Senate Bill 2470c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2470

    By the Committee on Fiscal Policy and Senators Latvala,
    Thomas, Mitchell and Silver




    309-2146A-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state air travel; requiring

  3         the Department of Management Services to

  4         establish a central database to maintain a

  5         record of all state-related travel; providing

  6         an appropriation for the development,

  7         maintenance, and improvements to the database;

  8         requiring the Comptroller to establish object

  9         codes that uniquely identify expenses related

10         to air travel, car rental, and motel or hotel

11         accommodations; authorizing the Department of

12         Management Services to negotiate and contract

13         with an air carrier for service; requiring

14         local matching funds; providing appropriations;

15         providing an effective date.

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17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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19         Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Management Services

20  shall establish and maintain a central database to record and

21  maintain all state-approved or reimbursed travel, including

22  information related to each employee's origination and

23  destination and any other information considered necessary by

24  the department. The department may contract with an outside

25  firm for the creation or maintenance of the database and may

26  expend funds to develop, maintain, and improve the database.

27  On January 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the department

28  shall furnish to the Legislature and the Governor a summary of

29  all state travel and any recommendations for approving the

30  efficiency or cost of that travel.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2470
    309-2146A-00




  1         (2)  The Comptroller shall establish object class codes

  2  that uniquely identify expenditures related to payments for

  3  air travel, car rental, and motel or hotel accommodations. All

  4  state agency personnel, including those in the State

  5  University System, cabinet officers, and the Legislature must

  6  use their state purchasing cards, if issued, and the object

  7  codes when requesting payments for the travel expenditures

  8  specified in this subsection. The Comptroller shall report

  9  expenditures made by state entities not less frequently than

10  annually to the Department of Management Services, or at other

11  times as necessary for contract negotiations and other

12  management needs.

13         Section 2.  The Department of Management Services may

14  contract with an eligible air carrier for jet service or other

15  service approved by the department to guarantee a number of

16  seats or minimum revenue per departure or other incentive

17  necessary to improve air service into Tallahassee beginning

18  July 1, 2000. The department may expend funds for the purposes

19  authorized by this section only to the extent necessary to

20  match any public or private local funds.

21         Section 3.  The sum of $400,000 is appropriated from

22  the nonrecurring General Revenue Fund to the Department of

23  Management Services to implement the provisions of this act

24  during the 2000-2001 fiscal year.

25         Section 4.  There are established two full time

26  positions in the Department of Banking and Finance and the sum

27  of $90,000 is appropriated from recurring General Revenue Fund

28  to the Department of Banking and Finance to implement the

29  provisions of this act during the 2000-2001 fiscal year.

30         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

31  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 2470
    309-2146A-00




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 2470

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  4  Provides that agencies with state purchasing cards must use
    them for travel expenses.
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    Provides an appropriation from the General Revenue Fund to the
  6  Department of Management Services.

  7  Provides two positions and an appropriation from the General
    Revenue Fund to the Department of Banking and Finance.
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