Florida Senate - 2022                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 510
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Hutson moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 489 - 523
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) Each state or local officer, except as otherwise
    6  specified in s. 112.3144(1), and each specified state employee
    7  shall file a statement of financial interests no later than July
    8  1 of each year. Each state officer, local officer, and specified
    9  state employee shall file a final statement of financial
   10  interests within 60 days after leaving his or her public
   11  position for the period between January 1 of the year in which
   12  the person leaves and the last day of office or employment,
   13  unless within the 60-day period the person takes another public
   14  position requiring financial disclosure under this section or s.
   15  8, Art. II of the State Constitution or otherwise is required to
   16  file full and public disclosure or a statement of financial
   17  interests for the final disclosure period. Each state or local
   18  officer who is appointed and each specified state employee who
   19  is employed shall file a statement of financial interests within
   20  30 days after from the date of appointment or, in the case of a
   21  specified state employee, after from the date on which the
   22  employment begins, except that any person whose appointment is
   23  subject to confirmation by the Senate shall file before prior to
   24  confirmation hearings or within 30 days after from the date of
   25  appointment, whichever comes first.
   26         Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) and subsection
   27  (12) of section 112.324, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   28         112.324 Procedures on complaints of violations and
   29  referrals; public records and meeting exemptions.—
   30         (11)(a) Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(8), the commission
   31  may dismiss any complaint or referral at any stage of
   32  disposition if it determines that the violation that is alleged
   33  or has occurred is a de minimis violation attributable to
   34  inadvertent or unintentional error. In determining whether a
   35  violation was de minimis, the commission shall consider whether
   36  the interests of the public were protected despite the
   37  violation. This subsection does not apply to complaints or
   38  referrals pursuant to ss. 112.3144 and 112.3145.
   39         (12) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1)-(8),
   40  the commission may, at its discretion, dismiss any complaint or
   41  referral or proceeding under s. 112.3215 at any stage of
   42  disposition should it determine that the public interest would
   43  not be served by proceeding further, in which case the
   44  commission shall issue a public report stating with
   45  particularity its reasons for the dismissal.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete lines 54 - 59
   50  and insert:
   51         specified date; conforming a provision to changes made
   52         by the act; amending s. 112.324, F.S.; authorizing the
   53         commission to dismiss financial disclosure complaints
   54         alleging de minimis violations; authorizing the
   55         commission to dismiss specified proceedings at any
   56         stage of disposition if a certain condition is met;
   57         authorizing the commission to adopt