CopyCited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 210, 1986 Fla. LEXIS 2168
...To implement this provision, the amendment provides that the independent commission "shall mean the Florida Commission on Ethics." Art. II, § 8(h)(3), Fla. Const. 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)....
CopyCited 11 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 27939
...but that is not at all the same as a complaint for damages which initiates a civil proceeding in a court of law as governed by Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. 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....
CopyCited 10 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...The responsibility of the Sullivans to other organs of government, and in what fashion and to what degree, is not an issue before this Court. The investigatory powers of the Commission pursuant to Chapter 112, Florida Statutes are clearly defined. 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 defined in this part....
CopyCited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 4206632
...Article II, section 8(f) of the Florida Constitution requires the creation of an independent commission to investigate breaches of the public trust by public officers or employees. The Commission on Ethics fulfills this important responsibility. See § 112.320, Fla....
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 15545
...Callahan. We issued rule nisi and respondent has filed its return. This proceeding involves a construction of certain provisions of Part III of Chapter 112, Florida Statutes, 1974, entitled “Standards of Conduct for Public Officers and Employees.” §
112.320 of that chapter creates respondent, the Commission on Ethics, and §
112.322 sets forth respondent’s duties and powers....
CopyPublished | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...the
power to invoke the penalty provisions of [chapter 112].”
§
112.324(7), Fla. Stat. Florida law thus makes the Commission
the “guardian of the standards of conduct” with respect to the
financial disclosure-related allegations in this case. §
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....
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15799
had reference to that provision contained in Section
112.320, Florida Statutes (1975), wherein it is provided:
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1976).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
member of the Florida Commission on Ethics. Section
112.320, F. S., provides for the creation of a Commission
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1994).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...Metropolitan Dade County,
295 So.2d 295 , 295-296 (Fla. 1974). 12 Jennings at 1341. 13 Id. 14 Jennings at 1341-1342, adopting the criteria as set forth in Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) v. Federal Labor Relations Authority,
685 F.2d 547 , 564-565 (D.C. Cir. 1982). 15 See, section
112.320 , F.S....
