Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1416
       
       
        
       By Senator Abruzzo
       
       
       
       
       
       25-00996-15                                           20151416__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Office of Program Policy
    3         Analysis and Government Accountability; requiring the
    4         office to conduct a study; providing an effective
    5         date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   10  Government Accountability shall:
   11         (1) Conduct a study to determine the actions that the
   12  Legislature may take and to estimate the appropriations
   13  necessary to:
   14         (a) Reduce income disparity to the 1970 level.
   15         (b) Strengthen the prevention, identification, and
   16  prosecution of identity theft.
   17         (c) Strengthen the prevention, identification, and
   18  prosecution of consumer fraud, including, but not limited to,
   19  mortgage fraud.
   20         (d) Provide a level of funding to public education equal to
   21  the national average level of funding per student in K-12 and in
   22  higher education.
   23         (e) Provide a level of funding that meets the national
   24  average level for unemployment compensation.
   25         (f) Provide a level of funding that meets the national
   26  average level of funding for early childhood education.
   27         (g) Determine the incremental yearly increases needed to
   28  increase the state minimum wage to a livable wage over a 5-year
   29  period as it relates to a single person, to one wage earner in a
   30  family of two which consists of one adult and one child, and to
   31  a family of three which consists of one adult and two children.
   32         (2) Consider the potential actions required to meet the
   33  policy goals identified in subsection (1) including, but not
   34  limited to, reinstating the intangibles tax, revising the
   35  corporate income tax, and making the sales tax less regressive.
   36         (3) Submit a report of its findings and determinations to
   37  the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   38  Representatives by November 1, 2015.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.