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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 4-B

    By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Carlton





    309-525-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act implementing the 2001-2002 supplemental

  3         appropriations act; amending s. 216.023, F.S.;

  4         providing directives for executive agencies and

  5         the judicial branch in adjusting performance

  6         measures and standards to respond to budgetary

  7         modifications; providing a directive to the

  8         Department of Juvenile Justice; amending s.

  9         339.135, F.S.; requiring adjustment of the

10         adopted work program of the Department of

11         Transportation to include certain economic

12         stimulus projects; limiting the use of funds

13         for state-employee travel; providing an

14         expiration date and an effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  In order to implement reductions and other

19  changes in appropriations for the 2001-2002 fiscal year made

20  by Senate Bill 2-B, subsection (14) is added to section

21  216.023, Florida Statutes, to read:

22         216.023  Legislative budget requests to be furnished to

23  Legislature by agencies.--

24         (14)  For the 2001-2002 fiscal year only:

25         (a)  By January 15, 2002, executive agencies shall

26  submit to the Executive Office of the Governor adjustments to

27  their performance measures and standards necessitated by

28  reductions and other changes by the Legislature to 2001-2002

29  appropriations. Review, revision, and approval of such

30  adjustments shall be conducted pursuant to the requirements of

31  subsection (7).

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 4-B
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  1         (b)  By January 15, 2002, the judicial branch shall

  2  make adjustments to any performance measures and standards

  3  necessitated by reductions and other changes by the

  4  Legislature to 2001-2002 appropriations. Review, revision, and

  5  approval of such adjustments shall be conducted pursuant to

  6  the requirements of subsection (9).

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  8  This subsection expires July 1, 2002.

  9         Section 2.  In order to implement Specific

10  Appropriation 346 of Senate Bill 2-B and notwithstanding any

11  proviso contained in Specific Appropriation 1235 of chapter

12  2001-253, Laws of Florida, if Federal Title IV-E earnings do

13  not materialize, the Department of Juvenile Justice is

14  directed not to transfer general revenue funds from Specific

15  Appropriation 1200 to Specific Appropriation 1235.

16         Section 3.  In order to implement Specific

17  Appropriations 442-447 of Senate Bill 2-B, paragraph (g) is

18  added to subsection (7) of section 339.135, Florida Statutes,

19  to read:

20         339.135  Work program; legislative budget request;

21  definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and

22  amendment.--

23         (7)  AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM.--

24         (g)  For the 2001-2002 state fiscal year only, and

25  notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (b)-(f), the

26  adopted work program shall be adjusted to include projects

27  approved as economic stimulus projects resulting from

28  additional appropriations made by Senate Bill 2-B, 2001

29  Special Session B, or similar legislation enacted at the same

30  legislative session or an extension thereof.  This paragraph

31  expires July 1, 2002.

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  1         Section 4.  It is the policy of the state that funds

  2  appropriated to state agencies which may be used for

  3  state-employee travel be limited, until July 1, 2002, to

  4  travel for activities that are critical to the state agency's

  5  mission. Funds may not be used to pay for travel by state

  6  employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences,

  7  staff-training activities, or other administrative functions

  8  unless the respective agency head has determined that such

  9  activities are critical to the agency mission. Travel for law

10  enforcement, military purposes, emergency management, and

11  public health activities is not covered by this section. The

12  agency head, or his or her designee, must consider

13  teleconferencing and other forms of electronic communication

14  to meet the needs of the proposed activity before approving

15  mission-critical travel.

16         Section 5.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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18          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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19                         Senate Bill 4-B

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21  Removes language to not withstand section 257.195, F.S.
    relating to budget reductions to the Department of State
22  Division of Library and Information Services and state aid to
    libraries.
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    Amends section 339.135, F.S. to require that the Department of
24  Transportation's Work Program be adjusted to include projects
    approved in Senate Bill 2-B.
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