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Fla. Stat. § 112.320 (2025)
Commission on Ethics; purpose.
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112.320 Commission on Ethics; purpose.—There is created a Commission on Ethics, the purpose of which is to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct for the officers and employees of the state, and of a county, city, or other political subdivision of the state, as defined in this part, and to serve as the independent commission provided for in s. 8(f), Art. II of the State Constitution.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1975–2018 · leading case: Kenneth A. Plante v. Larry Gonzalez, Etc., Jon C. Thomas v. Larry Gonzalez, Etc., 575 F.2d 1119 (5th Cir. 1978).
Kenneth A. Plante v. Larry Gonzalez, Etc., Jon C. Thomas v. Larry Gonzalez, Etc., 575 F.2d 1119 (5th Cir. 1978). “Fla.Stat.Ann. § 112.320 (West Supp.1978).”
Brown v. State, Com'n on Ethics, 969 So. 2d 553 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). “See § 112.320, Fla. Stat. (2006); Comm'n on Ethics v.”
Comm'n on Ethics v. Sullivan, 489 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 1986). “The Florida Commission on Ethics referred to by the amendment is the body first created by chapter 74-176, Laws of Florida, and which presently appears at section 112.320, Florida Statutes (1983).”
State, Com'n on Ethics v. Sullivan, 430 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “Section 112.320, Florida Statutes provides: There is created a Commission on Ethics, the purpose of which is to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct for the officers and employees of the state, and of a county, city, or other political subdivision of the state, as…”
Chavez v. City of Tampa, 560 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). “The commission was established in article II, section 8 of the state constitution and in section 112.320 of the statutes to act as a watchdog to guard against abuses of the trust in which officials and employees of the government hold their office and employment.”
Isley v. Askew, 358 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978). “” This provision obviously had reference to that provision contained in Section 112.320, Florida Statutes (1975), wherein it is provided: “There is created a Commission on Ethics, .”
Honorable Rick Scott, individually & in etc. v. Donald Hinkle, 259 So. 3d 982 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018). “§ 112.320, Fla. Stat. In contrast with the explicit authority granted to the Commission over public trust-related complaints in the Florida Constitution and statutes, there is no secondary complaint- resolving authority granted to Florida’s circuit courts, or to any other entity.”
Anderson v. D'Alemberte, 334 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976). “§§ 112.320-.324, F.S.1974 Supplement, create an administrative agency, the Commission on Ethics (respondents here) which is empowered to investigate alleged violations by public officers and employees, hold hearings and determine whether violations of the Code have occurred.”
Ronald David Jones v. Gadsden Cnty. Schs. (11th Cir. 2018). “Fla. Stat. §§ 112.320 , 112.322, 112.3241.”
Brevard Cnty. v. State, Comm'n on Ethics, 678 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). “”); § 112.320, Fla.Stat. (1993) (“There is created a Commission on Ethics, the purpose of which is to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct for the officers and employees of the state, and of a county, city, or other political subdivision of the state, as defined in this…”
State ex rel. Buntemeyer v. Florida State Comm'n on Ethics, 321 So. 2d 137 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). “” § 112.320 of that chapter creates respondent, the Commission on Ethics, and § 112.”
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