The Florida Senate

216.0166  Submission by state agencies of performance-based budget requests, programs, and performance measures.--

(1)  Prior to October 15 of the fiscal year in which a state agency is required to submit a performance-based program budget request pursuant to s. 216.0172, such state agency shall identify and submit to the Executive Office of the Governor a list of proposed state agency programs. Such identification shall be conducted after discussion with legislative appropriations and appropriate substantive committees and shall be approved by the Executive Office of the Governor. State agencies selected by the Governor pursuant to s. 216.0172(1) shall submit such lists prior to May 15, 1994. The Executive Office of the Governor, after discussion with legislative appropriations and appropriate substantive committees, shall review the list, may make any changes, and shall approve or disapprove a list within 30 days of receipt, to be used in the preparation and submission of the state agency's final legislative budget request pursuant to s. 216.023(5). The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide the approved program list to the Legislature.

(2)  The following documentation shall accompany the list of proposed programs submitted by the state agency:

(a)  The constitutional or statutory direction and authority for each program.

(b)  Identification of the customers, clients, and users of each program.

(c)  The purpose of each program or the benefit derived by the customers, clients, and users of the program.

(d)  Direct and indirect costs of each program.

(e)  Information on fees collected and the adequacy of those fees in funding each program for which the fees are collected.

(f)  An assessment of whether each program is conducive to performance-based program budgeting.

(g)  An assessment of the time needed to develop meaningful performance measures for each program.

(3)  The Executive Office of the Governor, after discussion with legislative appropriations committees, appropriate substantive committees, and the Legislative Auditing Committee, shall jointly develop instructions for the development of performance measures for each program on the list approved pursuant to this section and shall submit such instructions to the state agencies prior to December 1 of the fiscal year preceding the year in which a state agency is required to submit a performance-based program budget request pursuant to s. 216.0172.

(4)  Prior to June 1, each state agency is required to submit to the Executive Office of the Governor performance measures for each program on the approved list required pursuant to subsection (1). State agencies shall also identify the outputs produced by each approved program, the outcomes resulting from each approved program, and baseline data associated with each performance measure. Performance measures shall be reviewed, after discussion with legislative appropriations and appropriate substantive committees and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, revised as necessary, and approved or disapproved by the Executive Office of the Governor within 30 days of receipt. For those state agencies selected by the Governor pursuant to s. 216.0172(1), performance measures, outputs, outcomes, and baseline data shall be submitted prior to July 1, 1994.

(5)  Notwithstanding the programs, performance measures, and standards requested in each state agency's final legislative budget request or the Governor's budget recommendations, the Legislature shall have final approval of all programs, performance measures, and standards through the General Appropriations Act or legislation implementing the General Appropriations Act.

(6)  Each state agency shall submit documentation to the Executive Office of the Governor regarding the validity, reliability, and appropriateness of each performance measure. In addition, each state agency shall indicate how the performance measure relates to its strategic plan and how it is used in management decisionmaking and other agency processes.

(7)  Annually, no later than 45 days after the General Appropriations Act becomes law, state agencies may submit to the Executive Office of the Governor any adjustments to their performance standards based on the amounts appropriated for each program by the Legislature. When such adjustment is made, all performance standards, including any adjustments made, shall be submitted to and reviewed and revised as necessary by the Executive Office of the Governor, and, upon approval, submitted to the Legislature pursuant to the review and approval process provided in s. 216.177. The Executive Office of the Governor shall maintain the official record of adjustments to the performance standards as part of the agency's approved operating budget.

(8)  A state agency operating under a performance-based program budget pursuant to s. 216.0172 shall not have the authority to amend or establish programs or performance measures. However, a state agency may propose a revision to the list of approved programs or performance measures used in its legislative budget request. Such revision is subject to review and approval by the Executive Office of the Governor and the Legislature and shall be submitted to the Executive Office of the Governor prior to April 15 of the year in which the state agency intends to incorporate these changes into its legislative budget request. The Executive Office of the Governor shall have 30 days to act on the proposed revisions. Revised performance measures, standards, and baseline data shall be submitted along with the preliminary legislative budget request.

History.--s. 4, ch. 94-249.