HB 97

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to state government websites; amending s.
3	14.204, F.S.; expanding duties of the Agency for
4	Enterprise Information Technology to include strategies
5	for providing information on the state Internet portal in
6	English and Spanish, at a minimum, by a time certain and
7	strategies and timeframes for phasing in deployment of
8	information on state government websites in English and
9	Spanish, at a minimum; amending s. 282.102, F.S.;
10	requiring information provided on the state Internet
11	portal to be provided in English and Spanish, at a
12	minimum, by a date certain; creating s. 282.1025, F.S.;
13	requiring information deployed by an agency on a state
14	government website to be provided in English and Spanish,
15	at a minimum, by a date certain; providing an effective
16	date.
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18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1.  Paragraphs (a) and (f) of subsection (2) of
21	section 14.204, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
22	14.204  Agency for Enterprise Information Technology.--The
23	Agency for Enterprise Information Technology is created within
24	the Executive Office of the Governor. The head of the agency
25	shall be the Governor and Cabinet, which shall take action by
26	majority vote consisting of at least three affirmative votes
27	with the Governor on the prevailing side. The agency shall be a
28	separate budget entity that is not subject to control,
29	supervision, or direction by the Executive Office of the
30	Governor in any manner, including, but not limited to,
31	purchasing, transactions involving real or personal property,
32	personnel, or budgetary matters.
33	(2)  The agency shall have the following duties and
34	responsibilities:
35	(a)  Develop and implement strategies for the design,
36	delivery, and management of the enterprise information
37	technology services established in law, including, but not
38	limited to, strategies for providing information on the state
39	Internet portal in English and Spanish, at a minimum, by October
40	1, 2010, and strategies and timeframes for phasing in the
41	deployment of information on all state agency government
42	websites in English and Spanish, at a minimum.
43	(f)  Develop and publish a strategic enterprise information
44	technology plan that identifies and recommends strategies for
45	how enterprise information technology will deliver effective and
46	efficient government services to state residents and improve the
47	operations of state agencies, including, but not limited to,
48	strategies, timeframes, and required funding for implementing
49	the deployment of information to businesses and individuals in
50	English and Spanish, at a minimum, as described in paragraph
51	(a).
52	Section 2.  Subsections (9) through (14) of section
53	282.102, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (10)
54	through (15), respectively, and a new subsection (9) is added to
55	that section to read:
56	282.102  Powers and duties.--The Department of Management
57	Services shall have the following powers, duties, and functions:
58	(9)  Contingent upon funding, the department shall maintain
59	the state Internet portal that is the primary single website
60	designed to provide general information about state government
61	and electronically redirect inquiries to other state government
62	websites and shall, no later than October 1, 2010, deploy the
63	information on the portal in English and Spanish, at a minimum.
64	Section 3.  Section 282.1025, Florida Statutes, is created
65	to read:
66	282.1025  Deploying government products, services, and
67	information on state government website; agency
68	requirements.--Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later
69	than October 1, 2015, an agency deploying information to
70	individuals and businesses on a state government website shall
71	provide the information in English and Spanish, at a minimum.
72	Section 4.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2008.

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