| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to state financial information; amending |
| 3 | s. 11.45, F.S.; requiring the Auditor General to annually |
| 4 | provide to the Legislature a list of school districts that |
| 5 | have failed to comply with certain financial transparency |
| 6 | requirements, as identified pursuant to audit; amending s. |
| 7 | 215.90, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. |
| 8 | 215.91, F.S.; providing that the Financial Management |
| 9 | Information Board is responsible for the system; deleting |
| 10 | provisions relating to the Florida Financial Management |
| 11 | Information System Coordinating Council; deleting |
| 12 | references to functional owner subsystems; amending s. |
| 13 | 215.92, F.S.; redefining terms and adding and deleting |
| 14 | definitions; creating s. 215.922, F.S.; establishing the |
| 15 | Agency for Enterprise Business Services within the |
| 16 | Department of Financial Services; providing that the |
| 17 | office is a separate budget entity not subject to the |
| 18 | department; providing that the agency is headed by the |
| 19 | Governor and Cabinet acting as the Financial Management |
| 20 | Information Board; providing for an executive director; |
| 21 | providing the duties of the agency; creating s. 215.923, |
| 22 | F.S.; establishing the Enterprise Financial Business |
| 23 | Operations Council to act in an advisory capacity to the |
| 24 | agency; providing the members of the council; providing |
| 25 | council duties; creating s. 215.924, F.S.; providing for |
| 26 | an Enterprise Financial Business Strategic Plan; requiring |
| 27 | the plan to be annually reviewed, updated, and submitted |
| 28 | to the Legislature; providing for the contents of the |
| 29 | plan; amending s. 215.93, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 30 | relating to the Florida Financial Management Information |
| 31 | System; renaming the Florida Accounting Information |
| 32 | Resource Subsystem the Financial Management Subsystem; |
| 33 | adding the Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
| 34 | Distribution Subsystem; deleting references to functional |
| 35 | owner subsystems and providing for enterprise business |
| 36 | owners; revising the duties of the owners; deleting |
| 37 | references to the design and coordination staff; providing |
| 38 | for the ownership and functions of the Revenue and Tax |
| 39 | Collection, Processing, and Distribution Subsystem by the |
| 40 | Department of Revenue; amending s. 215.94, F.S.; deleting |
| 41 | references to functional owner subsystems and providing |
| 42 | for enterprise business owners; amending s. 215.95, F.S.; |
| 43 | providing additional duties for the Financial Management |
| 44 | Information Board; repealing s. 215.96, F.S., relating to |
| 45 | the coordinating council and design and coordination |
| 46 | staff; creating s. 215.961, F.S.; providing state agency |
| 47 | requirements relating to the Florida Financial Management |
| 48 | Information System and the use of functional information |
| 49 | and enterprise agency business subsystems; amending s. |
| 50 | 215.985, F.S., relating to the Transparency Florida Act; |
| 51 | redefining the term "governmental entity" to include |
| 52 | public schools rather than public school districts; |
| 53 | requiring the Legislative Auditing Committee to recommend |
| 54 | a format for school districts, charter schools, and |
| 55 | charter technical career centers to use in collecting and |
| 56 | displaying financial information; revising the schedule |
| 57 | for adding information to the state's official website; |
| 58 | revising provisions exempting certain municipalities and |
| 59 | special districts from the Transparency Florida Act; |
| 60 | requiring the Office of Policy and Budget to maintain the |
| 61 | state's financial data on the state website for a |
| 62 | specified period; requiring a certified public accountant |
| 63 | conducting an audit of a unit of local government to |
| 64 | report compliance with the act; requiring the Legislative |
| 65 | Auditing Committee to adopt guidelines for administering |
| 66 | the act; conforming terms; repealing s. 570.07(41), F.S., |
| 67 | relating to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 68 | Services' exemption from using the state online |
| 69 | procurement system; amending ss. 17.11, 216.102, 216.141, |
| 70 | and 216.237, F.S.; conforming terms; providing for |
| 71 | funding; providing an effective date. |
| 72 |
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| 73 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 75 | Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (7) of |
| 76 | section 11.45, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 77 | 11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.- |
| 78 | (7) AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.- |
| 79 | (i) The Auditor General shall transmit to the President of |
| 80 | the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the |
| 81 | Legislative Auditing Committee annually by July 15, beginning in |
| 82 | 2012, a list of all school districts that have failed to comply |
| 83 | with the transparency requirements as identified in the audit |
| 84 | reports reviewed pursuant to paragraph (b) and those conducted |
| 85 | pursuant to subsection (2). |
| 86 | Section 2. Section 215.90, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 87 | read: |
| 88 | 215.90 Short title.-Sections 215.90-215.961 |
| 89 | 215.90-215.96 may be cited as the "Florida Financial |
| 90 | Management Information System Act." |
| 91 | Section 3. Section 215.91, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 92 | read: |
| 93 | 215.91 Florida Financial Management Information System; |
| 94 | board; council.- |
| 95 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Financial |
| 96 | Management Information Board, as the agency head of the Agency |
| 97 | for Enterprise Business Services, executive branch of |
| 98 | government, in consultation with the legislative fiscal |
| 99 | committees, specifically design and implement the Florida |
| 100 | Financial Management Information System to be the primary means |
| 101 | by which state government managers acquire and disseminate the |
| 102 | information needed to plan and account for the delivery of |
| 103 | services to state residents the citizens in a timely, efficient, |
| 104 | and effective manner. |
| 105 | (2) The Financial Management Information Board shall |
| 106 | establish the overall framework within which the Florida |
| 107 | Financial Management Information System operates and be |
| 108 | responsible for all decisions relating to the system. |
| 109 | (3)(2) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 110 | is shall be a unified information system providing fiscal, |
| 111 | management, and accounting support for state decisionmakers. It |
| 112 | provides shall provide a means of coordinating fiscal management |
| 113 | information and information that supports state planning, policy |
| 114 | development, management, evaluation, and performance monitoring. |
| 115 | The Florida Financial Management Information System is shall be |
| 116 | the primary information resource for providing that provides |
| 117 | accountability for public funds, resources, and activities. |
| 118 | (3) The Financial Management Information Board shall |
| 119 | provide the overall framework within which the Florida Financial |
| 120 | Management Information System will operate. The board, through |
| 121 | the Florida Financial Management Information System Coordinating |
| 122 | Council, shall adopt policies and procedures to: |
| 123 | (a) Strengthen and standardize the fiscal management and |
| 124 | accounting practices of the state; |
| 125 | (b) Improve internal financial controls; |
| 126 | (c) Simplify the preparation of objective, accurate, and |
| 127 | timely management and fiscal reports; and |
| 128 | (d) Provide the information needed in the development, |
| 129 | management, and evaluation of public policy and programs. |
| 130 | (4) The council shall provide ongoing counsel to the board |
| 131 | and act to resolve problems among or between the functional |
| 132 | owner subsystems. The board, through the coordinating council, |
| 133 | shall direct and manage the development, implementation, and |
| 134 | operation of the information subsystems that together are the |
| 135 | Florida Financial Management Information System. The |
| 136 | coordinating council shall approve the information subsystems' |
| 137 | designs prior to the development, implementation, and operation |
| 138 | of the subsystems and shall approve subsequent proposed design |
| 139 | modifications to the information subsystems subject to the |
| 140 | guidelines issued by the council. The coordinating council shall |
| 141 | ensure that the information subsystems' operations support the |
| 142 | exchange of unified and coordinated data between information |
| 143 | subsystems. The coordinating council shall establish the common |
| 144 | data codes for financial management, and it shall require and |
| 145 | ensure the use of common data codes by the information |
| 146 | subsystems that together constitute the Florida Financial |
| 147 | Management Information System. The Chief Financial Officer shall |
| 148 | adopt a chart of accounts consistent with the common financial |
| 149 | management data codes established by the coordinating council. |
| 150 | The board, through the coordinating council, shall establish the |
| 151 | financial management policies and procedures for the executive |
| 152 | branch of state government. The coordinating council shall |
| 153 | notify in writing the chairs of the legislative fiscal |
| 154 | committees and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court regarding |
| 155 | the adoption of, or modification to, a proposed financial |
| 156 | management policy or procedure. The notice shall solicit |
| 157 | comments from the chairs of the legislative fiscal committees |
| 158 | and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at least 14 |
| 159 | consecutive days before the final action by the coordinating |
| 160 | council. |
| 161 | (5) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 162 | and its functional owner information subsystems shall be |
| 163 | compatible with the legislative appropriations system, and they |
| 164 | shall be designed to support the legislative oversight function. |
| 165 | The Florida Financial Management Information System and its |
| 166 | functional owner information subsystems shall be unified with |
| 167 | the legislative information systems that support the legislative |
| 168 | appropriations and legislative oversight functions. The Florida |
| 169 | Financial Management Information System and its functional owner |
| 170 | information subsystems shall exchange information with the |
| 171 | legislative information systems that support the legislative |
| 172 | appropriations and legislative oversight functions without |
| 173 | conversion or modification. Any information maintained by the |
| 174 | Florida Financial Management Information System and its |
| 175 | functional owner information subsystems shall be available, upon |
| 176 | request, to the information systems of the legislative branch. |
| 177 | (6) The Florida Financial Management Information system |
| 178 | and its functional owner information subsystems shall: |
| 179 | (a) Be designed to incorporate the flexibility needed to |
| 180 | respond to the dynamic demands of state government in a cost- |
| 181 | conscious manner. The Florida Financial Management Information |
| 182 | System shall include applications that will support an |
| 183 | information retrieval system that will allow the user to ask |
| 184 | general questions and receive accurate answers that include |
| 185 | assessments concerning the qualifications of the data. |
| 186 | (b)(7) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 187 | and each of its functional owner information subsystems shall |
| 188 | strive to Employ a common set of operations that make the system |
| 189 | accessible to state agency program managers and statewide |
| 190 | decisionmakers. Data must shall be easily transferred from the |
| 191 | functional owner information subsystems to Florida Financial |
| 192 | Management Information System applications and also among the |
| 193 | functional owner information subsystems. The functional owner |
| 194 | information subsystems must shall identify shared data-gathering |
| 195 | needs in order to minimize the duplication duplications of |
| 196 | source-entry input. The coordinating council shall ensure that |
| 197 | All organizations within the executive branch of state |
| 198 | government must have access to and use the Florida Financial |
| 199 | Management Information system for the collection, processing, |
| 200 | and reporting of financial management data required for the |
| 201 | efficient and effective operation of state government. |
| 202 | (8) The Florida Financial Management Information System, |
| 203 | through its functional owner subsystems, shall include a data- |
| 204 | gathering and data-distribution facility that will support a |
| 205 | management and decisionmaking information system that collects |
| 206 | and stores agency and statewide financial, administrative, |
| 207 | planning, and program information to assist agency program |
| 208 | managers and statewide decisionmakers in carrying out their |
| 209 | responsibilities. |
| 210 | Section 4. Section 215.92, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 211 | read: |
| 212 | 215.92 Definitions relating to Florida Financial |
| 213 | Management Information System Act.-For the purposes of ss. |
| 214 | 215.90-215.961 215.90-215.96: |
| 215 | (1) "Agency financial business system" means a system that |
| 216 | provides financial business services, including related |
| 217 | administrative or accounting services, to one or more state |
| 218 | agencies and that may be approved as an enterprise agency |
| 219 | business subsystem of the Florida Financial Management |
| 220 | Information System according to s. 215.924. |
| 221 | (2)(1) "Auditable" means the presence of features and |
| 222 | characteristics that are needed to verify the proper functioning |
| 223 | of controls in any given information subsystem. |
| 224 | (3)(2) "Board" means the Financial Management Information |
| 225 | Board. |
| 226 | (3) "Coordinating council" or "council" means the Florida |
| 227 | Financial Management Information System Coordinating Council. |
| 228 | (4) "Council" means the Enterprise Financial Business |
| 229 | Services Council. |
| 230 | (5)(4) "Data or data code" means representation of facts, |
| 231 | concepts, or instructions in a formalized manner suitable for |
| 232 | communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or by |
| 233 | automatic means. The term includes any representations such as |
| 234 | characters or analog quantities to which meaning is, or might |
| 235 | be, assigned. |
| 236 | (5) "Design and coordination staff" means the personnel |
| 237 | responsible for providing administrative and clerical support to |
| 238 | the board, coordinating council, and secretary to the board. The |
| 239 | design and coordination staff shall function as the agency clerk |
| 240 | for the board and the coordinating council. For administrative |
| 241 | purposes, the design and coordination staff are assigned to the |
| 242 | Department of Financial Services but they are functionally |
| 243 | assigned to the board. |
| 244 | (6) "Enhancement" means a change to the Florida Financial |
| 245 | Management Information System which improves or adds features or |
| 246 | functionality to a functional information subsystem or |
| 247 | enterprise agency business subsystem and which changes or |
| 248 | affects how an enterprise business service or a task that is |
| 249 | part of the service is performed. |
| 250 | (7) "Enterprise agency business subsystem" means a state |
| 251 | agency financial business system that has been approved as a |
| 252 | subsystem of the Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 253 | if the Enterprise Financial Business Strategic Plan is approved |
| 254 | by the board. |
| 255 | (8) "Enterprise business owner" means the state agency |
| 256 | that has legal responsibility for ensuring that a functional |
| 257 | information subsystem or enterprise agency business subsystem of |
| 258 | the Florida Financial Management Information System is designed, |
| 259 | implemented, and operated in accordance with ss. 215.90-215.961. |
| 260 | (9) "Enterprise financial business process" means the |
| 261 | common series of tasks state agencies undertake in monitoring, |
| 262 | tracking, maintaining, or supporting the management, |
| 263 | accountability, and reporting of state financial data, all or a |
| 264 | portion of which may be performed within a functional |
| 265 | information subsystem of the Florida Financial Management |
| 266 | Information System. Financial business process tasks that are |
| 267 | not performed by a subsystem may have an impact on or determine |
| 268 | what tasks are performed by services that are provided by the |
| 269 | subsystem. |
| 270 | (10) "Enterprise financial business service" means a |
| 271 | service provided within the Florida Financial Management |
| 272 | Information System which performs some or all of the tasks of an |
| 273 | enterprise financial business process. |
| 274 | (11) "Functional information subsystems" means the |
| 275 | subsystems described in s. 215.93 which provide the core |
| 276 | enterprise business services described in s. 215.94. |
| 277 | (6) "Functional owner" means the agency, or the part of |
| 278 | the judicial branch, that has the legal responsibility to ensure |
| 279 | that a subsystem is designed, implemented, and operated in |
| 280 | accordance with ss. 215.90-215.96. |
| 281 | (12)(7) "Functional system specifications" means the |
| 282 | detailed written description of an information subsystem which |
| 283 | describes. These specifications are prepared by the functional |
| 284 | owner of the system; describe, in the functional owner's |
| 285 | language, what an information subsystem is required to do; and |
| 286 | describe the features, characteristics, controls, and internal |
| 287 | control measures to be incorporated into the information |
| 288 | subsystem. Such specifications are the basis for the preparation |
| 289 | of the technical system specifications by the functional owner. |
| 290 | (13)(8) "Information system" means a group of interrelated |
| 291 | information subsystems. |
| 292 | (14)(9) "Information subsystem" means the entire |
| 293 | collection of procedures, equipment, and people devoted to the |
| 294 | generation, collection, evaluation, storage, retrieval, and |
| 295 | dissemination of data and information within an organization or |
| 296 | functional area in order to promote the flow of information from |
| 297 | source to user. |
| 298 | (15) "Modification" means a technical change to a |
| 299 | functional information subsystem or an enterprise agency |
| 300 | business subsystem which does not affect how a task that is part |
| 301 | of an enterprise financial business service is performed. |
| 302 | (16) "Officer" means the executive director of the Agency |
| 303 | for Enterprise Business Services. |
| 304 | (17) "Project governance structure" means a written |
| 305 | delegation of authority which defines the roles and |
| 306 | responsibilities of project participants at all levels in the |
| 307 | decisionmaking process, identifies the levels of operational |
| 308 | decisionmaking, designates a clear line of decisional authority, |
| 309 | and provides a clear process for raising the visibility of |
| 310 | issues to the appropriate level for resolution. |
| 311 | (18) "Replacement" of a subsystem means any proposal for |
| 312 | continuing business services through the use of a new or |
| 313 | different functional information system from those currently |
| 314 | contracted. For purposes of this subsection, extensions of |
| 315 | contracts for functional information systems and associated |
| 316 | business services shall be considered replacements. |
| 317 | (19) "State agency" has the same meaning as in s. |
| 318 | 216.011(1). |
| 319 | Section 5. Section 215.922, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 320 | to read: |
| 321 | 215.922 Agency for Enterprise Business Services.-The |
| 322 | Agency for Enterprise Business Services is created within the |
| 323 | Department of Financial Services. |
| 324 | (1) The agency is a separate budget entity and is not |
| 325 | subject to control, supervision, or direction by the Department |
| 326 | of Financial Services, including, but not limited to, |
| 327 | purchasing, transactions involving real or personal property, |
| 328 | personnel, or budgetary matters. |
| 329 | (2) The head of the agency shall be the Governor and |
| 330 | Cabinet acting as the Financial Management Information Board. |
| 331 | (3) The agency shall have an executive director, who is |
| 332 | the Enterprise Financial Business Operations Officer. The |
| 333 | officer is appointed by the Governor with at least three |
| 334 | affirmative votes of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor |
| 335 | and the Chief Financial Officer on the prevailing side, and is |
| 336 | subject to confirmation by the Senate. The officer serves at the |
| 337 | pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. The Chief Financial |
| 338 | Officer may appoint an interim director until an executive |
| 339 | director is confirmed by the Cabinet. |
| 340 | (4) The agency shall have the following duties and |
| 341 | responsibilities: |
| 342 | (a) Ensuring that decisions are identified and issues are |
| 343 | resolved by the board as specified in s. 215.95. |
| 344 | (b) Coordinating and staffing the meetings of the council, |
| 345 | which shall meet at least 12 times per year for the purpose of |
| 346 | obtaining input from council members in carrying out the |
| 347 | provisions of ss. 215.90-215.961. |
| 348 | (c) Monitoring operational and performance issues of the |
| 349 | functional information subsystems and enterprise agency business |
| 350 | subsystems. |
| 351 | (d) Coordinating as necessary with the Agency for |
| 352 | Enterprise Information Technology to obtain technology-related |
| 353 | information from state agencies. |
| 354 | (e) Developing the Enterprise Financial Business Services |
| 355 | Strategic Plan as directed in s. 215.924. |
| 356 | (f) Serving as a clearinghouse for enterprise information |
| 357 | relating to the planning, development, implementation, and |
| 358 | evaluation of improvements to enterprise financial business |
| 359 | processes. |
| 360 | (g) Developing policies and procedures that improve the |
| 361 | efficiency and effectiveness of the Florida Financial Management |
| 362 | System by: |
| 363 | 1. Improving internal financial controls; |
| 364 | 2. Standardizing the state's fiscal management and |
| 365 | accounting practices; |
| 366 | 3. Simplifying the preparation of objective, accurate, and |
| 367 | timely management information and fiscal reports; |
| 368 | 4. Making recommendations to the Chief Financial Officer |
| 369 | for improving the standardization of the state's chart of |
| 370 | accounts; |
| 371 | 5. Standardizing enterprise financial business processes |
| 372 | and services if necessary to cost-effectively provide financial |
| 373 | business services; and |
| 374 | 6. Establishing common data codes to be used by all |
| 375 | functional information subsystems and enterprise agency business |
| 376 | subsystems. |
| 377 | (h) Developing criteria for defining standardized |
| 378 | enterprise financial business services to be provided by the |
| 379 | Florida Financial Management Information System. At a minimum, |
| 380 | the criteria must be able to determine whether: |
| 381 | 1. The identified financial function or task serves a |
| 382 | unique state agency need, is common among multiple state |
| 383 | agencies, or should be common among multiple state agencies; |
| 384 | 2. The identified function or task is necessary to comply |
| 385 | with a federal or state reporting requirement; and |
| 386 | 3. It is cost-effective to incorporate the service into |
| 387 | the Florida Financial Management Information System in |
| 388 | accordance with long-term planning goals. |
| 389 | (i) Adopting rules to administer ss. 215.90-215.961. |
| 390 | (j) Providing an operational plan annually by January 1, |
| 391 | beginning in 2014, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, |
| 392 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The plan must |
| 393 | contain recommendations for the current and subsequent fiscal |
| 394 | year and identify estimated costs, budget adjustments, and |
| 395 | legislative changes necessary to implement such recommendations. |
| 396 | At a minimum, the recommendations must identify: |
| 397 | 1. Major initiatives and implementation strategies |
| 398 | proposed for the next fiscal year which are designed to achieve |
| 399 | goals included in the Enterprise Financial Business Strategic |
| 400 | Plan described in s. 215.924; |
| 401 | 2. Changes to internal financial controls and enterprise |
| 402 | financial business processes; |
| 403 | 3. Proposals to eliminate specific impediments to |
| 404 | achieving standardized enterprise financial business services; |
| 405 | 4. An assessment of ongoing projects that enhance or |
| 406 | replace any of the Florida Financial Management Information |
| 407 | System's functional information subsystems or enterprise agency |
| 408 | business subsystems and, where applicable, recommendations for |
| 409 | improving project management; and |
| 410 | 5. An analysis of each specific business case supporting |
| 411 | enhancement or replacement of a subsystem, including pending |
| 412 | contract extensions, renewals, or modifications of any of the |
| 413 | Florida Financial Management Information System's functional |
| 414 | information subsystems or enterprise agency business subsystems |
| 415 | submitted in accordance with s. 215.961. Such analysis must |
| 416 | include determining whether the enhancement or replacement is |
| 417 | consistent with the Enterprise Financial Business Strategic |
| 418 | Plan, and is in compliance with policies, procedures, or |
| 419 | criteria developed as specified in ss. 215.90-216.96. |
| 420 | (k) Submitting an inventory to the Governor and the chairs |
| 421 | of the legislative appropriation committees by July 1, 2013, of |
| 422 | agency financial business systems that are maintained by |
| 423 | executive branch agencies. At a minimum, the inventory must |
| 424 | include the following information: |
| 425 | 1. A description of the financial business processes |
| 426 | supported and financial business services provided by each |
| 427 | system; |
| 428 | 2. The total cost of operating and maintaining each agency |
| 429 | financial business system on an annual fiscal-year basis. The |
| 430 | total cost calculation must, at a minimum, include staffing |
| 431 | requirements, hardware and software costs, contracted services |
| 432 | and external service provider costs, and facilities and power |
| 433 | costs; |
| 434 | 3. The enhancement costs estimated for the 2012-2013 |
| 435 | fiscal year and planned enhancement costs for the 2013-2014 |
| 436 | fiscal year. The inventory must identify the budget authority |
| 437 | that will be used to pay for any proposed enhancements in the |
| 438 | 2013-2014 fiscal year; |
| 439 | 4. The number of and job descriptions of end users who |
| 440 | must use the system on a daily basis to perform their job |
| 441 | functions; |
| 442 | 5. Any state or federal laws that require the |
| 443 | implementation and use of the agency financial business system; |
| 444 | and |
| 445 | 6. An assessment of whether each agency financial business |
| 446 | system can be approved as an enterprise agency business |
| 447 | subsystem pursuant to s. 215.924 or, if it cannot be approved, a |
| 448 | statement explaining why that is not possible. The Agency for |
| 449 | Enterprise Business Services shall develop criteria for such |
| 450 | approval. To be approved as an enterprise agency business |
| 451 | subsystem, the agency system must, at a minimum: |
| 452 | a. Provide financial and administrative data and |
| 453 | information or functionality that is essential to state |
| 454 | enterprise financial operations; |
| 455 | b. Effectively provide a required enterprise financial |
| 456 | business service or support an enterprise financial business |
| 457 | process; |
| 458 | c. Provide financial data, information, or functionality |
| 459 | that is not partially or completely duplicated by a functional |
| 460 | information subsystem; and |
| 461 | d. Demonstrate that the agency financial business system's |
| 462 | financial data, information, or functionality can be provided in |
| 463 | a cost-effective manner by a functional information subsystem. |
| 464 | Section 6. Section 215.923, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 465 | to read: |
| 466 | 215.923 Enterprise Financial Business Services Council.- |
| 467 | The Enterprise Financial Business Services Council is created as |
| 468 | an advisory body to support the Agency for Enterprise Business |
| 469 | Services in the execution of its duties and responsibilities. |
| 470 | (1) Council members include: |
| 471 | (a) The officer who shall serve as chair of the council. |
| 472 | (b) The Planning and Budgeting Subsystem enterprise |
| 473 | business owner or designee. |
| 474 | (c) The Financial Management Subsystem enterprise business |
| 475 | owner or designee. |
| 476 | (d) The Cash Management Subsystem enterprise business |
| 477 | owner or designee. |
| 478 | (e) The Purchasing Subsystem enterprise business owner or |
| 479 | designee. |
| 480 | (f) The Personnel Information Subsystem enterprise |
| 481 | business owner or designee. |
| 482 | (g) The Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
| 483 | Distribution Subsystem enterprise business owner or designee. |
| 484 | (h) A member representing state agency administrative |
| 485 | services directors as determined by the directors. |
| 486 | (i) A member appointed by the Attorney General. |
| 487 | (j) A member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. |
| 488 | (k) The executive director of the Agency for Enterprise |
| 489 | Information Technology or designee. |
| 490 | (2) Duties of the council include: |
| 491 | (a) Acting as liaison with all user agencies of the |
| 492 | Florida Financial Management Information System. |
| 493 | (b) Advising the Agency for Enterprise Business Services |
| 494 | on the development of the Enterprise Financial Business |
| 495 | Strategic Plan. |
| 496 | (3) Agency for Enterprise Business Services staff shall |
| 497 | support the activities of the council. |
| 498 | (4) The chair may appoint work groups from state agency |
| 499 | staff as necessary to analyze, coordinate, or resolve specific |
| 500 | issues. |
| 501 | Section 7. Section 215.924, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 502 | to read: |
| 503 | 215.924 Enterprise Financial Business Strategic Plan.-The |
| 504 | Agency for Enterprise Business Services, with the assistance of |
| 505 | the council, shall develop, adopt, and, beginning in 2013, |
| 506 | annually update by July 1, the Enterprise Financial Business |
| 507 | Strategic Plan. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the |
| 508 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 509 | Representatives. The plan must: |
| 510 | (1) Describe the enterprise financial business services to |
| 511 | be provided by the Florida Financial Management Information |
| 512 | System. The description must be sufficient to determine the |
| 513 | functionality that will be provided by the system and to |
| 514 | identify which agency business system services should be |
| 515 | incorporated as enterprise agency business subsystems. |
| 516 | Enterprise financial business services at a minimum must include |
| 517 | the enterprise business services defined in s. 215.94. |
| 518 | (2) Identify and describe all functional information |
| 519 | subsystems and agency financial business systems recommended as |
| 520 | enterprise agency business subsystems for inclusion in the |
| 521 | Florida Financial Management Information System, which, at a |
| 522 | minimum, is comprised of the subsystems defined in s. 215.93. An |
| 523 | enterprise agency business subsystem shall be recommended for |
| 524 | approval as a subsystem based on the assessment process in s. |
| 525 | 215.922. |
| 526 | (3) Provide, for the most recent fiscal year, the total |
| 527 | cost of operating and maintaining each subsystem, the staff |
| 528 | required for operation and maintenance, the number of end users |
| 529 | who must use the system to perform their job functions, and any |
| 530 | state or federal law specifically requiring the implementation |
| 531 | of the subsystem. |
| 532 | (4) Identify the critical interfaces for all subsystems, |
| 533 | including identified enterprise agency business subsystems, of |
| 534 | the Florida Financial Management Information System for the |
| 535 | purpose of coordinating standardized information exchange |
| 536 | between subsystems. |
| 537 | (5) Develop a 5-year plan for replacing or enhancing |
| 538 | subsystems of the Florida Financial Management Information |
| 539 | System, with the goal of having a system that provides |
| 540 | enterprise business services in the most cost-effective manner, |
| 541 | including: |
| 542 | (a) Overall options for replacing major subsystem |
| 543 | components and plans for addressing any contracts that expire |
| 544 | within the 5-year planning period; |
| 545 | (b) Recommended changes in enterprise financial business |
| 546 | services provided by the system which are necessary or |
| 547 | appropriate as subsystems are replaced as envisioned by the |
| 548 | plan; |
| 549 | (c) Improvements or enhancements that address impediments |
| 550 | to achieving long-term system planning goals; and |
| 551 | (d) Recommended changes that ensure the use of common data |
| 552 | codes by the information subsystems. |
| 553 | (6) Provide project management plans and governance |
| 554 | structures for approved subsystem enhancement or replacement |
| 555 | projects that have more than $10 million in cumulative total |
| 556 | funding. |
| 557 | (7) Recommend improvements to enterprise financial |
| 558 | business processes which may facilitate the standardization of |
| 559 | financial business services provided by the Florida Financial |
| 560 | Management Information System. |
| 561 | (8) Recommend improvements to enterprise reporting in |
| 562 | order to enhance the management of enterprise financial business |
| 563 | services. |
| 564 | (9) Recommend measures to improve data security, improve |
| 565 | data integrity between subsystems, and eliminate data redundancy |
| 566 | between subsystems. |
| 567 | Section 8. Section 215.93, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 568 | read: |
| 569 | 215.93 Florida Financial Management Information System.- |
| 570 | (1) To provide the information necessary to carry out the |
| 571 | intent of the Legislature, there shall be a Florida Financial |
| 572 | Management Information System. The Florida Financial Management |
| 573 | Information system must shall be fully implemented and shall be |
| 574 | upgraded as necessary to ensure the efficient operation of an |
| 575 | integrated enterprise-wide financial management information |
| 576 | system and to provide necessary information for the effective |
| 577 | operation of state government. Upon the recommendation of the |
| 578 | coordinating council and approval of the officer board, the |
| 579 | Florida Financial Management Information System may require data |
| 580 | from any state agency information system or information |
| 581 | subsystem or may request data from any judicial branch |
| 582 | information system or information subsystem that the officer |
| 583 | determines coordinating council and board have determined to |
| 584 | have statewide financial management significance. Each |
| 585 | functional owner information subsystem within the Florida |
| 586 | Financial Management Information System must shall be developed |
| 587 | in such a fashion as to allow for timely, positive, preplanned, |
| 588 | and prescribed data transfers between the Florida Financial |
| 589 | Management Information System functional owner information |
| 590 | subsystems and from other information systems. The principal |
| 591 | unit of the system, as defined in the strategic plan in s. |
| 592 | 215.924, shall be the functional owner information subsystem, |
| 593 | which includes, but is not, and the system shall include, but |
| 594 | shall not be limited to, the following: |
| 595 | (a) The Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. |
| 596 | (b) The Financial Management Florida Accounting |
| 597 | Information Resource Subsystem. |
| 598 | (c) The Cash Management Subsystem. |
| 599 | (d) The Purchasing Subsystem. |
| 600 | (e) The Personnel Information System. |
| 601 | (f) The Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
| 602 | Distribution Subsystem, also known as the System for Unified |
| 603 | Taxation. |
| 604 | (2) The enterprise business owner of each functional |
| 605 | information subsystem: shall have a functional owner, who may |
| 606 | establish additional functions for the subsystem unless |
| 607 | specifically prohibited by ss. 215.90-215.96. |
| 608 | (a) Shall submit a business case justifying any |
| 609 | enhancements to, or replacement of, the subsystem to the Agency |
| 610 | for Enterprise Business Services for review and approval. |
| 611 | However, without the express approval of the board upon |
| 612 | recommendation of the coordinating council, no functional owner |
| 613 | nor any other agency shall have the authority to establish or |
| 614 | maintain additional subsystems which duplicate any of the |
| 615 | information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management |
| 616 | Information System. Each functional owner shall |
| 617 | (b) Shall solicit input and responses from state agencies |
| 618 | using utilizing the information subsystem. Each functional owner |
| 619 | (c) May contract with the other enterprise business |
| 620 | functional owners or private sector entities in the design, |
| 621 | development, and implementation of their functional information |
| 622 | systems and subsystems and enterprise agency business subsystems |
| 623 | when modifications or subsystem replacements have been approved |
| 624 | by the Agency for Enterprise Business Services. Each functional |
| 625 | owner |
| 626 | (d) Shall include in its information subsystem functional |
| 627 | specifications the data requirements and standards of the |
| 628 | Florida Financial Management Information System as approved by |
| 629 | the officer board. Each functional owner |
| 630 | (e) Shall establish a project team design teams that plans |
| 631 | and coordinates shall plan and coordinate the design and |
| 632 | implementation of its subsystem within the project governance |
| 633 | process approved by the officer framework established by the |
| 634 | board. |
| 635 | (f) Shall provide regular reports on the status of |
| 636 | projects to the council and the officer. The design teams shall |
| 637 | assist the design and coordination staff in carrying out the |
| 638 | duties assigned by the board or the coordinating council. The |
| 639 | coordinating council shall review and approve the work plans for |
| 640 | these projects. |
| 641 | (g) Shall provide information relating to agency financial |
| 642 | business processes and services or functional information |
| 643 | subsystems as required by the Agency for Enterprise Business |
| 644 | Services. |
| 645 | (h) Shall notify the Agency for Enterprise Business |
| 646 | Services of modifications or enhancements to subsystems of the |
| 647 | Florida Financial Management Information System. |
| 648 | (i) Shall submit to the Agency for Enterprise Business |
| 649 | Services annual spending plans for any funds appropriated to a |
| 650 | state agency for enhancing enterprise agency business subsystems |
| 651 | and functional information subsystems. |
| 652 | (3) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 653 | must shall include financial management data and use utilize the |
| 654 | chart of accounts established approved by the Chief Financial |
| 655 | Officer. Common financial management data shall include, but are |
| 656 | not be limited to, data codes, titles, and definitions used by |
| 657 | one or more of the functional information owner subsystems. |
| 658 | (a) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 659 | shall use utilize common financial management data codes. The |
| 660 | council shall recommend and the officer board shall adopt |
| 661 | policies regarding the approval and publication of the financial |
| 662 | management data. |
| 663 | (b) The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt policies |
| 664 | regarding the approval and publication of the chart of accounts. |
| 665 | The Chief Financial Officer's chart of accounts shall be |
| 666 | consistent with the common financial management data codes |
| 667 | established by the officer must be consistent with the Chief |
| 668 | Financial Officer's chart of accounts coordinating council. |
| 669 | Further, |
| 670 | (c) All systems not a part of the Florida Financial |
| 671 | Management Information System which provide information to the |
| 672 | system must shall use the common data codes from the Florida |
| 673 | Financial Management Information System and the Chief Financial |
| 674 | Officer's chart of accounts. |
| 675 | (d) Data codes that cannot be supplied by the Florida |
| 676 | Financial Management Information System and the Chief Financial |
| 677 | Officer's chart of accounts and that are required for use by the |
| 678 | information subsystems shall be approved by the officer board |
| 679 | upon recommendation of the coordinating council. |
| 680 | (4) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
| 681 | shall be designed, installed, and operated in a fashion |
| 682 | compatible with the legislative appropriations system. |
| 683 | (5) Enterprise business Functional owners are legally |
| 684 | responsible for the security and integrity of all data records |
| 685 | existing within or transferred from their information |
| 686 | subsystems. Each state agency and the judicial branch shall be |
| 687 | responsible for the accuracy of the information entered into the |
| 688 | Florida Financial Management Information System. |
| 689 | Section 9. Section 215.94, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 690 | read: |
| 691 | 215.94 Designation, duties, and responsibilities of |
| 692 | enterprise business functional owners.- |
| 693 | (1) The Executive Office of the Governor is shall be the |
| 694 | enterprise business functional owner of the Planning and |
| 695 | Budgeting Subsystem, which shall be designed, implemented, and |
| 696 | operated in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90-215.961 |
| 697 | 215.90-215.96 and chapter 216. The Planning and Budgeting |
| 698 | Subsystem includes shall include, but is shall not be limited |
| 699 | to, the following functions for: |
| 700 | (a) Development and preparation of state agency and |
| 701 | judicial branch budget requests. |
| 702 | (b) Analysis and evaluation of state agency and judicial |
| 703 | branch budget requests and alternatives. |
| 704 | (c) Controlling and tracking the allocation of |
| 705 | appropriations, approved budget, and releases. |
| 706 | (d) Performance-based program budgeting compliance |
| 707 | evaluations, as provided in the legislative budget instructions |
| 708 | pursuant to s. 216.023(3). |
| 709 | (2) The Department of Financial Services is shall be the |
| 710 | enterprise business functional owner of the Florida Financial |
| 711 | Management Accounting Information Resource Subsystem established |
| 712 | pursuant to ss. 17.03, 215.86, 216.141, and 216.151 and further |
| 713 | developed in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90- |
| 714 | 215.961 215.90-215.96. The subsystem includes shall include, but |
| 715 | is shall not be limited to, the following functions: |
| 716 | (a) Accounting and reporting so as to provide timely data |
| 717 | for producing financial statements for the state in accordance |
| 718 | with generally accepted accounting principles. |
| 719 | (b) Auditing and settling claims against the state. |
| 720 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer is shall be the enterprise |
| 721 | business functional owner of the Cash Management Subsystem. The |
| 722 | Chief Financial Officer shall design, implement, and operate the |
| 723 | subsystem in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90- |
| 724 | 215.961 215.90-215.96. The subsystem includes shall include, but |
| 725 | is shall not be limited to, the following financial business |
| 726 | services functions for: |
| 727 | (a) Recording and reconciling credits and debits to |
| 728 | treasury fund accounts. |
| 729 | (b) Monitoring cash levels and activities in state bank |
| 730 | accounts. |
| 731 | (c) Monitoring short-term investments of idle cash. |
| 732 | (d) Administering the provisions of the Federal Cash |
| 733 | Management Improvement Act of 1990. |
| 734 | (4) The Department of Management Services is shall be the |
| 735 | enterprise business functional owner of the Purchasing |
| 736 | Subsystem. The department shall design, implement, and operate |
| 737 | the subsystem in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90- |
| 738 | 215.961 215.90-215.96. The subsystem includes shall include, but |
| 739 | is shall not be limited to, financial business services |
| 740 | functions for commodity and service procurement. |
| 741 | (5) The Department of Management Services is shall be the |
| 742 | enterprise business functional owner of the Personnel |
| 743 | Information System. The department shall ensure that the system |
| 744 | is designed, implemented, and operated in accordance with the |
| 745 | provisions of ss. 110.116 and 215.90-215.961 215.90-215.96. The |
| 746 | department may contract with a vendor to provide the system and |
| 747 | services required of the Personnel Information System. The |
| 748 | subsystem includes shall include, but is shall not be limited |
| 749 | to, the following financial business services functions for: |
| 750 | (a) Maintenance of employee and position data, including |
| 751 | funding sources and percentages and salary lapse. The employee |
| 752 | data includes shall include, but is not be limited to, |
| 753 | information to meet the payroll system requirements of the |
| 754 | Department of Financial Services and to meet the employee |
| 755 | benefit system requirements of the Department of Management |
| 756 | Services. |
| 757 | (b) Recruitment and selection. |
| 758 | (c) Time and leave reporting. |
| 759 | (d) Collective bargaining. |
| 760 | (6)(a) Consistent with the provisions of s. 215.86, the |
| 761 | enterprise business respective functional owner of each |
| 762 | functional information subsystem is shall be responsible for |
| 763 | ensuring that: |
| 764 | (a)1. The accounting information produced by the |
| 765 | information subsystem adheres to generally accepted accounting |
| 766 | principles. |
| 767 | (b)2. The information subsystem contains the necessary |
| 768 | controls to maintain its integrity, within acceptable limits and |
| 769 | at an acceptable cost. |
| 770 | (c)3. The information subsystem is auditable. |
| 771 | (7) The Department of Revenue is the enterprise business |
| 772 | owner of the Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
| 773 | Distribution Subsystem, which shall be designed, implemented, |
| 774 | and operated in accordance with ss. 20.21 and 215.90-215.961 and |
| 775 | chapter 216. The subsystem includes, but is not limited to, the |
| 776 | following financial business services. |
| 777 | (a) Receiving, collecting, processing, and distributing |
| 778 | revenue from the sales tax, documentary stamp tax, corporate |
| 779 | income tax, communication services tax, fuel tax, and other |
| 780 | taxes administered by the department. |
| 781 | (b) Providing data needed to support the Economic |
| 782 | Estimating Conference and the Revenue Estimating Conference |
| 783 | established in s. 216.136. |
| 784 | (c) Integrating with other Florida Financial Management |
| 785 | Information System subsystems. |
| 786 | (8)(b) The Auditor General shall be advised by the |
| 787 | enterprise business functional owner of each functional |
| 788 | information subsystem of as to the date that the development or |
| 789 | significant modification of its functional system specifications |
| 790 | begins is to begin. The Auditor General shall provide technical |
| 791 | advice, as allowed by professional auditing standards, on |
| 792 | specific issues relating to the design, implementation, and |
| 793 | operation of each information subsystem. |
| 794 | (9)(7) The Auditor General shall provide to the officer |
| 795 | board and the coordinating council the findings and |
| 796 | recommendations of any audit relating to regarding the |
| 797 | provisions of ss. 215.90-215.961 215.90-215.96. |
| 798 | (10) The Florida Financial Management Information System, |
| 799 | through its functional information subsystems, must include a |
| 800 | data-gathering and data-distribution facility that supports a |
| 801 | management and decisionmaking information system that collects |
| 802 | and stores agency and statewide financial, administrative, |
| 803 | planning, and program information to assist state agency program |
| 804 | managers and statewide decisionmakers in carrying out their |
| 805 | responsibilities. |
| 806 | Section 10. Section 215.95, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 807 | to read: |
| 808 | 215.95 Financial Management Information Board.- |
| 809 | (1) There is created, as part of the Administration |
| 810 | Commission, the Financial Management Information Board. The |
| 811 | board is shall be composed of the Governor, the Chief Financial |
| 812 | Officer, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Attorney |
| 813 | General. The Governor is the shall be chair of the board. The |
| 814 | Governor or the Chief Financial Officer may call a meeting of |
| 815 | the board at any time the need arises. |
| 816 | (2) To carry out its duties and responsibilities, the |
| 817 | board shall by majority vote: |
| 818 | (a) Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to |
| 819 | administer implement the Florida Financial Management |
| 820 | Information System. |
| 821 | (b) Oversee the actions of the Agency for Enterprise |
| 822 | Business Services coordinating council and issue orders to |
| 823 | executive branch agencies to enforce implementation of and |
| 824 | compliance with provisions relating to the Florida Financial |
| 825 | Management Information System. |
| 826 | (c) Manage and oversee the development of the Florida |
| 827 | Financial Management Information System in such a manner that |
| 828 | includes fashion including, but is not limited to, ensuring |
| 829 | compatibility and integration with the Legislative |
| 830 | Appropriations System. |
| 831 | (d) Approve and submit annually by July 1 the Enterprise |
| 832 | Financial Business Strategic Plan described in s. 215.924. |
| 833 | (e) Approve and annually submit by January 1 the Florida |
| 834 | Financial Management Information System operational plan |
| 835 | described in s. 215.922. |
| 836 | (f) Resolve issues that the officer cannot resolve. |
| 837 | (g) Approve project milestone decisions for projects that |
| 838 | replace or enhance a Florida Financial Management Information |
| 839 | System subsystem. Milestone decisions include: |
| 840 | 1. Approval of contracts for subsystem replacement or |
| 841 | changes in subsystem functionality; |
| 842 | 2. Approval of project management plans and project |
| 843 | governance structures; |
| 844 | 3. Acceptance of major project deliverables; and |
| 845 | 4. Approval of project go or no-go decisions. |
| 846 | Section 11. Section 215.96, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 847 | Section 12. Section 215.961, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 848 | to read: |
| 849 | 215.961 State agency requirements.-State agencies shall: |
| 850 | (1) Adhere to policies developed by the Agency for |
| 851 | Enterprise Business Services for the Florida Financial |
| 852 | Management Information System which relate to the use of |
| 853 | functional information subsystems and enterprise agency business |
| 854 | subsystems. |
| 855 | (2) By July 1, 2015, use the Florida Financial Management |
| 856 | Information System to perform enterprise financial business |
| 857 | services. A state agency maintaining a system that duplicates |
| 858 | the business services provided by the Florida Financial |
| 859 | Management Information System shall, by October 15, 2013, |
| 860 | provide a plan to the Agency for Enterprise Business Services |
| 861 | for migrating its financial business services to the system. |
| 862 | (3) Submit to the Agency for Enterprise Business Services: |
| 863 | (a) Updates on any changes that affect the provision of |
| 864 | services by the Florida Financial Information Management System, |
| 865 | including changes in federal or state laws. |
| 866 | (b) A business case analysis for each legislative budget |
| 867 | request for funding an enhancement or replacement of a |
| 868 | functional information subsystem identified in s. 215.93 or an |
| 869 | approved enterprise agency financial business subsystem that has |
| 870 | been identified as a subsystem of the Florida Financial |
| 871 | Management Subsystem in the strategic plan required under s. |
| 872 | 215.924. |
| 873 | (c) By July 1 2012, as specified by the officer, lists of |
| 874 | financial business systems maintained by the state agency, |
| 875 | including, but not limited to: |
| 876 | 1. Descriptions of financial services provided by the |
| 877 | system; |
| 878 | 2. Whether services are currently provided by a functional |
| 879 | information system; |
| 880 | 3. System equipment and application specifics; and |
| 881 | 4. The estimated cost of operating and maintaining the |
| 882 | system and estimated enhancement costs for the 2012-2013 fiscal |
| 883 | year. |
| 884 | (4) Be responsible for the accuracy of the information |
| 885 | entered into the Florida Financial Management Information |
| 886 | System. |
| 887 | Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), paragraph (a) |
| 888 | of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), (8), (10), (11), |
| 889 | and (13) of section 215.985, Florida Statutes, are amended, and |
| 890 | subsections (15) and (16) are added to that section, to read: |
| 891 | 215.985 Transparency in government spending.- |
| 892 | (2) As used in this section, the term: |
| 893 | (a) "Governmental entity" means any state, regional, |
| 894 | county, municipal, special district, or other political |
| 895 | subdivision whether executive, judicial, or legislative, |
| 896 | including, but not limited to, any department, division, bureau, |
| 897 | commission, authority, district, or agency thereof, or any |
| 898 | public school district, community college, state university, or |
| 899 | associated board. |
| 900 | (3) The Executive Office of the Governor, in consultation |
| 901 | with the appropriations committees of the Senate and the House |
| 902 | of Representatives, shall establish a single website, directly |
| 903 | accessible through the state's official Internet portal, which |
| 904 | provides information relating to each appropriation in the |
| 905 | General Appropriations Act for each branch of state government |
| 906 | and state agency. |
| 907 | (a) At a minimum, the information provided must include: |
| 908 | 1. Disbursement data for each appropriation by the object |
| 909 | code associated with each expenditure established within the |
| 910 | Florida Financial Management Accounting Information Resource |
| 911 | Subsystem. Expenditure data must include the name of the payee, |
| 912 | the date of the expenditure, the amount of the expenditure, and |
| 913 | the statewide document number. |
| 914 | 2. For each appropriation, any adjustments, including |
| 915 | vetoes, approved supplemental appropriations included in |
| 916 | legislation other than the General Appropriations Act, budget |
| 917 | amendments, other actions approved pursuant to chapter 216, and |
| 918 | any other adjustments authorized by law. |
| 919 | 3. Status of spending authority for each appropriation in |
| 920 | the approved operating budget, including released, unreleased, |
| 921 | reserved, and disbursed balances. |
| 922 | 4. Position and rate information for positions provided in |
| 923 | the General Appropriations Act. |
| 924 | (5) The committee shall recommend a format for collecting |
| 925 | and displaying information from state universities, school |
| 926 | districts, charter schools, charter technical career centers |
| 927 | public schools, community colleges, local governmental units, |
| 928 | and other governmental entities receiving state appropriations. |
| 929 | (6) By November 1, 2012, and annually thereafter March 1, |
| 930 | 2010, the committee shall develop a schedule for adding |
| 931 | additional other information to the website by type of |
| 932 | information and governmental entity, including timeframes and |
| 933 | development entity. The schedule for adding additional |
| 934 | information shall be submitted to the President of the Senate |
| 935 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Additional |
| 936 | information may include: |
| 937 | (a) Disbursements by the governmental entity from funds |
| 938 | established within the treasury of the governmental entity, |
| 939 | including, for all branches of state government, allotment |
| 940 | balances in the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
| 941 | Information Resource Subsystem. |
| 942 | (b) Revenues received by each governmental entity, |
| 943 | including receipts or deposits by the governmental entity into |
| 944 | funds established within the treasury of the governmental |
| 945 | entity. |
| 946 | (c) Information relating to a governmental entity's bonded |
| 947 | indebtedness, including, but not limited to, the total amount of |
| 948 | obligation stated in terms of principal and interest, an |
| 949 | itemization of each obligation, the term of each obligation, the |
| 950 | source of funding for repayment of each obligation, the amounts |
| 951 | of principal and interest previously paid to reduce each |
| 952 | obligation, the balance remaining of each obligation, any |
| 953 | refinancing of any obligation, and the cited statutory authority |
| 954 | to issue such bonds. |
| 955 | (d) Links to available governmental entity websites. |
| 956 | (8) By August 31 of each fiscal year, each executive |
| 957 | branch agency, the state court system, and the Legislature shall |
| 958 | establish allotments in the Florida Financial Management |
| 959 | Accounting Information Resource Subsystem for planned |
| 960 | expenditures of state appropriations. |
| 961 | (10) Functional owners as defined in s. 215.92 215.94 and |
| 962 | other governmental entities, as specified by the committee, |
| 963 | shall provide information necessary to accomplish the purposes |
| 964 | of this section. |
| 965 | (11) A Any municipality or special district that has total |
| 966 | annual revenues of less than $10 million having a population of |
| 967 | 10,000 or fewer is exempt from this section. Population |
| 968 | determinations must be based on the most recent population |
| 969 | estimates prepared pursuant to s. 186.901. |
| 970 | (13) The Office of Policy and Budget in the Executive |
| 971 | Office of the Governor shall ensure that all data added to the |
| 972 | website relating to the state's financial data remain remains |
| 973 | accessible to the public for 10 years. |
| 974 | (15) A certified public accountant conducting an audit |
| 975 | pursuant to s. 11.45 or s. 218.39 of a unit of local government |
| 976 | which is subject to the Transparency Florida Act shall report, |
| 977 | as part of the audit, whether the entity is in compliance with |
| 978 | the act. |
| 979 | (16) The committee may adopt guidelines to administer this |
| 980 | section. |
| 981 | (17) A state contract management system is established |
| 982 | within the Transparency Florida website for the purpose of |
| 983 | providing public access to information relating to contracts |
| 984 | procured by state government entities. The data in the system |
| 985 | shall include, but is not limited to, the contracting agency, |
| 986 | compensation, contract beginning and end date, type of commodity |
| 987 | and service, procurement method, purpose of the commodity or |
| 988 | service, compliance information such as performance metrics for |
| 989 | the service or commodity, contract violations, the number of |
| 990 | extensions or renewals, and whether the service is required by |
| 991 | law. |
| 992 | (18) Agency procurement staff of state government entities |
| 993 | shall update data within the state contract management system |
| 994 | immediately upon major changes to the contract, including |
| 995 | renewal of the contract, termination of the contract, extension |
| 996 | of the contract, and when amendments are made to the contract. |
| 997 | Section 14. Subsection (41) of section 570.07, Florida |
| 998 | Statutes, is repealed. |
| 999 | Section 15. Subsection (2) of section 17.11, Florida |
| 1000 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1001 | 17.11 To report disbursements made.- |
| 1002 | (2) The Chief Financial Officer shall also cause to have |
| 1003 | reported from the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
| 1004 | Information Resource Subsystem to report at least no less than |
| 1005 | quarterly the disbursements that which agencies made to small |
| 1006 | businesses, as defined in the Florida Small and Minority |
| 1007 | Business Assistance Act; to certified minority business |
| 1008 | enterprises in the aggregate; and to certified minority business |
| 1009 | enterprises broken down into categories of minority persons, as |
| 1010 | well as gender and nationality subgroups. This information shall |
| 1011 | be made available to the agencies, the Office of Supplier |
| 1012 | Diversity, the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the |
| 1013 | Speaker of the House of Representatives. Each agency is shall be |
| 1014 | responsible for the accuracy of information entered into the |
| 1015 | Florida Financial Management Accounting Information Resource |
| 1016 | Subsystem for use in this reporting. |
| 1017 | Section 16. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1), subsection |
| 1018 | (2), and paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section 216.102, |
| 1019 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 1020 | 216.102 Filing of financial information; handling by Chief |
| 1021 | Financial Officer; penalty for noncompliance.- |
| 1022 | (1) By September 30 of each year, each agency supported by |
| 1023 | any form of taxation, licenses, fees, imposts, or exactions, the |
| 1024 | judicial branch, and, for financial reporting purposes, each |
| 1025 | component unit of the state as determined by the Chief Financial |
| 1026 | Officer shall prepare, using generally accepted accounting |
| 1027 | principles, and file with the Chief Financial Officer the |
| 1028 | financial and other information necessary for the preparation of |
| 1029 | annual financial statements for the State of Florida as of June |
| 1030 | 30. In addition, each such agency and the judicial branch shall |
| 1031 | prepare financial statements showing the financial position and |
| 1032 | results of agency or branch operations as of June 30 for |
| 1033 | internal management purposes. |
| 1034 | (b) The Chief Financial Officer shall publish a statewide |
| 1035 | policy detailing the requirements for recording receipt and |
| 1036 | disbursement of federal funds into the Florida Financial |
| 1037 | Management Accounting Information Resource Subsystem and provide |
| 1038 | technical assistance to the agencies and the judicial branch to |
| 1039 | implement the policy. |
| 1040 | (2) Financial information must be contained within the |
| 1041 | Florida Financial Management Accounting Information Resource |
| 1042 | Subsystem. Other information must be submitted in the form and |
| 1043 | format prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer. |
| 1044 | (a) Each component unit shall file financial information |
| 1045 | and other information necessary for the preparation of annual |
| 1046 | financial statements with the agency or branch designated by the |
| 1047 | Chief Financial Officer by the date specified by the Chief |
| 1048 | Financial Officer. |
| 1049 | (b) The state agency or branch designated by the Chief |
| 1050 | Financial Officer to receive financial information and other |
| 1051 | information from component units shall include the financial |
| 1052 | information in the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
| 1053 | Information Resource Subsystem and shall include the component |
| 1054 | units' other information in its submission to the Chief |
| 1055 | Financial Officer. |
| 1056 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer shall: |
| 1057 | (f) Consult with and elicit comments from the Executive |
| 1058 | Office of the Governor on changes to the Florida Financial |
| 1059 | Management Accounting Information Resource Subsystem which |
| 1060 | clearly affect the accounting of federal funds in order, so as |
| 1061 | to ensure consistency of information entered into the Federal |
| 1062 | Aid Tracking System by state executive and judicial branch |
| 1063 | entities. While efforts shall be made to ensure the |
| 1064 | compatibility of the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
| 1065 | Information Resource Subsystem and the Federal Aid Tracking |
| 1066 | System, any successive systems serving identical or similar |
| 1067 | functions must shall preserve such compatibility. |
| 1068 |
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| 1069 | The Chief Financial Officer may furnish and publish in |
| 1070 | electronic form the financial statements and the comprehensive |
| 1071 | annual financial report required under paragraphs (a), (b), and |
| 1072 | (c). |
| 1073 | Section 17. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 216.141, |
| 1074 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 1075 | 216.141 Budget system procedures; planning and programming |
| 1076 | by state agencies.- |
| 1077 | (2) The Florida Management Information Board shall notify |
| 1078 | the Auditor General of any changes or modifications to the |
| 1079 | Florida Financial Management Information System and its |
| 1080 | functional owner information subsystems. |
| 1081 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer, as chief fiscal officer, |
| 1082 | shall use the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
| 1083 | Information Resource Subsystem developed pursuant to s. |
| 1084 | 215.94(2) for account purposes in the performance of and |
| 1085 | accounting for all of his or her constitutional and statutory |
| 1086 | duties and responsibilities. However, state agencies and the |
| 1087 | judicial branch continue to be responsible for maintaining |
| 1088 | accounting records necessary for effective management of their |
| 1089 | programs and functions. |
| 1090 | Section 18. Section 216.237, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 1091 | to read: |
| 1092 | 216.237 Availability of any remaining funds; agency |
| 1093 | maintenance of accounting records.-Any remaining funds from the |
| 1094 | General Revenue Fund and trust fund spending authority not |
| 1095 | awarded to agencies pursuant to s. 216.236 are shall be |
| 1096 | available to agencies for innovative projects that which |
| 1097 | generate a cost savings, increase revenue, or improve service |
| 1098 | delivery. Innovative projects that which generate a cost savings |
| 1099 | shall receive greater consideration when awarding innovation |
| 1100 | investment funds. Any trust fund authority granted under this |
| 1101 | program must be used shall be utilized in a manner consistent |
| 1102 | with the statutory authority for the use of the said trust fund. |
| 1103 | Any savings realized as a result of implementing the innovative |
| 1104 | project shall be used by the agency to establish an internal |
| 1105 | innovations fund. State agencies that which are awarded funds |
| 1106 | for innovative projects shall use utilize the chart of accounts |
| 1107 | used by the Florida Financial Management Accounting Information |
| 1108 | Resource Subsystem in the manner described in s. 215.93(3). The |
| 1109 | Such chart of accounts shall be developed and amended in |
| 1110 | consultation with the Department of Financial Services and the |
| 1111 | Executive Office of the Governor to separate and account for the |
| 1112 | savings that result from the implementation of the innovative |
| 1113 | projects and to keep track of how the innovative funds are |
| 1114 | reinvested by the state agency to fund additional innovative |
| 1115 | projects, which may include, but not be limited to, expenditures |
| 1116 | for training and information technology resources. Guidelines |
| 1117 | for the establishment of such internal innovations fund shall be |
| 1118 | provided by the Department of Management Services. Any agency |
| 1119 | awarded funds under this section shall maintain detailed |
| 1120 | accounting records showing all expenses, loan transfers, |
| 1121 | savings, or other financial actions concerning the project. Any |
| 1122 | savings realized as a result of implementing the innovative |
| 1123 | project shall be quantified, validated, and verified by the |
| 1124 | agency. A final report of the results of the implementation of |
| 1125 | each innovative project shall be submitted by each participating |
| 1126 | agency to the Governor's Office of Policy Planning and Budgeting |
| 1127 | and the legislative appropriations committees by June 30 of the |
| 1128 | fiscal year in which the funds were received and ensuing fiscal |
| 1129 | years for the life of the project. |
| 1130 | Section 19. Funds provided in Specific Appropriations |
| 1131 | 2449, 2451, 2452, and 2459 of chapter 2008-152, Laws of Florida, |
| 1132 | for staffing the task force established in s. 17.0315, Florida |
| 1133 | Statutes, shall be used to implement this act. |
| 1134 | Section 20. This act shall take effect upon becoming a |
| 1135 | law. |