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18 Section 20. Supreme Court Workload Study Commission.--
19 (1) The Legislature finds that the number of justices
20 has not increased since 1940 and that therefore it is
21 necessary and beneficial to the furtherance of an efficient
22 and effective judiciary to study the workload of the Florida
23 Supreme Court.
24 (2) The Supreme Court Workload Study Commission is
25 created and is assigned to the Office of the State Courts
26 Administrator for administrative and fiscal purposes only.
27 The Supreme Court Workload Study Commission shall consist of
28 seven members to be appointed on or before July 15, 2000, as
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30 (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
31 appoint three members. One of the members must be a member of
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1 the House of Representatives and a member in good standing of
2 The Florida Bar. At least one of the other two members must
3 be a member in good standing of The Florida Bar.
4 (b) The President of the Senate shall appoint three
5 members. One of the members must be a member of the Senate
6 and a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. At least one
7 of the other two members must be a member in good standing of
8 The Florida Bar.
9 (c) The Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
10 shall appoint one member who has served on the Supreme Court
11 but who is not presently serving, and who shall serve as chair
12 of the commission.
13 (3) Members of the commission shall serve without
14 compensation, except for per diem and reimbursement of travel
15 expenses as provided by section 112.061, Florida Statutes. A
16 vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner
17 as the original appointment.
18 (4) In consultation with the Office of Program Policy
19 Analysis and Government Accountability, the Office of the
20 State Courts Administrator shall conduct a workload study of
21 the Supreme Court. The results of the study shall be provided
22 to the commission by November 1, 2000.
23 (5) Using the study and associated data delivered by
24 the Office of the State Courts Administrator and any other
25 relevant data, the commission shall develop recommendations
26 for addressing workload issues, including, but not limited to,
27 the need for additional justices on the Supreme Court. The
28 commission shall report its recommendation to the Joint
29 Legislative Committee on Article V, the Speaker of the House
30 of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Chief
31 Justice of the Supreme Court by February 15, 2001.
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1 (6) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
2 commission be staffed by the Joint Legislative Committee on
3 Article V, and that the commission automatically terminate
4 upon submission of its report to the Legislature.
5 Section 21. Subsection (1) is amended and a new
6 subsection (6) is added to section 216.0166, Florida Statutes,
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8 216.0166 Submission by state agencies of
9 performance-based budget requests, programs, and performance
10 measures.--
11 (1) Except as provided in subsection (6) prior to
12 September 1 of the fiscal year prior to which a state agency
13 is required to submit a performance-based program budget
14 request pursuant to s. 216.0172, such state agency shall
15 identify and submit to the Executive Office of the Governor a
16 list of proposed state agency programs and performance
17 measures. The agency may also provide a list of statutes or
18 rules affecting its performance which may be addressed as
19 incentives or disincentives for the performance-based program
20 budget. The list should be accompanied by recommended
21 legislation to implement the requested changes for potential
22 incentives. Such identification shall be conducted after
23 discussion with legislative appropriations and appropriate
24 substantive committees and shall be approved by the Executive
25 Office of the Governor. The Executive Office of the Governor,
26 after discussion with legislative appropriations and
27 appropriate substantive committees and the Office of Program
28 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, shall review
29 the list of programs and performance measures, may make any
30 changes or require the agency to resubmit the list, and shall
31 make a final recommendation of programs and associated
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1 performance measures to the Legislature within 60 days after
2 receipt, to be used in the preparation and submission of the
3 state agency's final legislative budget request pursuant to s.
4 216.023(5). The Executive Office of the Governor may also
5 recommend legislation to implement any or all of the proposed
6 incentives. Agencies continuing under performance-based
7 program budgeting may provide as part of their legislative
8 budget request a list of statutes or rules affecting their
9 program performance which may be addressed as incentives or
10 disincentives for the performance-based program budget.
11 (6) Prior to September 15 of the fiscal year prior to
12 which the judicial branch is required to submit a
13 performance-based program budget request pursuant to s.
14 216.0172, the Chief Justice shall identify and, after
15 consultation with the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
16 Government Accountability and legislative staff of the
17 appropriate substantive and appropriations committees in the
18 Senate and the House of Representatives, shall submit to the
19 Legislature a list of proposed programs and associated
20 performance measures. The judicial branch shall provide
21 documentation to accompany the list of proposed programs and
22 performance measures as provided under subsection (2). The
23 judicial branch shall submit a performance-based program
24 legislative budget request pursuant to s. 216.0172, using the
25 programs and performance measures adopted by the Legislature.
26 The Chief Justice may propose revisions to approved programs
27 or performance measures for the judicial branch. The
28 Legislature shall have final approval of all programs and
29 associated performance measures and standards for the judicial
30 branch through the General Appropriations Act or legislation
31 implementing the General Appropriations Act.
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