Purpose


This rulemaking has several purposes. First, certain of these rules need to be updated to reflect that - beginning January 1, 2024 - the Commission on Ethics will accept certain disclosure filings only through the electronic filing system created and maintained by the Commission as provided in Section 112.31446, Florida Statutes. In particular, this will affect the filing of the CE Form 1 - Statement of Financial Interests, CE Form 1F - Final Statement of Financial Interests, and CE Form 1X - Amendment to Statement of Financial Interests. Second, the amendments will update, clarify, and re-adopt the instructions incorporated by reference within these rules to similarly reflect that the CE Form 1, CE Form 1F, and CE Form 1X must be filed electronically beginning January 1, 2024. Third, additional changes are being made to enumerated rules, and to the materials incorporated by reference, to reflect recent legislative changes to the disclosure laws, as explained in the "summary" portion of this notice.