The Florida Senate

373.507  Districts and basins; postaudits, budgets.--

(1)  Each basin referred to in this chapter must furnish a detailed copy of its budget and past year's expenditures to the Governor, the Legislature, and the governing body of each county in which the basin has jurisdiction or derives any funds for the operations of the basin.

(2)  Each district and basin referred to in this chapter must make provision for an annual postaudit of its financial accounts. The postaudit must be made in accordance with the rules of the Auditor General adopted under ss. 11.47 and 166.241.

(3)(a)  Each district referred to in this chapter must furnish copies of the following documents to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairs of all legislative committees and subcommittees with substantive or fiscal jurisdiction over districts, as determined by the President or Speaker as applicable, the secretary of the department, and the governing body of each county in which the district has jurisdiction or derives any funds for the operations of the district:

1.  The tentative budget.

2.  The adopted budget.

3.  The past year's expenditures.

4.  The postaudit described in subsection (2).

(b)  The documents must be furnished by the earlier of 10 days following completion of each document or as otherwise provided by law.

(c)  If any entity in paragraph (a) provides written comments to the district regarding any document furnished, the district must respond to the comments in writing and furnish copies of the comments and written responses to the other entities.

History.--s. 16, ch. 76-243; s. 1, ch. 77-367; s. 12, ch. 82-101; s. 15, ch. 97-160.