Florida Statutes Part III - Code Of Ethics For Public Officers And Employees (Ss. 112.311-112.3261)

• 112.311 - Legislative Intent And Declaration Of Policy.
  (1) It is essential to the proper conduct and operation of government that public officials be independent and impartial and that public office not be used...
• 112.312 - Definitions.
  As used in this part and for purposes of the provisions of s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Advisory...
• 112.3125 - Dual Public Employment.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “public officer” includes any person who is elected to state or local office or, for the period of...
• 112.313 - Standards Of Conduct For Public Officers, Employees Of Agencies, And Local Government Attorneys.
  (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “public officer” includes any person elected or appointed to hold office in any...
• 112.3135 - Restriction On Employment Of Relatives.
  (1) In this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Agency” means:1. A state agency, except an institution under the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors of the State...
• 112.3136 - Standards Of Conduct For Officers And Employees Of Entities Serving As Chief Administrative Officer Of Political Subdivisions.
  The officers, directors, and chief executive officer of a corporation, partnership, or other business entity that is serving as the chief administrative or executive officer...
• 112.3142 - Ethics Training For Specified Constitutional Officers And Elected Municipal Officers.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “constitutional officers” includes the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Chief Financial Officer, the Commissioner of...
• 112.31425 - Qualified Blind Trusts.
  (1) The Legislature finds that if a public officer creates a trust and does not control the interests held by the trust, his or her official...
• 112.3143 - Voting Conflicts.
  (1) As used in this section:(a) “Principal by whom retained” means an individual or entity, other than an agency as defined in s. 112.312(2), that for compensation,...
• 112.3144 - Full And Public Disclosure Of Financial Interests.
  (1) An officer who is required by s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution to file a full and public disclosure of his or her...
• 112.31445 - Electronic Filing System; Full And Public Disclosure Of Financial Interests.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “electronic filing system” means an Internet system for recording and reporting full and public disclosure of financial interests...
• 112.3145 - Disclosure Of Financial Interests And Clients Represented Before Agencies.
  (1) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:(a) “Local officer” means:1. Every person who is elected to office in any political subdivision of...
• 112.31455 - Collection Methods For Unpaid Automatic Fines For Failure To Timely File Disclosure Of Financial Interests.
  (1) Before referring any unpaid fine accrued pursuant to s. 112.3144(5) or s. 112.3145(7) to the Department of Financial Services, the commission shall attempt to determine...
• 112.3146 - Public Records.
  The statements required by ss. 112.313, 112.3145, 112.3148, and 112.3149 shall be public records within the meaning of s. 119.01.History.—s. 6, ch. 74-177; s. 6,...
• 112.3147 - Forms.
  Except as otherwise provided, all information required to be furnished by ss. 112.313, 112.3143, 112.3144, 112.3145, 112.3148, and 112.3149 and by s. 8, Art. II...
• 112.3148 - Reporting And Prohibited Receipt Of Gifts By Individuals Filing Full Or Limited Public Disclosure Of Financial Interests And By Procurement Employees.
  (1) The provisions of this section do not apply to gifts solicited or accepted by a reporting individual or procurement employee from a relative.(2) As used in...
• 112.31485 - Prohibition On Gifts Involving Political Committees.
  (1)(a) For purposes of this section, the term “gift” means any purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, transfer of funds, or disbursement of money or anything of...
• 112.3149 - Solicitation And Disclosure Of Honoraria.
  (1) As used in this section:(a) “Honorarium” means a payment of money or anything of value, directly or indirectly, to a reporting individual or procurement employee, or...
• 112.3151 - Extensions Of Time For Filing Disclosure.
  The Commission on Ethics may grant, for good cause, on an individual basis, an extension of time for filing of any disclosure required under the...
• 112.316 - Construction.
  It is not the intent of this part, nor shall it be construed, to prevent any officer or employee of a state agency or county,...
• 112.317 - Penalties.
  (1) Any violation of this part, including, but not limited to, failure to file disclosures required by this part or violation of any standard of conduct...
• 112.3173 - Felonies Involving Breach Of Public Trust And Other Specified Offenses By Public Officers And Employees; Forfeiture Of Retirement Benefits.
  (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to implement the provisions of s. 8(d), Art. II of the State Constitution.(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, unless...
• 112.3175 - Remedies; Contracts Voidable.
  (1) Any contract that has been executed in violation of this part is voidable:(a) By any party to the contract.(b) In any circuit court, by any appropriate action,...
• 112.3185 - Additional Standards For State Agency Employees.
  (1) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Contractual services” shall be defined as set forth in chapter 287.(b) “Agency” means any state officer, department, board, commission, or council...
• 112.3187 - Adverse Action Against Employee For Disclosing Information Of Specified Nature Prohibited; Employee Remedy And Relief.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—Sections 112.3187-112.31895 may be cited as the “Whistle-blower’s Act.”(2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to prevent agencies or independent contractors from taking...
• 112.3188 - Confidentiality Of Information Given To The Chief Inspector General, Internal Auditors, Inspectors General, Local Chief Executive Officers, Or Other Appropriate Local Officials.
  (1) The name or identity of any individual who discloses in good faith to the Chief Inspector General or an agency inspector general, a local chief...
• 112.3189 - Investigative Procedures Upon Receipt Of Whistle-blower Information From Certain State Employees.
  (1) This section only applies to the disclosure of information as described in s. 112.3187(5) by an employee or former employee of, or an applicant for...
• 112.31895 - Investigative Procedures In Response To Prohibited Personnel Actions.
  (1)(a) If a disclosure under s. 112.3187 includes or results in alleged retaliation by an employer, the employee or former employee of, or applicant for employment...
• 112.31901 - Investigatory Records.
  (1) If certified pursuant to subsection (2), an investigatory record of the Chief Inspector General within the Executive Office of the Governor or of the employee...
• 112.3191 - Short Title.
  This act shall be known and cited as “The John J. Savage Memorial Act of 1974.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-176.
• 112.320 - Commission On Ethics; Purpose.
  There is created a Commission on Ethics, the purpose of which is to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct for the officers and...
• 112.321 - Membership, Terms; Travel Expenses; Staff.
  (1) The commission shall be composed of nine members. Five of these members shall be appointed by the Governor, no more than three of whom shall...
• 112.3213 - Legislative Intent And Purpose.
  The Legislature finds that the operation of open and responsible government requires the fullest opportunity to be afforded to the people to petition their government...
• 112.3215 - Lobbying Before The Executive Branch Or The Constitution Revision Commission; Registration And Reporting; Investigation By Commission.
  (1) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Agency” means the Governor, Governor and Cabinet, or any department, division, bureau, board, commission, or authority of the executive branch....
• 112.32151 - Requirements For Reinstitution Of Lobbyist Registration After Felony Conviction.
  A person convicted of a felony after January 1, 2006, may not be registered as a lobbyist pursuant to s. 112.3215 until the person:(1) Has been...
• 112.32155 - Electronic Filing Of Compensation Reports And Other Information.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “electronic filing system” means an Internet system for recording and reporting lobbying compensation and other required information by...
• 112.3217 - Contingency Fees; Prohibitions; Penalties.
  (1) “Contingency fee” means a fee, bonus, commission, or nonmonetary benefit as compensation which is dependent or in any way contingent on the enactment, defeat, modification,...
• 112.322 - Duties And Powers Of Commission.
  (1) It is the duty of the Commission on Ethics to receive and investigate sworn complaints of violation of the code of ethics as established in...
• 112.3231 - Time Limitations.
  (1) On or after October 1, 1993, all sworn complaints alleging a violation of this part, or of any other breach of the public trust within...
• 112.3232 - Compelled Testimony.
  If any person called to give evidence in a commission proceeding shall refuse to give evidence because of a claim of possible self-incrimination, the commission,...
• 112.324 - Procedures On Complaints Of Violations And Referrals; Public Records And Meeting Exemptions.
  (1) The commission shall investigate an alleged violation of this part or other alleged breach of the public trust within the jurisdiction of the commission as...
• 112.3241 - Judicial Review.
  Any final action by the commission taken pursuant to this part shall be subject to review in a district court of appeal upon the petition...
• 112.3251 - Citizen Support And Direct-support Organizations; Standards Of Conduct.
  A citizen support or direct-support organization created or authorized pursuant to law must adopt its own ethics code. The ethics code must contain the standards...
• 112.326 - Additional Requirements By Political Subdivisions And Agencies Not Prohibited.
  Nothing in this act shall prohibit the governing body of any political subdivision, by ordinance, or agency, by rule, from imposing upon its own officers...
• 112.3261 - Lobbying Before Water Management Districts; Registration And Reporting.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “District” means a water management district created in s. 373.069 and operating under the authority of chapter 373.(b) “Lobbies” means...

Last modified: September 23, 2016