| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to elected officials; requiring that |
| 3 | the Commission on Ethics and the Florida Elections |
| 4 | Commission notify the Chief Financial Officer or the |
| 5 | governing body of a county, municipality, or special |
| 6 | district of any unpaid fines levied against a person |
| 7 | who has been elected to a state, county, municipal, or |
| 8 | special district office; requiring that the Chief |
| 9 | Financial Officer or the governing body of a county, |
| 10 | municipality, or special district withhold salary |
| 11 | payments that would otherwise be paid to an elected |
| 12 | official when that official owes a fine to the |
| 13 | Commission on Ethics or the Florida Elections |
| 14 | Commission; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer or |
| 15 | the governing body to retain a percentage of the |
| 16 | payment for administrative costs; providing an |
| 17 | effective date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. Payment of unpaid fines by elected officials.- |
| 22 | (1) The Commission on Ethics and the Florida Elections |
| 23 | Commission shall notify the Chief Financial Officer or the |
| 24 | governing body of a county, municipality, or special district of |
| 25 | any fine owed to the Commission on Ethics or the Florida |
| 26 | Elections Commission by a person who has been elected to a |
| 27 | state, county, municipal, or special district office. |
| 28 | (2) The Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a |
| 29 | county, municipality, or special district shall withhold any |
| 30 | salary payment, less applicable state and federal taxes, which |
| 31 | would otherwise be paid to the person elected to the state, |
| 32 | county, municipal, or special district office when that person |
| 33 | owes a fine to the Commission on Ethics or the Florida Elections |
| 34 | Commission. The salary payment withheld shall be remitted to the |
| 35 | commission that is owed the fine until the fine is satisfied. |
| 36 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a |
| 37 | county, municipality, or special district may retain up to 2 |
| 38 | percent of each payment made in order to cover the |
| 39 | administrative costs incurred under this section. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |