CS/HB 199 (Hunschofsky) and CS/CS/SB 620 (DiCeglie) address ethical conflicts of officers of independent taxing districts. CS/HB 199 would eliminate the current law exemption in the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees for such officers relating to conflicting employment and contractual relationships. CS/CS/SB 620 would maintain the current law exemption but clarifies that certain conduct is still prohibited regardless of the exemption, such as misuse of public position and disclosing information that is not otherwise available to the public for their own personal benefit. CS/CS/SB 620 would also require elected local officers of independent special districts to undergo four hours of annual ethics training. (O'Hara)