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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HB 1923
By Representative Bainter
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to constitutional revisions;
3 providing Legislative intent; creating the Task
4 Force on Constitutional Governmental
5 Reorganization; providing for membership,
6 organization, and meetings; providing for per
7 diem and travel expenses; providing for the
8 duties of the task force; providing for a
9 report; providing for the expiration of the
10 task force; providing an effective date.
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12 WHEREAS, the electorate of the State of Florida
13 approved revisions in amendment eight to the Florida
14 Constitution as approved by the electorate in the November
15 1998 General Election, and
16 WHEREAS, the revisions proposed by amendment eight
17 restructured the State Cabinet by creating the office of Chief
18 Financial Officer, and
19 WHEREAS, implementation of the revisions required by
20 amendment eight will require statutory changes, NOW,
21 THEREFORE,
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Legislative intent; Task Force on
26 Constitutional Governmental Reorganization created.--
27 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
28 legislation by July 1, 2000 to:
29 (a) Provide for the orderly and seamless
30 implementation of the constitutionally required changes
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1 relating to the creation of the Cabinet position of Chief
2 Financial Officer.
3 (b) Provide for the efficient and cost-effective
4 delivery of governmental services to the public.
5 (c) Provide for the appropriate realignment and
6 placement of existing regulatory functions currently assigned
7 to the Cabinet positions of Comptroller and Treasurer.
8 (2) There is hereby created an interim task force to
9 be known as the Task Force on Constitutional Governmental
10 Reorganization.
11 (a) The task force shall be composed of seven members,
12 one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, three of whom
13 shall be members of the Senate, appointed by the President of
14 the Senate, and three of whom shall be members of the House of
15 Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of
16 Representatives.
17 (b) Upon appointment of the members, the task force
18 shall meet and organize. Thereafter, the task force shall
19 meet in Tallahassee and at such other locations in Florida as
20 may be convenient.
21 (c) Members of the task force shall be entitled to
22 reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses as set forth in
23 s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
24 (d) The task force shall review the directives adopted
25 in amendment eight to the Florida Constitution as approved by
26 the electorate in the November 1998 General Election for
27 restructuring the state's Cabinet relating to the position of
28 Chief Financial Officer and shall review corresponding
29 proposals for optimal organization structures for state
30 regulation of banking, insurance, finance, and securities, and
31 shall consider:
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1 1. Industry trends and evolving regulatory
2 environments in the course of its review.
3 2. Whether the regulatory function of insurance,
4 banking, finance, and securities should be assigned to an
5 appointed or elected official.
6 3. Whether Florida should establish a consolidated
7 department for the coordinated regulation of insurance,
8 banking, finance, and securities.
9 4. Which elected official or officials, the Governor,
10 the Governor and Cabinet, or the Chief Financial Officer, the
11 regulatory agency or agencies should be assigned to for
12 administrative and oversight purposes.
13 5. Any other issues the task force deems appropriate
14 and necessary to accomplish its directives.
15 (e) The task force shall make a report of its findings
16 and recommendations relative to the issues specified for
17 review and consideration in paragraph (d), which report may
18 include proposed legislation. The report shall be filed with
19 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
20 the House of Representatives no later than December 1, 1999,
21 upon which date the task force shall cease to exist.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
23 law.
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26 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Creates the Task Force on Constitutional Governmental
28 Reorganization to review the directives adopted by
amendment eight to the Florida Constitution as approved
29 by the electorate in the November 1998 General Election
for restructuring the state's Cabinet relating to the
30 position of Chief Financial Officer and shall review
corresponding proposals for optimal organization
31 structures for state regulation of banking, insurance,
finance, and securities. See bill for details.
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