Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1292
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/16/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Wise) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 215.89, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         215.89Charts of accounts.—
    8         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
    9         (a)“State agency” means an official, officer, commission,
   10  board, authority, council, committee, or department of the
   11  executive branch; a state attorney, public defender, criminal
   12  conflict and civil regional counsel, or capital collateral
   13  regional counsel; the Florida Clerks of Court Operations
   14  Corporation; the Justice Administrative Commission; the Florida
   15  Housing Finance Corporation; the Florida Public Service
   16  Commission; the State Board of Administration; the Supreme
   17  Court, a district court of appeal, circuit court, or county
   18  court; the Judicial Qualifications Commission; or the
   19  legislative branch of government.
   20         (b)“Local government” means a municipality, county, water
   21  management district, special district, or any other entity
   22  created by a local government, including a citizen support
   23  organization or a direct-support organization.
   24         (c)“Educational entity” means a school district or an
   25  entity created by a school district, including a citizen support
   26  organization or a direct-support organization.
   27         (d) “Entity of higher education” means a state university,
   28  a state or community college, or an entity created by a state
   29  university or state or community college, including a citizen
   30  support organization or a direct-support organization.
   31         (2) INITIAL CODING STRUCTURE.—
   32         (a)By July 1, 2012, each state agency shall maintain its
   33  financial data in a manner that is consistent with the
   34  applicable common financial data-management codes for such
   35  agency adopted by the Chief Financial Officer and in effect on
   36  January 1, 2011.
   37         (b) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
   38  2012, each local government shall maintain its financial data in
   39  a manner that is consistent with applicable common financial
   40  data-management codes for local governments adopted by the Chief
   41  Financial Officer and in effect on January 1, 2011.
   42         (c) For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
   43  2012, each educational entity shall maintain its financial data
   44  in a manner that is consistent with the applicable common
   45  financial data-management codes for such entity established
   46  pursuant to chapter 1010, Florida Statutes, and in effect on
   47  January 1, 2011.
   48         (d)By July 1, 2012, each entity of higher education shall
   49  maintain its financial data in a manner that is consistent with
   50  the applicable common financial data-management codes
   51  established by the Board of Governors or the State Board of
   52  Education, as appropriate, for such entity.
   53         (3) UPGRADED CODING STRUCTURE.—
   54         (a) By January 1, 2014, the Chief Financial Officer, after
   55  consultation with the state agencies, local governments,
   56  educational entities, entities of higher education, and
   57  statutorily authorized governmental entities affected, shall
   58  adopt charts of accounts that:
   59         1. Require specific enterprise-wide information;
   60         2. Allow additional agency-specific information;
   61         3. Require uniform reporting for expenditures and revenues
   62  by state agencies, local governments, educational entities, and
   63  entities of higher education to the greatest extent possible;
   64  and
   65         4. To the maximum extent possible, require at least two
   66  additional levels of specificity on the expenditure of public
   67  funds.
   68         (b)All entities must comply with the charts of accounts
   69  adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) during any fiscal year
   70  beginning on or after July 1, 2014.
   71         (c) Beginning January 1, 2015, and every 2 years
   72  thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer shall update the charts
   73  of accounts based on a review of the validity and usefulness of
   74  the data reported and on the consultations with the Legislature
   75  and the state agencies, local governments, educational entities,
   76  and entities of higher education about the need to modify the
   77  data requirements.
   78         (4) PROCEDURES.—The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt
   79  rules and procedures regarding the approval and publication of
   80  the charts of accounts.
   81         Section 2. The Legislature finds that this act fulfills an
   82  important state interest.
   83         Section 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.
   84  
   85  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   86         And the title is amended as follows:
   87         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   88  and insert:
   89                        A bill to be entitled                      
   90         An act relating to the Chief Financial Officer;
   91         providing definitions; requiring governmental and
   92         statutorily created entities to maintain their
   93         financial data in accordance with the requirements of
   94         the Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Governors,
   95         or the State Board of Education, or pursuant to ch.
   96         1010, F.S., by a certain date; requiring the Chief
   97         Financial Officer to adopt charts of accounts that
   98         meet certain requirements by a certain date; requiring
   99         a review and update of the charts of accounts;
  100         requiring the Chief Financial Officer to adopt certain
  101         procedures relating to the charts of accounts;
  102         providing a declaration of important state interest;
  103         providing an effective date.