Senate Bill sb1902

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1902

    By Senator Baker





    20-1031-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to spending by local

  3         governments; requiring each local government to

  4         create a document annually to inform residents

  5         about its spending; requiring that the document

  6         contain information about certain fees;

  7         providing for distribution of the document to

  8         the residents of the local government;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  (1)  This act may be cited as the "Truth in

14  Government Spending Act."

15         (2)  Each local government shall create and update each

16  year a document that is designed to inform residents of the

17  local government about the spending of the local government

18  over the past year. At a minimum, the document must contain

19  specific data about the impact fees, surcharges, user fees, or

20  other similar fees that the local government charged in the

21  prior year in comparison to the current year. If the amount of

22  any fee is larger or smaller in the current year than in the

23  prior year, the document must contain the percentage by which

24  the fee increased or decreased. The document must be created

25  on or before February 1 of each year.

26         (3)  Each local government shall provide copies of each

27  document created under subsection (2) to its residents by

28  mailing through the United States mail, sending through

29  e-mail, posting on an Internet website, or distributing at a

30  public event.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1902
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      distribute to its residents a document concerning its
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