HB 1825 CS (2005) -  Management of State Financial Matters

by Finance & Tax Committee and Brummer
Requires the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and the Florida Commission on Tourism to advise and consult with the Consensus Estimating Conference principals concerning certain duties; eliminates certain transfer authority of district administrators in Department of Children and Family Services; limits the ability of agencies to settle lawsuits in certain circumstances; provides for unallocated general revenue; revises a provision relating to the restoration of expenditures from the Budget Stabilization Fund; revises requirements and uses of Working Capital Fund moneys; revises provisions relating to appropriations to and uses of the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund; revises duties of the Financial Management Information Board, the functional owners of information subsystems, and the Auditor General relating to the Florida Financial Management Information System; revises the uniform state audit requirements for state financial assistance provided by state agencies to nonstate entities; requires the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules and perform additional duties with respect to the provision of financial assistance to carry out state projects; revises duties of the Executive Office of the Governor and Chief Financial Officer and specifies duties of coordinating agencies; exempts certain nonstate entities from the requirements of the Florida Single Audit Act; revises and provides definitions; revises requirements for the long-range program plans developed by state agencies and the judicial branch; provides for the preparation of form, manner, and timeframe instructions for such plans; revises the plan submission date; revises the date by which to submit adjustments to such plans; requires the plans to be posted on the Internet; provides that long-range program plans are exempt from ch. 120; provides for alternate dates for agencies to submit legislative budget requests; changes the requirements for annual inventory of certain litigation; requires and specifies additional information in legislative budget requests; revises requirements of the judicial branch's legislative budget requests; revises duties of the Executive Office of the Governor, the Legislature, and the Chief Justice relating to legislative budget requests; revises requirements for target budget requests; deletes certain requirements relating to community budget requests; deletes the requirement that the General Appropriations Act contain summary information concerning performance-based program budgets; revises requirements relating to fiscal impact statements on actions affecting the budget; provides data requirements for the Governor's recommended budget under certain circumstances; stipulates that consensus estimating conferences are within the legislative branch; revises provisions relating to public meetings of consensus estimating conferences; deletes provisions for the Child Welfare System Estimating Conference and the Juvenile Justice Estimating Conference; revises provisions relating to the principals of the Self-Insurance Estimating Conference and the Florida Retirement System Actuarial Assumption Conference; revises the date for the Governor to submit the recommended budget to the Legislature; authorizes the Governor's budget recommendation to include an alternative recommendation for operating and fixed capital outlay appropriations to that of the Chief Justice; deletes references to the Working Capital Fund, to conform; deletes provisions exempting the Governor from a requirement to submit amended recommendations; revises notice and review requirements for actions taken under ch. 216, F.S., to provide for funds expended in settlement of agency litigation; deletes an obsolete provision; requires approval of certain amendments to an approved operating budget by the Legislative Budget Commission; revises requirements for determining salary rates; authorizes the Legislative Budget Commission to approve salary rates; revises provisions relating to how the annual salary rate is determined and controlled; deletes certain notice requirements; requires that the legislative appropriations committees approve certain nonoperating budgets; repeals the authority to advance certain contracted services funds in the Department of Children and Family Service and the Department of Health; deletes provisions authorizing the legislative appropriations committees to provide advice regarding the release of funds; authorizes the Executive Office of the Governor and the Chief Justice to place appropriations in mandatory reserve or budget reserve; deletes certain notice and review requirements for the impoundment of funds; authorizes the Legislature to direct the use of any state funds in an appropriations act to offset General Revenue Fund deficits; revises requirements for adjusting budgets in order to avoid or eliminate a deficit; revises procedures for certifying a budget deficit; revises requirements for the Governor and the Chief Justice in developing plans of action; requires that the Legislative Budget Commission implement certain reductions in appropriations; revises requirements for resolving deficits; requires that certain actions to resolve a deficit be approved by the Legislative Budget Commission; limits the funding of certain proposals under the Innovation Investment Program; requires that the initiation or commencement of new programs be approved by the Legislative Budget Commission; deletes certain notice requirements; revises requirements for establishing certain salaries; requires the Legislative Budget Commission to approve certain increases in the number of positions for authorized programs; deletes provisions authorizing an agency to retain salary dollars under certain circumstances; revises provisions relating to the transferability of appropriations; revises limitations on the transferability of appropriations; prohibits spending fixed capital outlay for other purposes; provides notice and review requirements prior to implementation of certain transfers; prohibits transferring appropriations except as otherwise provided by law; provides certain exceptions; revises requirements for continuing unexpended balances of appropriations for fixed capital outlay; requires approval by the Executive Office of the Governor; authorizes the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the retention of certain balances from legislative budget entities; revises the certification forward process for operating appropriations; provides duties of the Chief Financial Officer with respect to the deposit of certain trust fund moneys; revises requirements for the tentative work programs submitted by the Department of Transportation; specifies procedures by which unexpended balances in certain appropriations may be certified forward as fixed capital outlay; requires that the Legislative Budget Commission approve certain extensions of spending authority; revises requirements for amending certain work programs; requires approval of the Legislative Budget Commission for certain work program amendments; authorizes the Department of Health to obtain reimbursement for special needs shelters from unappropriated moneys in the General Revenue Fund; deletes provisions authorizing the Department of Children and Family Services to transfer certain funds in excess of the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act; eliminates 72-hour notification for transfer of budget authority for the community partnership matching grant program; deletes provisions exempting funds in the Auctioneer Recovery Fund and the Real Estate Recovery Fund from limitations imposed by an appropriation act; clarifies provisions requiring the Legislative Budget Commission to approve certain appropriations; requires the Legislature to make certain determinations with respect to legislation affecting the prison population; deletes a provision requiring approval by the Governor and the Legislative Budget Commission for appropriations to the Capitol Police; deletes duties of the Workforce Estimating Conference with respect to certain career education programs; requires a recommendation by the Governor before placing certain school district funds in reserve; provides for references to the Working Capital Fund in certain legislation to be replaced with a reference to the General Revenue Fund.
Companion Bill passed CS/SB 2610 State Financial Matters/Management By Ways and Means and Carlton
Effective Date: July 1, 2005.
Last Event: Companion Bill passed, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2610 (Ch. 2005-152), SB 2600 (Ch. 2005-70), SB 2602 (Ch. 2005-71) on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 12:03 PM; HB Laid on Table

PCB committee actions:

  • PCB FT 05-04 recommended by:
    Finance & Tax Committee

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Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Fiscal Council 5/3/2005 10:45:17 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Fiscal Council 4/22/2005 11:42:33 AM
Chamber: House Committee: Finance & Tax Committee 4/8/2005 12:00:02 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Finance & Tax Committee 3/23/2005 5:48:49 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Finance & Tax Committee 3/23/2005 2:01:40 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 2610 (Ch. 2005-152), SB 2600 (Ch. 2005-70), SB 2602 (Ch. 2005-71) Time: 05/03/2005 - 12:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Substituted CS/SB 2610 Time: 05/03/2005 - 12:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/3/2005) Time: 05/02/2005 - 7:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 04/26/2005 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Bill released to House Calendar Time: 04/26/2005 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/26/2005 - 3:40 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Fiscal Council Time: 04/26/2005 - 2:51 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Council Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by Fiscal Council Time: 04/22/2005 - 3:45 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Council Version: __
Event: H Added to Fiscal Council agenda Time: 04/21/2005 - 4:26 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Council Version: __
Event: H Now in Fiscal Council Time: 03/31/2005 - 5:03 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Fiscal Council Time: 03/31/2005 - 5:03 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Council Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/28/2005 - 7:07 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 03/24/2005 - 2:14 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Committee Version: __