The Florida Senate

216.162  Governor's recommended budget to be furnished Legislature; copies to members.--

¹(1)  At least 30 days before the scheduled annual legislative session, the Governor shall furnish each senator and representative a copy of his or her recommended balanced budget for the state, based on the Governor's own conclusions and judgment; however, in his or her first year in office a new Governor may request, subject to approval of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, that his or her recommended balanced budget be submitted at a later time prior to the Governor's first regular legislative session.

(2)  There shall be included in such document the details of the Governor's recommended balanced budget, including his or her recommended appropriations pursuant to s. 216.163, his or her recommended revenues pursuant to s. 216.165, and a financial schedule showing that his or her estimates of state revenues will be sufficient to fund the Governor's recommendations pursuant to s. 216.167

History.--s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 11, ch. 71-354; s. 10, ch. 77-352; s. 11, ch. 80-45; s. 9, ch. 83-49; s. 12, ch. 91-109; s. 1162, ch. 95-147; s. 18, ch. 2000-371; s. 24, ch. 2005-152; s. 9, ch. 2006-119.

¹Note.--Section 11, ch. 2006-119, provides that "[t]his act shall take effect upon the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution contained in Senate Joint Resolution No. 2144 [passed at the 2005 Regular Session], or a similar constitutional amendment, relating to the state budgeting, planning, and appropriations processes." If ch. 2006-119 takes effect, subsection (1), as amended by s. 9, ch. 2006-119, will read:

(1)  At least 30 days before the scheduled annual legislative session, or at a later date if requested by the Governor and approved in writing by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor shall furnish each senator and representative a copy of his or her recommended balanced budget for the state, based on the Governor's own conclusions and judgment.