Bill Text: FL S0410 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gifts/Governmental Entity/Charitable Organization [GPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections [S0410 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0410-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 410 
 
By Senator Bullard 
39-00184-10                                            2010410__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to the receipt of gifts by candidates, 
3         officers, and state employees; amending s. 112.3148, 
4         F.S.; deleting a limitation on the amount of time that 
5         a gift accepted on behalf of a governmental entity or 
6         charitable organization may be retained; providing an 
7         effective date. 
8 
9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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11         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 112.3148, Florida 
12  Statutes, is amended to read: 
13         112.3148 Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by 
14  individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of 
15  financial interests and by procurement employees.— 
16         (4) A reporting individual or procurement employee or any 
17  other person on his or her behalf is prohibited from knowingly 
18  accepting, directly or indirectly, a gift from a political 
19  committee or committee of continuous existence, as defined in s. 
20  106.011, or from a lobbyist who lobbies the reporting 
21  individual’s or procurement employee’s agency, or directly or 
22  indirectly on behalf of the partner, firm, employer, or 
23  principal of a lobbyist, if he or she knows or reasonably 
24  believes that the gift has a value in excess of $100; however, 
25  such a gift may be accepted by such person on behalf of a 
26  governmental entity or a charitable organization. If the gift is 
27  accepted on behalf of a governmental entity or charitable 
28  organization, the person receiving the gift shall not maintain 
29  custody of the gift for any period of time beyond that 
30  reasonably necessary to arrange for the transfer of custody and 
31  ownership of the gift. 
32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.