Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 264
       
       
        
       By Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       22-00428B-14                                           2014264__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to inflation and deflation; providing
    3         legislative intent; providing a definition; requiring
    4         each state agency, including the judicial branch, to
    5         identify all statutes relating to the agency which
    6         contain a reference to a monetary amount; requiring
    7         each state agency to submit an initial report relating
    8         to those findings and make recommendations to the
    9         Governor and Legislature by a certain date as to
   10         whether those amounts should be adjusted; requiring
   11         the posting of the reports on each agency’s respective
   12         public website; requesting public input on the
   13         findings and recommendations; requiring each agency to
   14         submit a final report containing final recommendations
   15         to the Governor and Legislature by a certain date and
   16         include a fiscal impact statement for each recommended
   17         statutory change to the monetary amount; providing for
   18         expiration; providing an effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. State agency monetary report.—
   23         (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that any
   24  statutory provision specifying a fixed monetary amount be
   25  regularly reviewed for the purpose of incorporating changes in
   26  the real value of money resulting from inflation or deflation.
   27         (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “state
   28  agency” includes each agency or department of the executive
   29  branch of state government; the Justice Administrative
   30  Commission on behalf of the state attorneys, public defenders,
   31  criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and capital
   32  collateral regional counsel; the Florida Clerks of Court
   33  Operations Corporation on behalf of itself and the clerks of
   34  courts; and the Office of the State Courts Administrator on
   35  behalf of the judicial branch.
   36         (3) STATUTORY SURVEY.—By July 1, 2015, each state agency
   37  shall identify all statutes over which the agency has
   38  implementation, administrative, or enforcement authority which
   39  contain a reference to a monetary amount and determine the:
   40         (a) Date of the original enactment of the provision;
   41         (b) Purpose of including the monetary amount in statute;
   42  and
   43         (c) Date that the monetary value was last adjusted.
   44         (4) INITIAL REPORT.—
   45         (a) By August 1, 2015, each state agency shall produce an
   46  initial report providing the information compiled under
   47  subsection (3) and initial findings as to whether the monetary
   48  amount cited in each statute should be adjusted to reflect
   49  changes to the real value of money resulting from inflation or
   50  deflation. Any recommendation to adjust the monetary amount must
   51  include:
   52         1. An analysis to support the recommendation; and
   53         2. If an adjustment is recommended, alternative
   54  methodologies for the implementation of a one-time adjustment or
   55  for making periodic adjustments using a recommended index, or a
   56  combination of adjustment methodologies.
   57         (b) The initial report shall be provided to the Governor,
   58  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   59  Representatives and posted on the agency’s publicly accessible
   60  website.
   61         (5) PUBLIC INPUT.—Between August 1, 2015, and September 15,
   62  2015, each agency shall request public input on its findings and
   63  recommendations as provided in the initial report. The agency
   64  shall consider the public input in compiling its final
   65  recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.
   66         (6) FINAL REPORT.—By October 31, 2015, each state agency
   67  shall submit a final report to the Governor, the President of
   68  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
   69  containing its final recommendations regarding adjustments to
   70  current statutory monetary amounts. The report must also include
   71  any proposed statutory changes and a fiscal impact statement for
   72  each proposed change as it relates to both the public and
   73  private sectors.
   74         (7) EXPIRATION.—This section expires December 31, 2015.
   75         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.