HB 91

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to integrity of public investigations;
3	providing a short title; amending s. 112.313, F.S.;
4	providing that an employee of a state agency with
5	investigatory or regulatory functions may not perform
6	work for any individual or organization that is the
7	subject of a civil or criminal investigation or
8	judicial proceeding by that agency during the pendency
9	of the investigation or judicial proceeding or for a
10	specified period thereafter; specifying certain
11	agencies whose employees are affected; providing an
12	effective date.
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14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Florida
17	Investigatory Integrity Act."
18	Section 2.  Subsection (18) is added to section 112.313,
19	Florida Statutes, to read:
20	112.313  Standards of conduct for public officers,
21	employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.-
22	(18)  EMPLOYEES OF AGENCIES WITH INVESTIGATORY OR
23	REGULATORY FUNCTIONS.-
24	(a)  An employee of a state agency with investigatory or
25	regulatory functions may not perform work for any individual or
26	organization that is the subject of a civil or criminal
27	investigation or judicial proceeding by that agency during the
28	pendency of the investigation or judicial proceeding or for a
29	period of 2 years thereafter.
30	(b)  As used in this subsection, the term "state agency"
31	includes, but is not limited to, the Attorney General's Office,
32	the Department of Financial Services, the Department of
33	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Office of Insurance
34	Regulation, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the
35	Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the Public
36	Service Commission, the Department of Law Enforcement, and the
37	Florida Highway Patrol, as well as any other state agency with
38	investigatory powers.
39	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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