The Florida Senate

¹14.025  Executive powers for year 2000 computer remediation.--

(1)  In the event the Governor believes that a computer system may fail related to the impending date change necessitated by the year 2000, or in the event of a computer system failure related to the date change necessitated by the year 2000, the Governor may reassign resources, including personnel, from one or more agencies or departments to the agency with the projected or actual computer system failure. If this agency is under the control of the Governor, and the agencies affected by the reassignment of resources also are under the control of the Governor, the actions and decisions of the Governor with respect to the reassignment of resources are final. If the transfer is from an agency under the control of the Governor to an agency under the control of the Governor and Cabinet or the transfer is from an agency under the control of the Governor and Cabinet to an agency under the control of the Governor, the recommendation by the Governor shall be forwarded to the Administration Commission for approval.

(2)  If a year 2000 computer system failure occurs, or is predicted to occur, in an agency under the control of the Governor and Cabinet, and the Governor recommends the reassignment of resources, including personnel, from an agency under the control of the Governor and Cabinet, such recommendation by the Governor shall be forwarded to the Administration Commission for approval.

(3)  If a year 2000 computer system failure occurs, or is predicted to occur, in an agency under the control of a Cabinet officer, and the Governor recommends the reassignment of resources, including personnel, from an agency under the control of a Cabinet officer, such recommendation by the Governor shall be forwarded to the Administration Commission for approval.

(4)  Notwithstanding ss. 216.292 and 216.351, or any other law to the contrary, moneys reassigned related to a predicted or actual year 2000 computer system failure must be transferred as specified by s. 216.177. The Governor shall follow the process in part II of chapter 112 in transferring personnel among affected agencies. The transfer of personnel or moneys for more than 90 days must have the concurrence of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and a majority of the members of each of the House and Senate fiscal committees.

(5)  The Legislature may, by concurrent resolution, terminate the reassignment of state resources made pursuant to this section.

(6)  This section is repealed July 1, 2000.

History.--s. 1, ch. 98-331.

¹Note.--Section 5, ch. 98-331, provides that "[n]o new information technology projects shall be established with funding releases unless the agency plan for year 2000 work is on schedule or ahead of schedule for the two most recent reporting periods of the Agency Year 2000 Progress Report. Such status shall be certified by the year 2000 project officer."