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  1                      A bill to be entitled
  2         An act relating to governmental agencies;
  3         amending s. 20.41, F.S.; providing that area
  4         agencies on aging are subject to ch. 119 and
  5         ss. 286.011-286.012, F.S., as specified;
  6         amending s. 186.022, F.S.; requiring each state
  7         agency annual performance report to include an
  8         assessment of performance measures approved by
  9         the Legislature and established in the General
10         Appropriations Act or implementing legislation
11         for the General Appropriations Act for the
12         previous fiscal year and a summary of all
13         moneys that were expended or encumbered by the
14         agency, or for which the agency is otherwise
15         responsible, during the preceding fiscal year
16         and an estimate of such moneys for the current
17         fiscal year; providing requirements for the
18         reporting of such information; providing for a
19         reduction in funding for failure to submit the
20         required state agency annual performance
21         report; amending s. 216.0235, F.S.; requiring
22         instructions with respect to such information
23         to be included in the performance-based
24         legislative program budget instructions;
25         requiring the Florida Financial Management
26         Information System Coordinating Council to
27         submit to the Governor and Legislature a
28         report, with recommendations, relating to the
29         reporting of such information; amending s.
30         216.241, F.S.; prohibiting the expenditure of
31         revenues generated by any tax or fee imposed
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  1         pursuant to amendment to the State Constitution
  2         after a specified date except pursuant to
  3         legislative appropriation; providing an
  4         effective date.
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  6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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  8         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 186.022, Florida
  9  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:
10         186.022  State agency strategic plans; preparation,
11  form, and review.--
12         (8)  Each agency shall submit by September 1 of each
13  year an annual performance report to the Executive Office of
14  the Governor, with copies to the President of the Senate, the
15  Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Auditor
16  General, and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
17  Government Accountability. The purpose of this report is to
18  evaluate the attainment of the agency objectives in the agency
19  strategic plan and the performance measures approved by the
20  Legislature pursuant to s. 216.0166(3) and established in the
21  General Appropriations Act or implementing legislation for the
22  General Appropriations Act for the previous fiscal year. In
23  addition, each state agency must include a one-page summary of
24  all moneys that were expended or encumbered by the agency, or
25  for which the agency was otherwise responsible, during the
26  preceding fiscal year and an estimate of such moneys projected
27  by the agency for the current fiscal year. All such
28  expenditures and estimates of such expenditures must be
29  divided by program and expressed in line items by unit costs
30  for each output measure approved pursuant to s. 216.0166(3)
31  for those agencies and programs operating under
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  1  performance-based program budgeting and for major services and
  2  products for those agencies and programs operating under
  3  traditional line-item budgeting. Unit-cost totals must equal
  4  the total amount of moneys that were expended or projected to
  5  be expended by each agency and must include expenditures or
  6  projected expenditures of state funds by subordinate
  7  governmental entities and contractors, as applicable. Moneys
  8  that agencies receive but are not responsible for, such as
  9  reversions or pass-throughs to entities over which the agency
10  has no authority or responsibility, shall be shown in separate
11  line items and expressed in total amounts only. At the regular
12  session immediately following the submission of the agency
13  performance report, the Legislature shall reduce in the
14  General Appropriations Act for the ensuing fiscal year, by an
15  amount equal to at least 10 percent of the allocation for the
16  fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year, the funding of
17  each state agency that fails to submit the report required by
18  this subsection. All reports must be submitted in the form and
19  manner prescribed by the instructions prepared pursuant to
20  subsection (2) and s. 216.0235(3).
21         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 216.0235, Florida
22  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:
23         216.0235  Performance-based legislative program budget
24  requests to be furnished by agencies.--
25         (3)  The Executive Office of the Governor and the
26  legislative appropriations committees shall jointly develop
27  legislative program budget instructions from which each agency
28  that has an approved program and the judicial branch, pursuant
29  to ss. 216.0166 and 216.043, shall prepare its legislative
30  program budget request. The program budget instructions must
31  be consistent with s. 216.141 and must be transmitted to each
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  1  agency and to the judicial branch no later than June 15 of
  2  each year. The budget instructions must also include
  3  instructions for agencies in submitting performance measures
  4  and standards as required by s. 216.0166. The budget
  5  instructions must also include instructions for agencies in
  6  submitting the assessment of performance measures and the
  7  unit-cost information required to be included in the agency
  8  annual performance report under s. 186.022(8). The Executive
  9  Office of the Governor, in consultation with the Office of
10  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, the
11  Auditor General, the Department of Banking and Finance, and
12  the legislative appropriations committees, shall develop
13  instructions as to the calculation of the unit-cost
14  information and the format and presentation of the summary
15  required under s. 186.022(8).  For fiscal year 1999 - 2000,
16  the Executive Office of the Governor may provide interim
17  instructions which allow for a phased-in implementation of
18  unit cost reporting by agencies.  Full implementation of unit
19  cost reporting shall be effective with the submission of the
20  September 1, 2000 agency performance report.  In the event
21  that agreement cannot be reached between the Executive Office
22  of the Governor and the legislative appropriations committees
23  regarding legislative program budget instructions, the issue
24  shall be resolved by the Governor, the President of the
25  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
26         Section 3.  The Florida Financial Management
27  Information System Coordinating Council shall submit to the
28  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
29  House of Representatives by October 1, 1999, a report, with
30  recommendations, on the necessity and feasibility of, and the
31  costs associated with, enhancements to the Florida Accounting
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  1  Information Resource Subsystem required to support state
  2  agencies in providing the unit-cost information required to be
  3  reported under s. 186.022(8), Florida Statutes, as amended by
  4  this act.
  5         Section 4.  Subsection (3) is added to section 216.241,
  6  Florida Statutes, to read:
  7         216.241  Initiation or commencement of new programs;
  8  approval.--
  9         (3)  Any revenues generated by any tax or fee imposed
10  by amendment to the State Constitution after October 1, 1999,
11  shall not be expended by any agency, as defined in s.
12  120.52(1), except pursuant to appropriation by the
13  Legislature.
14         Section 5.  Subsection (9) is added to section 20.41,
15  Florida Statutes, to read:
16         20.41  Department of Elderly Affairs.--There is created
17  a Department of Elderly Affairs.
18         (9)  Area agencies on aging are subject to chapter 119,
19  relating to public records, and, when considering any
20  contracts requiring the expenditure of funds, are subject to
21  ss. 286.011-286.012, relating to public meetings.
22         Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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