{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-944.717","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 944.717","heading":"Conflicts of interest.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nHistory.—s. 20, ch. 89-526; s. 31, ch. 2024-84.","path":["CHAPTER 944 STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0900-0999/0944/0944.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:16:51Z","sha256":"924d5b1ffb1ca4dc5b45d3122545fb94dc43406ab44011bc82fdc019c5047216","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-944.716","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-944.718"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}