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The Committee on Judiciary (Joyner) recommended the following

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amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

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     Delete line(s) 122-173

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and insert:

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     (2) An elected No state public officer is not prohibited

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from voting in an official capacity on any matter. However, an

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elected any state public officer voting in an official capacity

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upon any measure that which would inure to the officer's special

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private gain or loss; that which he or she knows would inure to

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the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom the

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officer is retained or to the parent organization, sibling, or

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subsidiary of a corporate principal by which the officer is

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retained, other than an agency as defined in s. 112.312; or that

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which the officer knows would inure to the special private gain

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or loss of a relative or business associate of the public officer

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shall, within 15 days after the vote occurs, disclose the nature

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of all of his or her interests and of all of the interests of his

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or her principals, relatives, or business associates which are

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known to him or her, his or her interest as a public record in a

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memorandum filed with the person responsible for recording the

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minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in

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the minutes.

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     (3) An appointed state public officer may not vote or

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participate in any matter that would inure to the officer's

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special private gain or loss; that the officer knows would inure

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to the special private gain or loss of any principal by whom he

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or she is retained or to the parent organization, sibling, or

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subsidiary of a corporate principal by which he or she is

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retained, other than an agency as defined in s. 112.312(2); or

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that he or she knows would inure to the special private gain or

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loss of a relative or business associate of the public officer

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without first disclosing the nature of his or her interest in the

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matter. Before the vote is taken, the appointed state public

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officer shall publicly state to the assembly the nature of the

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officer's interests and the interests of his or her principals,

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relatives, or business associates which are known to him or her,

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and on account of which he or she is abstaining from voting or

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participating and, at the time of the vote or within 15 days

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after the vote, shall disclose the nature of all of his or her

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interests and all of the interests of his or her principals,

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relatives, or business associates which are known to him or her,

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as a public record in a memorandum filed with the person

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responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall

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incorporate the memorandum in the minutes.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 16-19

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and insert:

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disclosure requirements for an elected state officer

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voting in an official capacity; prohibiting an appointed

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state officer from voting or participating in matters in

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which he or she has an interest; providing disclosure

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requirements for such state officer; providing an

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exception for a state officer when

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