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FL S0772

Bill

Status

Failed

5/2/2014

Primary Sponsor

Transportation

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires members of expressway, transportation, bridge, and toll authorities to comply with financial disclosure requirements under Florida Constitution Article II, Section 8.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/9/2014
Community Affairs4/4/2014
Transportation2/6/2014

Full Bill Text

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