influenced |
| 19 | thereby. |
| 20 | (b) No elected or appointed member of a local government |
| 21 | council or advisory committee shall, directly or indirectly, |
| 22 | solicit any contribution on behalf of a candidate from an |
| 23 | individual who is participating in a pending matter before the |
| 24 | council or advisory committee. For purposes of this paragraph, |
| 25 | "pending matter" means any quasi-judicial or other proceeding, |
| 26 | application, request for a ruling or other determination, or |
| 27 | other particular action involving a specific party or parties. |
| 28 | The prohibition in this paragraph shall not apply to the members |
| 29 | of a governing body of a district, county, or municipality |
| 30 | regardless of whether such members are acting in an elected or |
| 31 | appointed capacity. |
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| 35 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 36 | Between lines 4 and 5, insert: |
| 37 | 112.313, F.S.; prohibiting members of certain local councils or |
| 38 | committees from soliciting certain contributions; amending s. |