Bill > S0774

This bill proposes several key changes to ethics requirements for public officials in Florida: - It requires candidates for specified elective offices to file a full and public financial disclosure at the time of qualifying. - It requires commissioners of community redevelopment agencies to complete annual ethics training. - It requires specified local officers and members of the Commission on Ethics to file full and public financial disclosures annually. - It deletes a prohibition on including federal income tax returns in financial disclosures and increases the maximum civil penalty for certain financial disclosure violations. - It sets new requirements for the electronic filing system used for financial disclosures, including allowing filers to include attachments and documentation. - It reenacts and amends various provisions related to the filing of financial disclosures, including deadlines, fines, and procedures. - It increases the maximum civil penalty for certain ethics violations from $10,000 to $20,000. Overall, the bill aims to strengthen financial disclosure and ethics training requirements for public officials in Florida.

Ethics and Elections (S), Rules (S)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/774