Florida Statute 944.717 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

944.717 Conflicts of interest.—

(1) An employee of the department or any governmental entity that exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or approval of a contractor-operated correctional facility contract or the operation of a contractor-operated correctional facility, or a member of the immediate family of any such person, may not solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any personal benefit or promise of a benefit from a bidder or private vendor.

(2) A private vendor may not have any interest at the time of entering into a contract with the department, or acquire any interest at a later time, that would directly or indirectly conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the contract. A private vendor may not, in the performance of the contract, employ any person who has any known interests which conflict with the performance of the contract.

History.—s. 20, ch. 89-526; s. 31, ch. 2024-84.

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