House Bill 3577

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3577

        By Representative Wallace






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the General Appropriations

  3         Act; providing a short title; amending s.

  4         216.178, F.S.; requiring the reporting in the

  5         General Appropriations Act of certain

  6         information relating to household income and

  7         the funding of state government; providing

  8         applicability; providing an effective date.

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10         WHEREAS, expenditures for state government should not

11  be in excess of the ability of the state's citizens to pay

12  without jeopardizing their financial security, and

13         WHEREAS, requiring the reporting of changes in

14  household income versus changes in expenditures for state

15  government will focus the attention of citizens and

16  legislators on the relative prosperity of each to ensure the

17  ability of citizens reasonably and willingly to pay, and

18         WHEREAS, the listing of the balances of state trust

19  funds in relation to their expenditures will allow citizens to

20  easily see the amounts held in trust by state government, and

21         WHEREAS, in addition, requiring the reporting of

22  changes in the number of state positions funded in the budget

23  and the number of positions to be privatized will help

24  citizens better understand the state's financial impact, NOW,

25  THEREFORE,

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27  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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29         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the

30  "Family-Friendly Budgeting Act of 1998."

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  1         Section 2.  Section 216.178, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         216.178  General Appropriations Act; format; procedure;

  4  cost statement for new debt or obligation.--

  5         (1)  In addition to the information required by s.

  6  19(b), Art. III of the State Constitution, the following

  7  information shall be included in the annual General

  8  Appropriations Act and shall be placed at the beginning of the

  9  act before any other information:

10         (a)  A family-friendly budgeting statement. This

11  statement shall show the median annual household income for

12  the previous 6 calendar years and percentage change from year

13  to year beside the state government appropriations for the

14  previous 6 fiscal years and percentage change from fiscal year

15  to fiscal year, followed by the average annual change over

16  that 5-year period for both median Florida household income

17  and state government appropriations, followed by the projected

18  median annual household income for the current calendar year

19  and percentage change over the previous calendar year, as

20  provided by the Division of Economic and Demographic Research

21  of the Joint Legislative Management Committee, and the state

22  government appropriations for the fiscal year of the General

23  Appropriations Act and percentage change over the previous

24  fiscal year. This statement shall be in substantially the

25  following form:

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27  A.  FAMILY-FRIENDLY BUDGETING STATEMENT:

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29         Median Florida                     State Govt.

30        Household Income  Change  Fiscal  Appropriations  Change

31  Year     (Dollars)       (%)     Year     ($ Millions)   (%)

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  9  5-Year

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14             Projected

15           Median Florida           GAA      State Govt.

16  Current Household Income Change  Fiscal  Appropriations  Change

17   Year     (Dollars)       (%)     Year    ($ Millions)    (%)

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22         (b)  A change in government positions statement. This

23  statement shall show the number of positions funded for the

24  previous fiscal year, followed by the number of positions to

25  be funded for the fiscal year of the General Appropriations

26  Act, the percentage change over the previous fiscal year, and

27  the number of positions to be privatized in the fiscal year of

28  the General Appropriations Act. However, there shall be

29  separate entries for positions in the State University System.

30  This statement shall be in substantially the following form:

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  1  B.  CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT AND STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM POSITIONS

  2  STATEMENT:

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  4  Fiscal Year

  5                  positions

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  7                  SUS

  8                  positions

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10  Fiscal Year

11                  positions     % change        positions

12                                            privatized

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14                  SUS                           SUS

15                  positions     % change        positions

16                                            privatized

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18         (c)  Total trust funds balance and expenditure

19  statements. These statements shall show the total balance as

20  of the end of the previous fiscal year and total expenditures

21  for the previous fiscal year for trust funds of the state

22  government. Trust funds subject to termination under s.

23  19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution and prior review

24  under s. 215.3206 and trust funds specified in s. 19(f)(3),

25  Art. III of the State Constitution shall be listed separately;

26  however, the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund shall be

27  listed on its own.

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29  C.  TOTAL TRUST FUNDS BALANCE AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENTS:

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  1         1.  The statement for trust funds subject to

  2  termination under s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State

  3  Constitution and review under s. 215.3206 shall be in

  4  substantially the following form:

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  6    Fiscal      Total s. 19(f)(2),         Total s. 19(f)(2),

  7     Year         Art. III Trust             Art. III Trust

  8                   Funds Balance           Funds Expenditures

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10                    $                        $        

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12         2.  The statement for trust funds specified in s.

13  19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, other than the

14  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, shall be in

15  substantially the following form:

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17    Fiscal         Total s. 19(f)(3),       Total s. 19(f)(3),

18     Year         Art. III Trust Funds     Art. III Trust Funds

19                   Balance (less FRS)     Expenditures (less FRS)

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21                    $                        $         

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23         3.  The statement for the Florida Retirement System

24  Trust Fund shall be in substantially the following form:

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26    Fiscal           Total FRS                  Total FRS

27     Year       Trust Fund Balance       Trust Fund Expenditures

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30                    $                        $         

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  1         (d)  A total change statement. This statement shall

  2  show the change in total household income in the state for the

  3  last completed calendar year over the calendar year

  4  immediately preceding the last completed calendar year and the

  5  change in total state government appropriations for the last

  6  completed fiscal year over the fiscal year immediately

  7  preceding the last completed fiscal year. This statement shall

  8  be in substantially the following form:

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10  D.  TOTAL CHANGE STATEMENT:

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12              Change In Total        Change In Total

13              Household Income         State Budget

14               Year    to              FY    to    

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16                $    Billion           $    Billion

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18         (2)(1)  Any information contained in a conference

19  committee report on a general or supplemental appropriations

20  bill, on any other bill adopted by the same conference

21  committee to implement a general or supplemental

22  appropriations bill and effective for the same period as such

23  appropriations bill, or on a revenue bill during any regular

24  or special legislative session must be made available to the

25  members of the Legislature and to the public at least 48 hours

26  before the report may be voted on by the Senate or the House

27  of Representatives.

28         (3)(2)  Effective June 30, 1993, the Office of Planning

29  and Budgeting shall develop a final budget report that

30  reflects the net appropriations for each budget item. The

31  report shall reflect actual expenditures for each of the 2

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  1  preceding fiscal years and the estimated expenditures for the

  2  current fiscal year. In addition, the report must contain the

  3  actual revenues and cash balances for the preceding 2 fiscal

  4  years and the estimated revenues and cash balances for the

  5  current fiscal year. The report may also contain expenditure

  6  data, program objectives, and program measures for each state

  7  agency program. The report must be produced within 90 days

  8  after the beginning of the fiscal year. A copy of the report

  9  must be made available to each member of the Legislature, to

10  the head of each state agency, to the Auditor General, and to

11  the public.

12         (4)(3)  The Governor shall submit to the Secretary of

13  State, along with the signed General Appropriations Act, a

14  statement which sets forth the estimated cost of each new

15  proposed state debt or obligation contained in the act. Each

16  statement shall be written in substantially the following

17  form:

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19         The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year

20  ...(insert years)... authorizes the issuance of $ ...(insert

21  principal)... of debt or obligation at a forecasted interest

22  rate of ...(insert rate of interest).... The total interest

23  paid over the life of this debt or obligation will be $

24  ...(insert sum of interest payments).... Additionally, it is

25  estimated that the 5-year operational costs associated with

26  those capital outlay projects to be funded by the incurrence

27  of this debt or obligation will be $ ...(insert costs)....

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29         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law and shall first apply to the General Appropriations Act

31  for the 1999-2000 fiscal year.

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the "Family-Friendly Budgeting Act of 1998."
  4    Requires the reporting in the General Appropriations Act
      of information relating to changes in annual median
  5    Florida household income and in annual appropriations to
      fund state government over a specified period, changes in
  6    the number of government positions and State University
      System positions funded for the previous fiscal year, the
  7    total balances and expenditures for trust funds of the
      state government for the previous fiscal year, and the
  8    change in total household income and total state
      government funding over a specified period. See bill for
  9    details.

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