Bill Text: FL H0817 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elected Officials

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee [H0817 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0817-Introduced.html

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HB 817

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to elected officials; requiring that
3	the Commission on Ethics and the Florida Elections
4	Commission notify the Chief Financial Officer or the
5	governing body of a county, municipality, or special
6	district of any unpaid fines levied against a person
7	who has been elected to a state, county, municipal, or
8	special district office; requiring that the Chief
9	Financial Officer or the governing body of a county,
10	municipality, or special district withhold salary
11	payments that would otherwise be paid to an elected
12	official when that official owes a fine to the
13	Commission on Ethics or the Florida Elections
14	Commission; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer or
15	the governing body to retain a percentage of the
16	payment for administrative costs; providing an
17	effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1.  Payment of unpaid fines by elected officials.-
22	(1)  The Commission on Ethics and the Florida Elections
23	Commission shall notify the Chief Financial Officer or the
24	governing body of a county, municipality, or special district of
25	any fine owed to the Commission on Ethics or the Florida
26	Elections Commission by a person who has been elected to a
27	state, county, municipal, or special district office.
28	(2)  The Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a
29	county, municipality, or special district shall withhold any
30	salary payment, less applicable state and federal taxes, which
31	would otherwise be paid to the person elected to the state,
32	county, municipal, or special district office when that person
33	owes a fine to the Commission on Ethics or the Florida Elections
34	Commission. The salary payment withheld shall be remitted to the
35	commission that is owed the fine until the fine is satisfied.
36	(3)  The Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a
37	county, municipality, or special district may retain up to 2
38	percent of each payment made in order to cover the
39	administrative costs incurred under this section.
40	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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