FL H0593

State agencies settling legal claims must deposit all recovered funds into the General Revenue Fund or appropriate trust fund, cannot direct settlement funds to third parties, and must notify legislative leadership and the Attorney General within 10 days of settlement terms

State, county, and municipal officers and employees are prohibited from using official authority to solicit political contributions from any person, expanding the current restriction that only applied to other officers or employees

Department secretaries, executive directors, and chief administrative officers cannot be reimbursed for travel between their residence and official headquarters, and cannot receive per diem when staying overnight in their county of residence

Creates a statutory definition of "office" for purposes of the state constitutional prohibition on dual office-holding, specifying 22 categories of positions including elected officials, board members, law enforcement officers with arrest authority, and any position exercising sovereign governmental power

Prohibits lobbyists and principals from making any expenditures to water management district governing board members, executive directors, or employees who qualify as local officers; removes the prohibition on state residency requirements for university board of trustees members