Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1310
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Senator Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       585-03378-17                                          20171310c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state employment; repealing s.
    3         110.181, F.S., relating to Florida State Employees’
    4         Charitable Campaign; creating s. 110.182, F.S.;
    5         prohibiting an organization, entity, or person from
    6         intentionally soliciting state employees for
    7         fundraising or business purposes within specified
    8         areas during specified times; providing exemptions;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 110.181, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   14         Section 2. Section 110.182, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         110.182 Solicitation of state employees prohibited.—An
   17  organization, entity, or person may not intentionally solicit a
   18  state employee through any means for fundraising or business
   19  purposes within work areas during work hours. This section does
   20  not prohibit the following:
   21         (1) State-approved communications by entities with whom the
   22  state has contracted to provide employee benefits or services.
   23         (2) Noncoercive voluntary communications between state
   24  employees in workplace areas.
   25         (3) Activities at authorized public events occurring in
   26  non-work areas of state owned or leased facilities.
   27         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.