HomeMy WebLinkAboutExecutive OrderSTATE OF FLORIDA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 10-05
(Executive Order of Suspension)
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2009 Executive Order 09-248 suspended Michelle Spence -
Jones from office as City Connrnissioner for the City of Miami, based on an arrest warrant issued on
November 12, 2009 in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami -Dade County, Florid,, alleging Michelle
Spence -Jones committed Grand Theft, second degree, in violation of section 812.014(2)(b), Florida
Statutes; and
WHEREAS, on December 2, 2009, the State Attorney's Office for the Eleventh Judicial
Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, issued an Information charging Michelle Spence -Jones
with one count of grand theft, a violation of section 812.014(2)(b), Florida Statutes; and
W H I REAS, a violation of section 812.014(2)(b), constitutes a felony of the second degree;
and
WHEREAS, on January 12, 2010, pursuant to the City of Miami Charter, the City of Miami
held a special election, the results of which indicate that Michelle Spence -Jones will be elected to the
office of City Commissioner for the City of Miami, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Michelle Spence -Jones hac not beenacquitted, found not guilty, or otherwise
cleared of the charge which was the basis of her arrest and the Information filed against her on
December 2, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 7, Florida Constitution, provides that the Governor may
suspend from office any elected municipal official indicted for a crime, and section 112.51, Florida
Statutes, provides that the Governor may suspend from office any elected municipal official who has
Section 3. Michelle Spence -Jones is prohibited from performing any official act, duty, or
function of public office; from receiving any pay or allowance; and from being entitled to any of the
emoluments or privileges of public office during the period of this suspension, which period shall be
from today, until a further Executive Order is issued, or as otherwise provided by law.
IN I bSTIMONY WFIEREOF,1 have hereunto set my hand
and have caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be
affixed at Tallahassee, this jy day of January, 2010.
GOVERNOR
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