2022-06-28T15:19:48-05:00 2021-10-31 721396621 CARR RIGGS & INGRAM LLC 2633 CENTENNIAL BLVD STE 200 TALLAHASSEE FL 32308 990EZ 2020-11-01 814798455 FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS INC FLOR 8503294877 106 E COLLEGE AVENUE NO 700 TALLAHASSEE FL 32301 SCOTT RANDOLPH PRESIDENT 8503294877 2022-05-10 1 SCOTT RANDOLPH 999009999 MARK JONES P00280681 8508788777 2022-05-10 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X N/A X X 95500 X 95500 95500 51246 46062 97308 -1808 12093 0 10285 12093 10285 12093 10285 0 0 12093 10285 X THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS (FACO) IS A STATEWIDE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION CREATED IN DECEMBER 2016 TO PROTECT, THROUGH SUCH ACTIVITIES AS EDUCATION AND LITIGATION SUPPORT, THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS OF FLORIDA (CLERKS OF COURT, COMPTROLLERS, PROPERTY APPRAISERS, SHERIFFS, SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS, AND TAX COLLECTORS). WHILE EACH OF THE INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS MAY BE REPRESENTED BY INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATIONS, SUCH AS THE FLORIDA TAX COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION OR FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ONE STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE AUTONOMY OF ALL OF FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. LITIGATION SUPPORT - FACO'S EFFORTS INCLUDE A LAWSUIT FILED IN DECEMBER 2016 TO DETERMINE WHETHER AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL CHARTER OF ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PUT TO AND APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2016, AND WHICH ATTEMPTED TO LIMIT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, VIOLATE STATE LAW AND FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTION. THE AMENDMENTS IN QUESTION WERE RECOMMENDED BY ORANGE COUNTY'S CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF APPOINTEES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION APPOINTED AFTER THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION PROPOSED SIMILAR MEASURES IN 2014 THAT WERE ULTIMATELY STRUCK DOWN BY THREE LEVELS OF FLORIDA COURTS, INCLUDING THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF FLORIDA, THE FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, AND FLORIDA SUPREME COURT. FACO WON THAT LAWSUIT IN 2019. 0 0 MONITORING LEGISLATIVE AND RULEMAKING ACTIVITY - FACO MONITORS FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE AND RULEMAKING ACTIVITY WHICH STANDS TO AFFECT FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. THIS INCLUDES LEGISLATION AND RULES RELATING TO AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN THE 2018 GENERAL ELECTION, AND PARTICIPATION IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CHALLENGING OR PROMOTING CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER INDEPENDECE. FACO MONITORS ALL PROPOSALS WHICH AFFECT FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND WORKS TO EDUCATE ITS MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATUS OF ANY SUCH PROPOSALS. ADDITIONALLY, FACO WORKS TO ENSURE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS SPEAK WITH A UNIFIED VOICE TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE AUTONOMY OF THESE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES, INCLUDING IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS, RULE CHALLENGES, AND CASES INVOLVING LAWS OR RULES THAT IMPACT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER INDEPENDENCE. 0 0 EDUCATION - FACO'S OFFICERS PRESENT AND SPEAK AT VARIOUS MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS WHICH REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION. THROUGH RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, FACO ALSO EDUCATES INDIVIDUAL, NON-MEMBER, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AROUND FLORIDA ABOUT ITS ACTIVITIES AND MISSION.ADDITIONALLY, FACO EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ROLE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THESE OFFICERS. 0 0 AKIN AKINYEMI TREASURER 1.00 0 0 0 ROBERT HENRIQUEZ SECRETARY 1.00 0 0 0 SCOTT RANDOLPH PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 THE ORGANIZATION 106 E COLLEGE AVENUE NO 700 TALLAHASSEE FL 32301 8503294877 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: INCORP AND MANAGEMENT EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 35,000. DESCRIPTION: LICENSES AND PERMITS. AMOUNT: 61. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE - BOD. AMOUNT: 2,155. DESCRIPTION: ADVERTISING & MARKETING. AMOUNT: 1,000. DESCRIPTION: POSTAGE. AMOUNT: 96. DESCRIPTION: RECRUITING & OUTREACH. AMOUNT: 7,500. DESCRIPTION: SPECIAL EVENT. AMOUNT: 250. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 46,062. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.