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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to financial disclosures for elected 2
local officers; amending s. 112.3144, F.S.; requiring 3
specified local officers to file a full and public 4
disclosure of financial interests; amending s. 5
112.3145, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 6
"local officer"; providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsec tion (1) of 11
section 112.3144, Florida Statutes, to read: 12
112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial 13
interests.— 14
(1) 15
(d) The following local officers must comply with the 16
financial disclosure requirements of s. 8, Art. II of the State 17
Constitution and this section: 18
1. Mayors. 19
2. City commissioners. 20
3. Elected members of a city council; town council; 21
village council; or other governing body of a city, town, or 22
village. 23
4. City, county, town, or village managers. 24
Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 25
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112.3145, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 26
112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients 27
represented before agencies. — 28
(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context 29
otherwise requires, the term: 30
(a) "Local officer" means: 31
1. Every person who is elected to office in any political 32
subdivision of the state, and every person who is appointed to 33
fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office. 34
The term "local officer" does not include may ors; city 35
commissioners; elected members of a city council, town council, 36
or village council, or any other governing body of a city, town, 37
or village; or city, county, town, or village managers. 38
2. Any appointed member of any of the following boards, 39
councils, commissions, authorities, or other bodies of any 40
county, municipality, school district, independent special 41
district, or other political subdivision of the state: 42
a. The governing body of the political subdivision, if 43
appointed; 44
b. A community college or junior college district board of 45
trustees; 46
c. A board having the power to enforce local code 47
provisions; 48
d. A planning or zoning board, board of adjustment, board 49
of appeals, community redevelopment agency board, or other board 50
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having the power to recommend, create, or modify land planning 51
or zoning within the political subdivision, except for citizen 52
advisory committees, technical coordinating committees, and such 53
other groups who only have the power to make recommendations to 54
planning or zoning boards; 55
e. A pension board or retirement board having the power to 56
invest pension or retirement funds or the power to make a 57
binding determination of one's entitlement to or amount of a 58
pension or other retirement benefit; or 59
f. Any other appoin ted member of a local government board 60
who is required to file a statement of financial interests by 61
the appointing authority or the enabling legislation, ordinance, 62
or resolution creating the board. 63
3. Any person holding one or more of the following 64
positions: mayor; county or city manager; chief administrative 65
employee of a county, municipality, or other political 66
subdivision; county or municipal attorney; finance director of a 67
county, municipality, or other political subdivision; chief 68
county or municipal building code inspector; county or municipal 69
water resources coordinator; county or municipal pollution 70
control director; county or municipal environmental control 71
director; county or municipal administrator, with power to grant 72
or deny a land developm ent permit; chief of police; fire chief; 73
municipal clerk; district school superintendent; community 74
college president; district medical examiner; or purchasing 75
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agent having the authority to make any purchase exceeding the 76
threshold amount provided for in s . 287.017 for CATEGORY TWO, on 77
behalf of any political subdivision of the state or any entity 78
thereof. 79
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 80