The Commission has been directed to adopt rules specifying minimum course content for the required four (4) hours of ethics training that constitutional officers will be required to complete each year. This proposed rule addresses that course ...

 

COMMISSION ON ETHICS

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

34-7.025Ethics Training Course Content

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Commission has been directed to adopt rules specifying minimum course content for the required four (4) hours of ethics training that constitutional officers will be required to complete each year. This proposed rule addresses that course content.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Ethics training course content for constitutional officers.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: S. 4, Ch. 2013-36, Laws of Florida.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: S. 4, Ch. 2013-36, Laws of Florida.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: Friday, June 7, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

PLACE: Room 37S, Senate Office Building, 404 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Millie Fulford, Florida Commission on Ethics, Telephone [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT IS: Julie Costas, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Commission on Ethics, Telephone [phone]

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

 

ETHICS TRAINING, FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS

 

34-7.025Ethics Training Course Content.

(1) Beginning in 2013, constitutional officers are required by Section 112.3142, F.S., to complete four (4) hours of ethics training each calendar year.

(2)(a) In addition to receiving training on Florida's public records laws (Chapter 119, Florida Statutes) and open meetings laws (Chapter 286, Florida Statutes), constitutional officers are required to obtain ethics training that is derived from Article II, Section 8, Florida Constitution, "Ethics in Government," and Chapter 112, Part III, Florida Statutes, the "Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees."

(b) Trainers may develop and offer courses using a "menu" approach to fulfill agency-specific training needs. Subjects to be covered in training may include but are not limited to one or more of the following:

1. Doing business with one's own agency;

2. Conflicting employment or contractual relationships;

3. Misuse of position;

4. Disclosure or use of certain information;

5. Gifts and honoraria, including solicitation and acceptance of gifts, and unauthorized compensation;

6. Post-officeholding restrictions;

7. Restrictions on the employment of relatives;

8. Voting conflicts;

9. Financial disclosure requirements, including the automatic fine and appeal process;

10. Commission procedures on ethics complaints and referrals; and

11. Obtaining advisory opinions rendered by the Commission.

Rulemaking Authority §4, Ch. 2013-36, L.O.F., 112.3142 FS. Law Implemented §4, Ch. 2013-36, L.O.F., 112.3142 FS.

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