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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2430

    By Senator Mitchell





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to community college reporting

  3         requirements; amending ss. 282.005, 282.3031,

  4         282.310, F.S., relating to Information

  5         Resources Management requirements; removing

  6         from local community colleges the obligation to

  7         fulfill certain reporting requirements that

  8         apply to state agencies; providing an effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 282.005, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         282.005  Legislative findings and intent.--The

16  Legislature finds that:

17         (8)  To ensure the best management of the state's

18  information technology resources, and notwithstanding other

19  provisions of law to the contrary, the functions of

20  information resources management are hereby assigned to the

21  Board of Regents as the agency responsible for the development

22  and implementation of policy, planning, management,

23  rulemaking, standards, and guidelines for the State University

24  System; to the State Board of Community Colleges as the agency

25  responsible for establishing and developing rules and policies

26  for the State Community College System; to the Supreme Court,

27  for the judicial branch; and to each state attorney and public

28  defender.

29         Section 2.  Section 282.3031, Florida Statutes, is

30  amended to read:

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  1         282.3031  Assignment of information resources

  2  management responsibilities.--For purposes of ss.

  3  282.303-282.322, to ensure the best management of state

  4  information technology resources, and notwithstanding other

  5  provisions of law to the contrary, the functions of

  6  information resources management are hereby assigned to the

  7  Board of Regents as the agency responsible for the development

  8  and implementation of policy, planning, management,

  9  rulemaking, standards, and guidelines for the State University

10  System; to the State Board of Community Colleges as the agency

11  responsible for establishing and developing rules and policies

12  for the State Community College System; to the Supreme Court

13  for the judicial branch; and to each state attorney and public

14  defender.

15         Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 282.310, Florida

16  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

17         282.310  State Annual Report on Information Resources

18  Management.--

19         (1)  By January 15 of each year, the State Technology

20  Office shall develop a State Annual Report on Information

21  Resources Management.

22         (2)  The State Annual Report on Information Resources

23  Management shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

24         (a)  The state vision for information resources

25  management.

26         (b)  A forecast of the state information resources

27  management priorities and initiatives for the ensuing 2 years.

28         (c)  A summary of major statewide policies recommended

29  by the State Technology Council for information resources

30  management.

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  1         (d)  A summary of memoranda issued by the Executive

  2  Office of the Governor.

  3         (e)  An assessment of the overall progress on state

  4  information resources management initiatives and priorities

  5  for the past fiscal year.

  6         (f)  A summary of major statewide issues related to

  7  improving information resources management by the state.

  8         (g)  An inventory list, by major categories, of state

  9  information technology resources.

10         (h)  A summary of the total expenditures for

11  information resources management by each state agency.

12         (i)  A summary of the opportunities for government

13  agencies or entities to share information resources management

14  projects or initiatives with other governmental or private

15  sector entities.

16         (j)  A list of the information resources management

17  issues that have been identified as statewide or critical

18  issues for which the State Technology Council could provide

19  leadership or assistance.

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21  The state annual report shall also include information

22  resources management information from the annual reports

23  prepared by the Board of Regents for the State University

24  System, from the State Board of Community Colleges for the

25  State Community College System, from the Supreme Court for the

26  judicial branch, and from the Justice Administrative

27  Commission on behalf of the state attorneys and public

28  defenders. Expenditure information shall be taken from each

29  agency's annual report as well as the annual reports of the

30  Board of Regents, the State Board of Community Colleges, the

31  Supreme Court, and the Justice Administrative Commission.

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  1         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  6    Removes from local community colleges the responsibility
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  7    to state agencies.

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