Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 510
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       
       582-01371-22                                           2022510c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to financial disclosures for local
    3         officers; amending s. 112.3144, F.S.; requiring
    4         specified local officers to file a full and public
    5         disclosure of financial interests; amending s.
    6         112.3145, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made
    7         by the act; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of
   12  section 112.3144, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial
   14  interests.—
   15         (1)
   16         (d) The following local officers must comply with the
   17  financial disclosure requirements of s. 8, Art. II of the State
   18  Constitution and this section:
   19         1. Mayors.
   20         2. City commissioners.
   21         3. Elected members of a city council; town council; village
   22  council; or other governing body of a city, town, or village.
   23         4. City, county, town, or village managers.
   24         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   25  112.3145, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   26         112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients
   27  represented before agencies.—
   28         (2)
   29         (b) Each state or local officer, except local officers
   30  specified in s. 112.3144(1)(d), and each specified state
   31  employee shall file a statement of financial interests no later
   32  than July 1 of each year. Each state officer, local officer, and
   33  specified state employee shall file a final statement of
   34  financial interests within 60 days after leaving his or her
   35  public position for the period between January 1 of the year in
   36  which the person leaves and the last day of office or
   37  employment, unless within the 60-day period the person takes
   38  another public position requiring financial disclosure under
   39  this section or s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution or
   40  otherwise is required to file full and public disclosure or a
   41  statement of financial interests for the final disclosure
   42  period. Each state or local officer who is appointed and each
   43  specified state employee who is employed shall file a statement
   44  of financial interests within 30 days after from the date of
   45  appointment or, in the case of a specified state employee, after
   46  from the date on which the employment begins, except that any
   47  person whose appointment is subject to confirmation by the
   48  Senate shall file before prior to confirmation hearings or
   49  within 30 days after from the date of appointment, whichever
   50  comes first.
   51         Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.