General Bill
Local Government Accountability:
Revises duties of the Legislative Auditing Committee; revises reporting requirements of the Auditor General; deletes a requirement for an independent special district to submit a copy of a complaint to the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration; revises the definition of "governmental entity" to include counties and district school boards; provides for additional information to be provided to the Department of Management Services in actuarial reports with regard to retirement systems and plans and provides procedures therefor; provides for notification of the Department of Revenue and the Department of Financial Services in cases of noncompliance and authorizes the withholding of certain funds; requires the Department of Management Services to notify the Department of Community Affairs in the case of affected special districts; revises provisions governing notice of bids and disposition of bonds; revises provisions relating to the authorization to issue refund bonds; revises provisions relating to the notice of sale, bids, and awards and private sale of bonds; revises provisions governing the Small County Technical Assistance Program; revises provisions governing the issuance of bonds by a municipality; provides a municipal budget amendment process and requirements; revises special procedures for determination of inactive special districts; revises duties of the Special District Information Program of the Department of Community Affairs; revises reporting requirements of newly created special districts; authorizes the governing body of a special district to amend its budget; revises provisions relating to the failure of special districts to file required reports; revises provisions governing the failure of special districts to disclose financial reports; provides for extension of time for the filing of said reports; provides remedies for noncompliance; revises provisions governing the special district oversight review processand the issuance of bonds by special districts; exempts state agency direct-support organizations and citizen support organizations meeting specified expense levels from audit requirements; revises provisions governing the reduction or waiver of permit processing fees for certain counties; requires the Department of Financial Services to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of any municipality that has not had financial activity for a specified period of time; provides that such notice is sufficient to initiate dissolution procedures; revises reporting requirements for boards of county commissioners relating to the failure of a county officer to comply with the provisions of the section; revises the definition of "unit of local government" to include district school boards; renaming pt. V of ch. 218, F.S., as "Local Governmental Entity and District School Board Financial Emergencies"; renaming ss.218.50-218.504, F.S., as the "Local Governmental Entity and District School Board Act"; revises the stated purposes of pt. V of ch. 218, F.S.; revises the definition of "local governmental entity"; revises provisions governing the determination of financial emergency for local governments and district school boards; revises provisions relating to the authority of the Governor and authorizes the Commissioner of Education to terminate all state actions pursuant to ss. 218.50-218.504, F.S.; repealing ch. 131, F.S., relating to refunding bonds of counties, municipalities, and special districts; repealing provisions relating to minimum sale price of bonds, special dissolution procedures for municipalities, determination of financial emergencies of special districts, actions of the Department of Community Affairs and special districts, an annual compliance report of the Department of Community Affairs regarding special districts, and the requirement that the Division of Bond Finance use a served copy of the complaint for bond validation to verify compliance by special districts with Certain requirements; transfers a position from the Executive Office of the Governor to the Department of Financial Services.
Effective Date:
This act shall take effect upon becoming a law
Last Event:
Died in Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs on Friday, May 2, 2003 6:15 PM
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Bill #:
CS/SB 2566
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Subject:
Local Government Accountability
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Similar
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Bill #:
HB 365
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Subject:
Audits of State Agency Direct-Support Organizations and Citizen Support Organizations
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Compare
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CS/SB 1036
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Subject:
Direct-support/Citizen Support Org.
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H Died in Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs
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05/02/2003 - 6:15 PM
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Local Government & Veterans' Affairs
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H Bill referred to Appropriations
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03/17/2003 - 2:02 PM
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Appropriations
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H Bill referred to Finance & Tax
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03/17/2003 - 2:02 PM
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Finance & Tax
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H Bill referred to State Administration
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03/17/2003 - 2:02 PM
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State Administration
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H Bill referred to Local Government & Veterans' Affairs
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03/17/2003 - 2:02 PM
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Local Government & Veterans' Affairs
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H Read 1st time
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03/11/2003 - 1:55 PM
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H Filed timely
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Time:
03/09/2003 - 11:38 AM
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Stargel
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