Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 7037, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Thurston moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 23
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (7) of
    6  section 112.313, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees
    8  of agencies, and local government attorneys.—
    9         (7) CONFLICTING EMPLOYMENT OR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.—
   10         (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a public officer of a
   11  county or city commission, council, or board may hold an
   12  employment or contractual relationship with a law firm when one
   13  or more of the firm’s lawyers represents a client before the
   14  public officer’s commission, council, or board if the public
   15  officer satisfies the following requirements every time a lawyer
   16  of the firm appears before the commission, council, or board:
   17         1. The public officer abstains from voting on any matter in
   18  which the lawyer is appearing, publicly states the reason for
   19  the abstention, and provides a written disclosure as prescribed
   20  in s. 112.3143(3)(a).
   21         2. The public officer recuses himself or herself from any
   22  questions, discussions, or debate on any such matter.
   23         3. The public officer does not discuss any such matter with
   24  another officer of the commission, council, or board, or any
   25  staff member thereof.
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   27  A public officer with an employment or contractual relationship
   28  with a law firm who fails to satisfy the requirements in this
   29  paragraph is deemed to have violated this subsection.
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   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete lines 2 - 3
   34  and insert:
   35         An act relating to ethics and elections; amending s.
   36         112.313, F.S.; authorizing specified public officers
   37         to have a contractual or employment relationship with
   38         certain law firms if designated conditions are met;
   39         amending s. 100.3605, F.S.; requiring the