Florida Senate - 2012         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7092
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Budget
       
       
       
       
       576-03177A-12                                         20127092__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to water management districts;
    3         amending s. 373.503, F.S.; revising the maximum
    4         millage rates that may be levied by each water
    5         management district for district and basin purposes;
    6         specifying the district and basin purposes; specifying
    7         the maximum millage rate levied for district and basin
    8         purposes used to fund the core areas of water supply
    9         and water resource development projects, water
   10         quality, flood protection and floodplain management,
   11         and natural systems; directing the Legislature to
   12         annually review each water management district’s
   13         preliminary budget and set a maximum millage rate for
   14         certain purposes; specifying the use of the revenues;
   15         revising the review process for budgets of the water
   16         management districts; prohibiting a district from
   17         including in its budget or expending funds from any
   18         source for certain programs and activities during the
   19         next fiscal year under certain circumstances; removing
   20         a provision requiring that the maximum property tax
   21         revenue for water management districts revert to the
   22         amount authorized for the prior year if the
   23         Legislature does not set the amount; removing the
   24         maximum revenues for the 2011-2012 fiscal year;
   25         creating s. 373.535, F.S.; providing for the process,
   26         manner, and timing by which water management districts
   27         must submit a preliminary budget request to the
   28         Legislature and the Governor; requiring the Executive
   29         Office of the Governor and the appropriations
   30         committees of the Legislature to jointly develop
   31         preliminary budget instructions from which each water
   32         management district shall prepare the budget requests;
   33         providing criteria for the budget instructions;
   34         prescribing information that the preliminary budget
   35         must contain; requiring the Executive Office of the
   36         Governor to analyze each preliminary budget as to the
   37         adequacy of fiscal resources and certain expenditures;
   38         requiring the Executive Office of the Governor to
   39         provide to the Legislature by a certain time each
   40         water management district’s preliminary budget,
   41         together with the adequacy analysis; requiring that
   42         the Legislature annually review and approve, limit, or
   43         disapprove specified portions of the preliminary
   44         budget for each water management district; requiring
   45         that the Legislature, in appropriating funds for water
   46         management districts, authorize a level of expenditure
   47         for each approved program and activity; prohibiting a
   48         water management district from expending any funds on
   49         a program or activity not authorized by the
   50         Legislature; authorizing the Legislature to review and
   51         take action on other provisions of the preliminary
   52         budget of each water management district; providing
   53         that if the Legislature does not take action under
   54         certain circumstances, provisions of the preliminary
   55         budget are deemed approved; providing criteria;
   56         requiring that the first funding obligation of a water
   57         management district is payment of debt service for
   58         bonds and certificates of participation, if
   59         applicable; requiring a water management district to
   60         receive prior approval from the Legislature before
   61         incurring additional bonded indebtedness; providing
   62         that the preliminary budget reviewed by the
   63         Legislature is the basis for developing the tentative
   64         budget of each water management district; limiting the
   65         authority of a district to fund proposed expenditures
   66         reviewed by the Legislature to the amount authorized
   67         by the Legislature, the Governor, or the Legislative
   68         Budget Commission; amending s. 373.536, F.S.;
   69         requiring that budget amendments greater than a
   70         certain amount be reviewed and approved by the
   71         Executive Office of the Governor and that the
   72         Executive Office of the Governor notify the
   73         Legislative Budget Commission of the approval;
   74         requiring that a water management district provide a
   75         description of the budget control mechanisms to the
   76         Executive Office of the Governor for approval;
   77         providing that, upon providing notice to the
   78         Legislative Budget Commission and subject to prior
   79         review and approval by the Executive Office of the
   80         Governor, a water management district may amend
   81         unanticipated funds into its final budget; requiring
   82         the Executive Office of the Governor and the
   83         Legislative Budget Commission to be notified if the
   84         governing board of a water management district expends
   85         available funds for a disaster or emergency; requiring
   86         that a water management district provide a monthly
   87         financial statement to its governing board and make
   88         such monthly financial statement available for public
   89         access on its website; removing obsolete provisions
   90         relating to review and approval by the Executive
   91         Office of the Governor and the Legislative Budget
   92         Commission of the tentative budget of a water
   93         management district; providing for the approval or
   94         disapproval of the tentative budget by the Executive
   95         Office of the Governor; providing criteria for the
   96         Legislative Budget Commission to use in disapproving
   97         the tentative budget of a water management district;
   98         prohibiting a water management district from acting on
   99         a rejected provision without the approval of the
  100         Executive Office of the Governor or the Legislative
  101         Budget Commission; providing for the Chief Financial
  102         Officer to withhold state funds from a district that
  103         fails to obtain prior approval; requiring that the
  104         tentative budget be based on certain criteria;
  105         requiring the Executive Office of the Governor to
  106         consult with the Legislature to develop a standard
  107         format for the tentative budget; revising the
  108         information required for the tentative budget;
  109         revising the information required for the 5-year water
  110         resource development work program; providing an
  111         effective date.
  112  
  113  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  114  
  115         Section 1. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 373.503,
  116  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  117         373.503 Manner of taxation.—
  118         (3) The districts may levy ad valorem taxes on property
  119  within the district solely for the purposes of this chapter and
  120  of chapter 25270, 1949, Laws of Florida, as amended, and chapter
  121  61-691, Laws of Florida, as amended. If appropriate, taxes
  122  levied by each governing board may be separated by the governing
  123  board into a millage necessary for the purposes of the district
  124  and a millage necessary for financing basin functions specified
  125  in s. 373.0695.
  126         (a) Notwithstanding any other general or special law, and
  127  subject to subsection (4), the maximum total millage rate for
  128  district and basin purposes which may be used solely for the
  129  purposes of funding the core water management district mission
  130  areas of water supply, including alternative water supply and
  131  the water resource development projects, water quality, flood
  132  protection and floodplain management, and natural systems, shall
  133  be:
  134         1. Northwest Florida Water Management District: 0.04 0.05
  135  mill.
  136         2. Suwannee River Water Management District: 0.80 0.75
  137  mill.
  138         3. St. Johns River Water Management District: 0.80 0.6
  139  mill.
  140         4. Southwest Florida Water Management District: 0.80 1.0
  141  mill.
  142         5. South Florida Water Management District: 0.80 mill.
  143         (b) As provided in s. 373.535 and subject to the limits
  144  established by s. 9(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution, the
  145  Legislature shall annually review the preliminary budget of each
  146  water management district and shall separately set, in addition
  147  to the rate set in paragraph (a), a maximum millage rate or
  148  maximum revenue limit for each district which may be used to
  149  fund regulation, outreach, management, and administration
  150  programs and activities.
  151         (c) The maximum authorized millage rates or revenue limits
  152  separately established in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be used
  153  to fund only the core mission areas and programs and activities
  154  specified those paragraphs. If the Legislature fails to set a
  155  revenue limit or the maximum amount of millage that may be
  156  levied for the programs and activities specified in paragraph
  157  (b), a district may not include in its budget or expend funds
  158  from any source for those programs and activities during the
  159  next fiscal year.
  160         (d)(b) The apportionment in the South Florida Water
  161  Management District shall be a maximum of 40 percent for
  162  district purposes and a maximum of 60 percent for basin
  163  purposes, respectively.
  164         (e)(c) Within the Southwest Florida Water Management
  165  District, the maximum millage assessed for district purposes may
  166  not exceed 50 percent of the total authorized millage if there
  167  are one or more basins in the district, and the maximum millage
  168  assessed for basin purposes may not exceed 50 percent of the
  169  total authorized millage.
  170         (4)(a) To ensure that taxes authorized by this chapter
  171  continue to be in proportion to the benefits derived by the
  172  parcels of real estate within the districts, the Legislature
  173  shall annually review the preliminary budget for each district
  174  for the next fiscal year as provided in s. 373.535 and the
  175  authorized millage rate for each district. Based upon this
  176  review, the Legislature shall set the authorized maximum millage
  177  rate or the maximum amount of revenue to be raised by each
  178  district in the next fiscal year from the taxes levied. Except
  179  as provided in paragraph (b), if the annual maximum amount of
  180  property tax revenue is not set by the Legislature on or before
  181  July 1 of each year, the maximum property tax revenue that may
  182  be raised reverts to the amount authorized in the prior year.
  183         (b) For the 2011-2012 fiscal year, the total ad valorem
  184  taxes levied may not exceed $3,946,969 for the Northwest Florida
  185  Water Management District, $5,412,674 for the Suwannee River
  186  Water Management District, $85,335,619 for the St. Johns Water
  187  Management District, $107,766,957 for the Southwest Florida
  188  Water Management District, and $284,901,967 for the South
  189  Florida Water Management District.
  190         Section 2. Section 373.535, Florida Statutes, is created to
  191  read:
  192         373.535Preliminary district budget; development,
  193  legislative review, and authority granted.—
  194         (1) PRELIMINARY BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.—
  195         (a) In preparation for the legislative budget review, each
  196  water management district shall submit a preliminary budget
  197  request to the Legislature and to the Governor in the form and
  198  manner prescribed in the budget instructions and at such time as
  199  specified by the Executive Office of the Governor based on the
  200  district’s independent judgment of its needs. However, a water
  201  management district may not submit its complete preliminary
  202  budget request later than December 15 unless an alternative date
  203  is agreed to be in the best interest of the state by the
  204  Governor and the chairs of the legislative appropriations
  205  committees.
  206         (b) The Executive Office of the Governor and the
  207  appropriations committees of the Legislature shall jointly
  208  develop preliminary budget instructions for preparing the
  209  exhibits and schedules that make up the budget from which each
  210  district shall prepare their budget request. The preliminary
  211  budget instructions must be transmitted to each district by
  212  October 1 of each year, unless an alternative date is agreed to
  213  be in the best interest of the state by the Governor and the
  214  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees.
  215         (c) The preliminary budget request must contain for each
  216  program:
  217         1. A section that clearly identifies and provides
  218  justification for each proposed expenditure listed in s.
  219  373.536(5)(d)4.d.-f. and that identifies the source of funds for
  220  each expenditure.
  221         2. A section that provides, by core mission area of
  222  responsibility, justification for proposed expenditures and that
  223  identifies the source of funds needed for activities related to
  224  water supply, including alternative water supply and water
  225  resource development projects identified in the district’s
  226  regional water supply plans, water quality, flood protection and
  227  floodplain management, and natural systems.
  228         3. A section that reviews the adopted budget allocations by
  229  program area and the performance metrics for the prior year.
  230         (d) The Executive Office of the Governor shall analyze each
  231  preliminary budget to determine the adequacy of fiscal resources
  232  available to the district and the adequacy of proposed district
  233  expenditures related to the core mission areas of responsibility
  234  for water supply, including alternative water supply and water
  235  resource development projects identified in the district’s
  236  regional water supply plans, water quality, flood protection and
  237  floodplain management, and natural systems. This analysis shall
  238  be based on the particular needs within each water management
  239  district in the core mission areas of responsibility. The water
  240  supply analysis must specifically include a determination of the
  241  adequacy of each district’s fiscal resources provided in the
  242  district’s preliminary budget to meet appropriate progress
  243  toward meeting the districtwide 20-year projected water supply
  244  demands, including funding for alternative water supply
  245  development and conservation projects.
  246         (e)The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide the
  247  preliminary budget for each water management district together
  248  with the adequacy analysis specified in paragraph (d) to the
  249  Legislature not later than 30 days before the start of each
  250  legislative session.
  251         (2) PRELIMINARY BUDGET; LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND APPROVAL.—
  252         (a)1. The Legislature must annually review and approve,
  253  limit, or disapprove each portion of the preliminary budget for
  254  each water management district for those items in s.
  255  373.536(5)(d)4.d.-f. specific to regulation, outreach,
  256  management, and administration programs and activities.
  257         2. After the annual review, the Legislature shall
  258  appropriate for each district funds for the proposed
  259  expenditures, set a maximum amount of revenue that may be raised
  260  to fund the programs and activities for those items in s.
  261  373.536(5)(d)4.d.-f., or set the maximum millage rate that may
  262  be levied to fund these programs and activities. The
  263  appropriation, revenue limit, or millage rate authorized by the
  264  Legislature for the programs and activities reviewed under this
  265  paragraph may not exceed 20 percent of a district’s total
  266  preliminary budget.
  267         3. If the Legislature does not appropriate funds, set the
  268  maximum amount of revenue, or set the maximum millage rate
  269  pursuant to subparagraph 2., the water management district may
  270  not include in its budget or expend funds from any source for
  271  such programs and activities during the ensuing fiscal year.
  272         (b) The Legislature may also review and take action on any
  273  other aspect of the preliminary budget for each water management
  274  district. If the Legislature does not take any action pursuant
  275  to this paragraph, those portions of the preliminary budget of
  276  the water management district are deemed approved.
  277         (c)If applicable, the preliminary budget for each water
  278  management district must specify that the district’s first
  279  obligation for payment is the debt service on bonds and
  280  certificates of participation. In addition, a water management
  281  district must receive approval from the Legislature before it
  282  may incur additional bond indebtedness.
  283         (3)PRELIMINARY BUDGET; AUTHORITY GRANTED.—
  284         (a)Each water management district shall use the
  285  preliminary budget as reviewed, and as may be amended, by the
  286  Legislature pursuant to this section and s. 373.503 as the basis
  287  for developing the tentative budget for the next fiscal year as
  288  provided in s. 373.536(5).
  289         (b)The Legislature’s action pursuant to subsection (2),
  290  the approval pursuant to paragraph (2)(b), or the action by the
  291  Governor or Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to the
  292  provisions of s. 373.536(4) and (5) constitutes the only
  293  authority for a district to fund proposed expenditures for the
  294  next fiscal year. A district may not include in its tentative
  295  budget or expend any funds from any source for its programs and
  296  activities during the next fiscal year without such
  297  authorization.
  298         Section 3. Subsections (4), (5), and (6) of section
  299  373.536, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  300         373.536 District budget and hearing thereon.—
  301         (4) BUDGET CONTROLS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION.—
  302         (a) The final adopted budget for the district is will
  303  thereupon be the operating and fiscal guide for the district for
  304  the ensuing year; however, transfers of funds may be made within
  305  the budget by action of the governing board at a public meeting
  306  of the governing board. Budget amendments greater than $1
  307  million must be reviewed and approved by the Executive Office of
  308  the Governor. The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide
  309  to the Legislative Budget Commission notice of such approval.
  310         (b) The district shall control its budget, at a minimum, by
  311  funds and shall provide to the Executive Office of the Governor
  312  for approval a description of its budget control mechanisms.
  313         (c) If Should the district receives receive unanticipated
  314  funds after the adoption of the final budget, the final budget
  315  may be amended, following review and approval by the Executive
  316  Office of the Governor, by including such funds, if so long as
  317  notice of intention to amend is provided to the Legislative
  318  Budget Commission and is published in the Notice of the
  319  governing board meeting at which the amendment will be
  320  considered, pursuant to s. 120.525. The notice shall set forth a
  321  summary of the proposed amendment.
  322         (d)However, In the event of a disaster or of an emergency
  323  arising to prevent or avert the same, the governing board is
  324  shall not be limited by the budget but may expend shall have
  325  authority to apply such funds as may be available for the
  326  disaster or emergency therefor or as may be procured for such
  327  purpose. In such an event, the governing board shall notify the
  328  Executive Office of the Governor and the Legislative Budget
  329  Commission as soon as practical, but no later than 30 days after
  330  the governing board’s action.
  331         (e)(d) By September 1, 2012 2011, each water management
  332  district shall provide a monthly financial statement in the form
  333  and manner prescribed by the Department of Financial Services to
  334  the district’s its governing board and make such monthly
  335  financial statement available for public access on its website.
  336         (5) TENTATIVE BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION; REVIEW AND
  337  APPROVAL.—
  338         (a) The Executive Office of the Governor may approve or and
  339  the Legislative Budget Commission are authorized to disapprove,
  340  in whole or in part, the budget of each water management
  341  district. The Executive Office of the Governor shall analyze
  342  each budget as to the adequacy of fiscal resources available to
  343  the district and the adequacy of district expenditures related
  344  to water supply, including water resource development projects
  345  identified in the district’s regional water supply plans; water
  346  quality; flood protection and floodplain management; and natural
  347  systems. This analysis shall be based on the particular needs
  348  within each water management district in those four areas of
  349  responsibility and shall be provided to the Legislative Budget
  350  Commission.
  351         (b) The Executive Office of the Governor, the Legislative
  352  Budget Commission, and the water management districts shall
  353  develop a process to facilitate review and communication
  354  regarding water management district tentative budgets, as
  355  necessary. If the Legislative Budget Commission determines that
  356  the tentative budget of a water management district has been
  357  significantly modified from a preliminary budget reviewed by the
  358  Legislature pursuant to s. 373.535, the Legislative Budget
  359  Commission may review, and may disapprove, any part of the
  360  tentative budget of the water management district. Unless
  361  otherwise authorized by the Legislature in the preliminary
  362  budget review conducted pursuant to s. 373.535, the Legislative
  363  Budget Commission must approve any water management district
  364  budget proposal that includes any of the following:
  365         1. Except for land exchanges, any single purchase of land
  366  in excess of $10 million.
  367         2. Any cumulative purchase of land during a single fiscal
  368  year in excess of $50 million.
  369         3. Any issuance of debt on or after July 1, 2012.
  370         4. Program expenditures as described in sub-subparagraphs
  371  (d)4.d.-f. in excess of 20 percent of a district’s total annual
  372  budget.
  373  
  374  Written disapproval of any provision in the tentative budget
  375  must be received by the district at least 5 business days before
  376  prior to the final district budget adoption hearing conducted
  377  under s. 200.065(2)(d). If written disapproval of any portion of
  378  the budget is not received at least 5 business days before prior
  379  to the final budget adoption hearing, the governing board may
  380  proceed with final adoption. Any provision rejected by the
  381  Executive Office of the Governor or the Legislative Budget
  382  Commission may shall not be included in a district’s final
  383  budget and may not be acted upon through any other means without
  384  prior approval of the entity rejecting the provision. Upon
  385  written request of the Governor or the Legislative Budget
  386  Commission, the Chief Financial Officer shall withhold state
  387  funds from a water management district that fails to comply with
  388  these requirements.
  389         (c) Each water management district shall, by August 1 of
  390  each year, submit for review a tentative budget to the Governor,
  391  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  392  Representatives, the Legislative Budget Commission, the
  393  secretary of the department, and the governing body of each
  394  county in which the district has jurisdiction or derives any
  395  funds for the operations of the district. The tentative budget
  396  must be posted on the water management district’s official
  397  website at least 2 days before budget hearings held pursuant to
  398  s. 200.065 or other law.
  399         (d) The tentative budget must be based on the preliminary
  400  budget as reviewed, and as may be amended, by the Legislature
  401  pursuant to ss. 373.503 and 373.535 and must set forth the
  402  proposed expenditures of the district, to which may be added an
  403  amount to be held as reserve. The tentative budget must include,
  404  but is not limited to, the following information for the
  405  preceding fiscal year and the current fiscal year, and the
  406  proposed amounts for the upcoming fiscal year, in a standard
  407  format prescribed by the Executive Office of the Governor, in
  408  consultation with the Legislature:
  409         1. The estimated amount of funds remaining at the beginning
  410  of the fiscal year which have been obligated for the payment of
  411  outstanding commitments not yet completed.
  412         2. The estimated amount of unobligated funds or net cash
  413  balance on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, an
  414  accounting of the source, balance, and projected future use of
  415  the unobligated funds, and the estimated amount of funds to be
  416  raised by district taxes or received from other sources to meet
  417  the requirements of the district.
  418         3. The millage rates and the percentage increase above the
  419  rolled-back rate, together with a summary of the reasons the
  420  increase is required, and the percentage increase in taxable
  421  value resulting from new construction within the district.
  422         4. The salaries and benefits, expenses, operating capital
  423  outlay, number of authorized positions, and other personal
  424  services for the following program areas of the district:
  425         a. Water resource planning and monitoring;
  426         b. Land acquisition, restoration, and public works;
  427         c. Operation and maintenance of works and lands;
  428         d. Regulation;
  429         e. Outreach for which the information provided must contain
  430  a full description and accounting of expenditures for water
  431  resources education; public information and public relations,
  432  including public service announcements and advertising in any
  433  media; and lobbying activities related to local, regional, state
  434  and federal governmental affairs, whether incurred by district
  435  staff or through contractual services; and
  436         f. Management and administration.
  437  
  438  In addition to the program areas reported by all water
  439  management districts, the South Florida Water Management
  440  District shall include in its budget document separate sections
  441  on all costs associated with the Everglades Construction Project
  442  and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
  443         5. The total estimated amount in the district budget for
  444  each area of responsibility listed in subparagraph 4. and for
  445  water resource, water supply, and alternative water supply
  446  development projects identified in the district’s regional water
  447  supply plans.
  448         6. A description of each new, expanded, reduced, or
  449  eliminated program.
  450         7. The funding sources, including, but not limited to, ad
  451  valorem taxes, Surface Water Improvement and Management Program
  452  funds, other state funds, federal funds, and user fees and
  453  permit fees for each program area.
  454         (e) The Executive Office of the Governor shall annually, on
  455  or before December 15, file with the Legislature a report that
  456  summarizes its review of the water management districts’
  457  tentative budgets and displays the adopted budget allocations by
  458  program area. The report must identify the districts that are
  459  not in compliance with the reporting requirements of this
  460  section. State funds shall be withheld from a water management
  461  district that fails to comply with these reporting requirements.
  462         (6) FINAL BUDGET; ANNUAL AUDIT; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN;
  463  WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT WORK PROGRAM.—
  464         (a) Each district must, by the date specified for each
  465  item, furnish copies of the following documents to the Governor,
  466  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  467  Representatives, the chairs of all legislative committees and
  468  subcommittees having substantive or fiscal jurisdiction over the
  469  districts, as determined by the President of the Senate or the
  470  Speaker of the House of Representatives as applicable, the
  471  secretary of the department, and the governing board of each
  472  county in which the district has jurisdiction or derives any
  473  funds for the operations of the district:
  474         1. The adopted budget, to be furnished within 10 days after
  475  its adoption.
  476         2. A financial audit of its accounts and records, to be
  477  furnished within 10 days after its acceptance by the governing
  478  board. The audit must be conducted in accordance with the
  479  provisions of s. 11.45 and the rules adopted thereunder. In
  480  addition to the entities named above, the district must provide
  481  a copy of the audit to the Auditor General within 10 days after
  482  its acceptance by the governing board.
  483         3. A 5-year capital improvements plan, to be included in
  484  the consolidated annual report required by s. 373.036(7). The
  485  plan must include expected sources of revenue for planned
  486  improvements and must be prepared in a manner comparable to the
  487  fixed capital outlay format set forth in s. 216.043.
  488         4. A 5-year water resource development work program to be
  489  furnished within 30 days after the adoption of the final budget.
  490  The program must describe the district’s implementation strategy
  491  and funding plan for the water resource, water supply, and
  492  alternative water supply development components component of
  493  each approved regional water supply plan developed or revised
  494  under s. 373.709. The work program must address all the elements
  495  of the water resource, water supply, and alternative water
  496  supply development components component in the district’s
  497  approved regional water supply plans and must identify which
  498  projects in the work program which will provide water;, explain
  499  how each water resource, water supply, and alternative water
  500  supply development project will produce additional water
  501  available for consumptive uses;, estimate the quantity of water
  502  to be produced by each project;, and provide an assessment of
  503  the contribution of the district’s regional water supply plans
  504  in providing sufficient water needed to timely meet the water
  505  supply needs of existing and future reasonable-beneficial uses
  506  for a 1-in-10-year drought event.
  507         (b) Within 30 days after its submittal, the department
  508  shall review the proposed work program and submit its findings,
  509  questions, and comments to the district. The review must include
  510  a written evaluation of the program’s consistency with the
  511  furtherance of the district’s approved regional water supply
  512  plans, and the adequacy of proposed expenditures. As part of the
  513  review, the department shall give interested parties the
  514  opportunity to provide written comments on each district’s
  515  proposed work program. Within 45 days after receipt of the
  516  department’s evaluation, the governing board shall state in
  517  writing to the department which of the changes recommended in
  518  the evaluation it will incorporate into its work program
  519  submitted as part of the March 1 consolidated annual report
  520  required by s. 373.036(7) or specify the reasons for not
  521  incorporating the changes. The department shall include the
  522  district’s responses in a final evaluation report and shall
  523  submit a copy of the report to the Governor, the President of
  524  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  525         (c)(b) If any entity listed in paragraph (a) provides
  526  written comments to the district regarding any document
  527  furnished under this subsection, the district must respond to
  528  the comments in writing and furnish copies of the comments and
  529  written responses to the other entities.
  530         (d)(c) The final adopted budget must be posted on the water
  531  management district’s official website within 30 days after
  532  adoption.
  533         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.