Florida Senate Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing that the Chief Inspector General is responsible for all agency inspectors general, including cabinet agencies and the Executive Office of the Governor; housing the office of the Chief Inspector General in the Executive Office of the Governor for administrative purposes only; providing that the Chief Inspector General reports to the Cabinet; requiring the agency inspector general to keep the Chief Inspector General informed of any agency fraud, abuses, or deficiencies and authorizing the inspector general to not inform the agency head under certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term "independent contractor" under the state Whistle-blower's Act to include anyone who receives public funds; permitting employees disclosing information resulting in a recovery of funds to receive a percent of any funds recovered; directing the Department of Management Services to adopt criteria for the use of purchasing cards, etc.

Inspectors General

Sen. Paula Dockery [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 28
2011-10-04		Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 28
2011-09-16		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	3187		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	3189		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	31895		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	31901		Amended Code	See Bill Text
14	32		Amended Code	See Bill Text
20	055		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/270
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0270/BillText/Filed/HTML