The Florida Senate

216.031  Budgets for operational expenditures.--A legislative budget request, reflecting the independent judgment of the head of the state agency, and of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with respect to the needs of the agency and the judicial branch for operational expenditures during the next fiscal year, shall be submitted by each head of a state agency and by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and shall contain the following:

(1)  For each budget entity, a summary exhibit showing, for each appropriation category, for each fund, 1 prior year's appropriations for general revenue, 1 prior year's actual expenditures and 1 current year's estimated expenditures, and the requested expenditures for the next fiscal year. The total number of positions for the budget entity shall be shown for each fiscal year of data for which positions are authorized, fixed, or requested. However, the agency budget request for the State University System shall be expressed in terms of the amounts for the various programs as prescribed in s. 240.271 and in terms of the specified appropriation categories, including the special units' budgets, prescribed in the prior appropriations act.

(2)  For each program component within the budget entity, an exhibit showing, for each appropriation category, the summary explanation of expenditures for each detail issue describing the amounts and positions for the next fiscal year for continuation of current programs, for improved programs, and for new programs, with a summary showing totals by fund for the next fiscal year.

(3)  For each trust fund within the budget entity, a schedule showing the trust funds available, providing the source of receipts, detail of nonoperating disbursements, operating expenditures, fixed capital outlay, and unencumbered cash balances, for 1 prior year's actual, the current year's estimated, and the request for the next fiscal year. In addition, for each trust fund established in connection with legislative action authorizing the collection of a fee or other charge to support a governmental service or activity being performed by the agency involved, there shall be submitted a schedule showing the full cost of such service or activity, the total fees or charges collected to fund such costs, and the amount of excess collections or any deficit. The sources and amounts of any funds used to cover a deficit shall also be shown. The service or activity being performed shall be reviewed by the appropriations committees in the Senate and House of Representatives for the express purpose of making adjustments in fees or other charges in order to make such activities as nearly self-supporting as possible.

(4)  For each budget entity, a schedule showing detail of positions, providing for each class of positions within discrete organizational activities, by the collective bargaining unit and program component for the next fiscal year, the number of full-time equivalent positions, the estimated rate of salary, the amounts requested for new positions, and the number of new positions requested.

(5)  Detailed information for the next fiscal year necessary for the Legislature and the Governor to evaluate:

(a)  The effectiveness of current programs, including justification for those programs.

(b)  The justification for increasing costs to continue the operations of current programs.

(c)  The justification for proposed improvements in existing programs.

(d)  The justification for proposed new programs.

(e)  The projected cost of the requested program for the following fiscal year.

(f)  The needs of the agency or of the judicial branch for operational expenditures, by order of priority.

(6)  Additional information providing a detailed description of the request of the agency and the corresponding calculations needed to support the request.

(7)  Workload and other performance indicators, as prescribed by the legislative budget instructions.

(8)  An information resources management schedule showing the agency's or judicial branch's total budget request for information resources management. The schedule shall be in the format provided for in the legislative budget instructions. The budget request for information resources management shall identify, if applicable, which parts of the request are in response to any information resources management issues included in the legislative budget instructions. This subsection is applicable only to those state agencies which are under the purview of ss. 282.303-¹282.313 and to the judicial branch.

(9)  A report separately listing the sources of receipts into each trust fund and the amounts of such receipts. In addition, the report shall identify the administrative and program costs expended from the trust fund, including salaries, other personal services, operating capital outlay, fixed capital outlay, other expenses, contractual services, and transfers to other trust funds.

(10)  For those agencies or the judicial branch operating programs under a performance-based program budget, an evaluation of the agency's progress in meeting the performance standards for programs approved pursuant to s. 216.0166. Such evaluation shall be developed as prescribed by the budget instructions, and shall include any responses by the agency or the Chief Justice to the findings of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability pursuant to s. 11.513.

(11)  For performance-based program budgets, the baseline data, outcome measures, output measures, and standards for program measures, including justification for those programs in the format required by the legislative budget instructions.

(12)  A prioritized listing of planned expenditures for review and possible reduction in the event of revenue shortfalls, as provided for in s. 216.221. Such list shall be in the format provided in the planning and budgeting instructions.

Either chair of a legislative appropriations committee, or the Executive Office of the Governor for state agencies, may require the agency or the Chief Justice to address major issues separate from those outlined in s. 216.023, this section, and s. 216.043 for inclusion in the requests of the agency or of the judicial branch. The issues shall be submitted to the agency no later than July 30 of each year and shall be displayed in its requests as provided in the budget instructions. The Executive Office of the Governor may request an agency, or the chair of the appropriations committees of the Senate or House of Representatives may request any agency or the judicial branch, to submit no later than September 15 of each year a budget plan with respect to targets established by the Governor or either chair. The target budget shall require each entity to establish an order of priorities for its budget issues and may include requests for multiple options for the budget issues. The target budget may also require each entity to submit a program budget or a performance-based budget in the format prescribed by the Executive Office of the Governor or either chair; provided, however, the target budget format shall be compatible with the planning and budgeting system requirements set out in s. 216.141. Such a request shall not influence the agencies' or judicial branch's independent judgment in making legislative budget requests, as required by law.

History.--s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 71-354; s. 4, ch. 77-352; s. 40, ch. 79-222; s. 3, ch. 80-45; s. 3, ch. 82-46; s. 11, ch. 82-196; s. 5, ch. 83-49; s. 10, ch. 83-92; s. 4, ch. 83-332; s. 25, ch. 84-254; s. 3, ch. 84-346; s. 5, ch. 87-137; s. 59, ch. 87-548; s. 3, ch. 89-51; s. 8, ch. 90-160; s. 32, ch. 90-268; s. 39, ch. 90-335; s. 88, ch. 91-45; s. 5, ch. 91-109; s. 13, ch. 92-98; ss. 39, 105, ch. 92-142; s. 9, ch. 94-249; s. 1511, ch. 95-147; s. 32, ch. 97-286; s. 5, ch. 98-73.

¹Note.--Repealed by s. 18, ch. 97-241.