Florida Senate - 2009 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (406346) for SB 44-A
Barcode 916298
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
01/08/2009 .
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The Committee on Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means
(Pruitt) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 52 - 58
4 and insert:
5 Section 3. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
6 Governmental Accountability, in consultation with the Department
7 of Management Services, shall develop recommendations regarding
8 the prudent issuance and use of state-owned wireless
9 communications devices, including wireless telephones, personal
10 digital assistants, and other electronic devices. In developing
11 these recommendations, the department shall consider, at a
12 minimum:
13 (a) The need for the wireless communications device;
14 (b) The need for the employee to be available via such
15 wireless communications device;
16 (c) The accountability for issuance of such wireless
17 communications devices;
18 (d) The possibility of sharing such wireless communications
19 devices;
20 (e) Methods to reduce the issuance and use of such wireless
21 communications devices;
22 (f) Whether reimbursing employees for calls on personal
23 wireless telephones might be cost-effective in some instances;
24 (g) What controls are necessary for the prudent management
25 of such wireless communications devices; and
26 (h) Any available cost-saving measures that could be
27 considered.
28 (2) The department shall report its findings and estimated
29 cost savings to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
30 the House of Representatives by March 3, 2009.
31 Section 4. The Department of Management Services shall
32 compile a list of all state-owned surplus real property that has
33 a value greater than $1,000 in order to determine potential cost
34 savings and revenue opportunities from the sale or lease of
35 assets. The review shall include a cost-benefit analysis of any
36 proposed facility disposition, including the facility’s current
37 operating expenses, condition, projected capital depreciation
38 costs, and market value, and the effect of the proposed
39 facility’s disposition on the state’s financial status,
40 including the effect on rental rates and the coverage
41 requirement for bonds. In addition, the review shall identify
42 current contracts for leased office space in which the leased
43 space is not fully used or occupied and include a plan for
44 contract renegotiation or subletting unoccupied space. The
45 department shall submit a report of its findings and
46 recommendations to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
47 the House of Representatives, and the Executive Office of the
48 Governor by March 3, 2009.
49 Section 5. (1) The Chief Financial Officer, as head of the
50 Department of Financial Services, shall consider methods to
51 ensure that state agencies receive the maximum amount of federal
52 funds to which the state is entitled based on the services it
53 currently provides. The Chief Financial Officer shall make
54 recommendations to the Office of Policy and Budget and the
55 legislative appropriations committees by March 3, 2009.
56 (2) Each state agency shall review its operations to ensure
57 that the state receives the maximum amount of federal funds to
58 which it is entitled based on the services the agency currently
59 provides.
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62 And the title is amended as follows:
63 Delete lines 14 - 16
64 and insert:
65 Management Services, to develop recommendations regarding the
66 prudent issuance and use of state-owned wireless communications
67 devices; requiring a report to the Legislature; requiring the
68 Department of Management Services to compile a list of and
69 review state-owned surplus real property of greater than a
70 specified value; providing requirements for the review;
71 requiring a report to the Legislature and the Executive Office
72 of the Governor; requiring that the Chief Financial Officer
73 consider methods to ensure that state agencies receive the
74 maximum federal funds to which the state is entitled; requiring
75 the Chief Financial Officer to make recommendations to the
76 Office of Policy and Budget and the legislative appropriations
77 committees; requiring each state agency to ensure the receipt of
78 maximum federal funds to which the agency is entitled based on
79 its current services; requiring the office to