The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 112
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES: GENERAL PROVISIONS

View Entire Chapter

F.S. 112.321

112.321 Membership, terms; travel expenses; staff.—

(1) The commission shall be composed of nine members. Five of these members shall be appointed by the Governor, no more than three of whom shall be from the same political party, subject to confirmation by the Senate. One member appointed by the Governor shall be a former city or county official and may be a former member of a local planning or zoning board which has only advisory duties. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two members shall be appointed by the President of the Senate. Neither the Speaker of the House of Representatives nor the President of the Senate shall appoint more than one member from the same political party. Of the nine members of the Commission, no more than five members shall be from the same political party at any one time. No member may hold any public employment. An individual who qualifies as a lobbyist pursuant to s. 11.045 or s. 112.3215 or pursuant to any local government charter or ordinance may not serve as a member of the commission, except that this prohibition does not apply to an individual who is a member of the commission on July 1, 2006, until the expiration of his or her current term. A member of the commission may not lobby any state or local governmental entity as provided in s. 11.045 or s. 112.3215 or as provided by any local government charter or ordinance, except that this prohibition does not apply to an individual who is a member of the commission on July 1, 2006, until the expiration of his or her current term. All members shall serve 2-year terms. A member may not serve more than two full terms in succession. Any member of the commission may be removed for cause by majority vote of the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

(2) The members of the commission shall elect a chair from their number, who shall serve for a 1-year term and may not succeed himself or herself as chair.

(3) Members of the commission shall receive no salary but shall receive travel and per diem as provided in s. 112.061.

(4) In accordance with the uniform personnel, job classification, and pay plan adopted with the approval of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and administered by the Office of Legislative Services, the commission shall employ an executive director and shall provide the executive director with necessary office space, assistants, and secretaries. Within the above uniform plan, decisions relating to hiring, promotion, demotion, and termination of commission employees shall be made by the commission or, if so delegated by the commission, by its executive director.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-176; s. 3, ch. 75-199; s. 6, ch. 82-98; s. 1, ch. 86-148; s. 3, ch. 88-29; s. 2, ch. 91-49; s. 704, ch. 95-147; s. 24, ch. 98-136; s. 6, ch. 2000-243; s. 10, ch. 2006-275.

F.S. 112.321 on Google Scholar

F.S. 112.321 on Casetext

Amendments to 112.321

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 112.321

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 112.321.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HINN, v. BEARY,, 701 So. 2d 579 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . Hinn contends that the trial court erred in interpreting section 112.321 to cover only full-time deputies . . .

D. LATHAM, v. FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS,, 694 So. 2d 83 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . They claimed that because section 112.321(1), Florida Statutes (1983) required appointment of Commission . . .

WALSH, v. ARROW AIR, INC., 629 So. 2d 144 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Without question sections 112.321 and 448.102 have modified the common law in Florida which permitted . . .

COMMISSION ON ETHICS, v. SULLIVAN,, 489 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 1986)

. . . In the instant matter the circuit court in Leon County held that section 112.321(1), Florida Statutes . . .

K. ISLEY, v. O D. ASKEW,, 358 So. 2d 32 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . Florida Constitution, by necessary implication, adopted the method and procedure provided in Section 112.321 . . .

STATE v. J. DINSMORE,, 308 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 1975)

. . . confuse a person of reasonable intelligence for the reason that it is defined by the legislature in 112.321 . . .