Senate Bill 1682

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1682

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity





    302-1021-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Cabinet reorganization;

  3         providing for the establishment of the Office

  4         of the Chief Financial Officer; designating the

  5         Chief Financial Officer as the head of the

  6         office; providing an effective date.

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  8         WHEREAS, in November of 1998 the electorate of Florida

  9  voted to amend the State Constitution, and

10         WHEREAS, that amendment provides for the modification

11  of the membership of the Cabinet effective January 7, 2003,

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13         WHEREAS, that amendment provides that there will be a

14  Chief Financial Officer who will be assigned the

15  constitutional duties of the Comptroller and Treasurer, NOW,

16  THEREFORE,

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

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20         Section 1.  The Office of the Chief Financial Officer

21  is created, the head of which office is the Chief Financial

22  Officer. Pursuant to s. 4, Art. IV of the State Constitution,

23  the duties of the Chief Financial Officer are to serve as the

24  chief fiscal officer of the state, to settle and approve

25  accounts against the state, and to keep all state funds and

26  securities.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 7, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1682
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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Provides for the creation of the Office of Chief
      Financial Officer and indicates the constitutional duties
  4    of the Chief Financial Officer.

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