2018-08-24T07:18:40-05:00 2017-10-31 721396621 CARR RIGGS & INGRAM LLC 2633 CENTENNIAL BLVD SUITE 200 TALLAHASSEE FL 32308 990EZ 2016-12-13 814798455 FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS INC FLOR 8502220720 106 E COLLEGE AVENUE NO 700 TALLAHASSEE FL 32301 SCOTT RANDOLPH TREASURER 8502220720 2018-08-23 1 MARK JONES P00280681 8508788777 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X X N/A X X 142000 X 142000 142000 96242 29608 125850 16150 0 0 16150 0 16150 0 16150 0 0 0 16150 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 IS 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 TWO LEVELS OF FLORIDA COURTS, INCLUDING THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL. 0 0 MONITORING LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY - FACO MONITORS LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY WHICH STANDS TO AFFECT FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMISSION (CRC), WHICH OCCURS EVERY TWENTY YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. THE CRC IS HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS ACROSS THE STATE TO SOLICIT IDEAS FROM THE PUBLIC AND GAIN FEEDBACK ON PROPOSALS TO AMEND FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTION WHICH, IF APPROVED BY THE CRC, WILL BE PLACED ON THE 2018 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. 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. 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 SHERIFF'S 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 JERRY L DEMINGS PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 RICK SINGH SECRETARY 1.00 0 0 0 SCOTT RANDOLPH TREASURER 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 8502220720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: CORPORATE EXPENSES . AMOUNT: 254. DESCRIPTION: INCORP AND MANAGEMENT EXPENSE . AMOUNT: 29,205. DESCRIPTION: LICENSES AND PERMITS . AMOUNT: 149. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 29,608. 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.