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FL S0772
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires members of expressway, transportation, bridge, and toll authorities to comply with financial disclosure requirements under Florida Constitution Article II, Section 8.
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Prohibits authority board members and executive directors from representing clients before the authority for 2 years after leaving office and from having employment or contractual relationships with entities involved in contracts they personally participated in while serving.
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Designates the general counsel as the ethics officer and requires annual disclosure forms addressing conflicts of interest, including relationships providing financial benefits, relatives' lobbyist registrations, and real property interests within 1/2-mile radius of authority projects.
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Prohibits lobbyists and employees/consultants from serving as board members; prohibits board members from simultaneously serving on other transportation-related boards with audit oversight of the authority.
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Authorizes Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority to construct and operate transportation facilities including managed lanes in contiguous counties with consent and adds ethics requirements to Orlando-Orange County and Osceola County Expressway Authorities.
Legislative Description
Expressway Authorities
Last Action
Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 218 (Ch. 2014-169), CS/CS/SB 230 (Ch. 2014-171), CS/CS/CS/SB 846 (Ch. 2014-183)
5/2/2014