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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 1808
By Senator Posey
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to state planning and
3 budgeting; amending s. 216.023, F.S.; requiring
4 a summary of each state agency and the judicial
5 branch of state government's preceding year's
6 financial data to be submitted annually to the
7 Legislature; providing content requirements of
8 the summary; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 216.023,
13 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
14 216.023 Legislative budget requests to be furnished to
15 Legislature by agencies.--
16 (4) The legislative budget request must contain for
17 each program:
18 (a) The constitutional or statutory authority for a
19 program, a brief purpose statement, and approved program
20 components.
21 (b) Information on expenditures for 3 fiscal years
22 (actual prior-year expenditures, current-year estimated
23 expenditures, and agency budget requested expenditures for the
24 next fiscal year) by appropriation category.
25 (c) Details on trust funds and fees.
26 (d) The total number of positions (authorized, fixed,
27 and requested).
28 (e) An issue narrative describing and justifying
29 changes in amounts and positions requested for current and
30 proposed programs for the next fiscal year.
31 (f) Information resource requests.
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1 (g) Legislatively approved output and outcome
2 performance measures and any proposed revisions to measures.
3 (h) Proposed performance standards for each
4 performance measure and justification for the standards and
5 the sources of data to be used for measurement.
6 (i) Prior-year performance data on approved
7 performance measures and an explanation of deviation from
8 expected performance. Performance data must be assessed for
9 reliability in accordance with s. 20.055.
10 (j) Unit costs for major activities for the budget
11 entities as defined in the General Appropriations Act. It is
12 the intent of the Legislature that total accountability
13 measures, including to use unit-cost data, serve not only as a
14 budgeting tool but also as a policymaking tool and an
15 accountability tool. Therefore, each state agency and the
16 judicial branch budget entity must also submit a one-page
17 summary of information for the preceding year in accordance
18 with the legislative budget instructions. Each one-page
19 summary must contain related to itself, subordinate entities,
20 and contracting entities which includes:
21 1. The final budget for the agency and the judicial
22 branch each entity;
23 2. Total funds from the General Appropriations Act;
24 3. Adjustments to the General Appropriations Act;
25 2. The total amount of revenue received or otherwise
26 passed through each entity;
27 4.3. The line-item listings of all major activities
28 along with total amounts spent for each major activity and
29 unit costs for each such activity; and
30 5. The number of activity units performed or
31 accomplished;
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1 6. Total expenditures for each activity including
2 amounts paid to contractors and subordinate entities.
3 Expenditures related to administrative activities not aligned
4 with output measures must consistently be allocated to
5 activities with output measures prior to computing unit costs;
6 7. The cost per unit for each activity, including the
7 costs allocated to contractors and subordinate entities; and
8 8.4. The total amount of reversions and pass-through
9 expenditures omitted from or actual pass-throughs without
10 unit-cost calculations data.
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12 At the regular session immediately following the submission of
13 the agency unit cost summary, the Legislature shall reduce in
14 the General Appropriations Act for the ensuing fiscal year, by
15 an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the allocation for
16 the fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year, the funding
17 of each state agency that fails to submit the report required
18 under this paragraph.
19 9.(k) Proposed performance incentives and
20 disincentives.
21 (5) At the time specified in the legislative budget
22 instructions and in sufficient time to be included in the
23 Governor's recommended budget, Prior to September 15 of the
24 fiscal year prior to which the judicial branch is required to
25 submit a performance-based program budget request, the Chief
26 Justice of the Supreme Court shall identify and, after
27 consultation with the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
28 Government Accountability, submit to the President of the
29 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a list
30 of proposed programs and associated performance measures. The
31 judicial branch shall provide documentation to accompany the
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1 list of proposed programs and performance measures as provided
2 under subsection (4). The judicial branch shall submit a
3 performance-based program agency budget request using the
4 programs and performance measures adopted by the Legislature.
5 The Chief Justice may propose revisions to approved programs
6 or performance measures for the judicial branch. The
7 Legislature shall have final approval of all programs and
8 associated performance measures and standards for the judicial
9 branch through the General Appropriations Act or legislation
10 implementing the General Appropriations Act. By September 15,
11 2001, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall submit to
12 the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
13 Representatives a performance-based program budget request for
14 programs of the judicial branch approved by the Legislature
15 and provide a copy to the Executive Office of the Governor.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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19 SENATE SUMMARY
20 Requires each state agency and the judicial branch of
government to submit a one-page summary of the preceding
21 year's financial activities and provides content
requirements. (See bill for details.)
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