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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2002

    Amendment No. 2

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11  The Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military

12  Affairs recommended the following amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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18  and insert:  trends identified in audit reports or financial

19  statements submitted by audits of local governmental entities,

20  district school boards, and charter schools performed by the

21  independent certified public accountants.

22         d.  The Auditor General, for local governmental

23  entities not required to provide for an audit, shall review

24  financial statements prepared in accordance with s. 218.321

25  and submitted pursuant to subparagraph 5. If the Auditor

26  General's review discloses any indication that such financial

27  statements have not been prepared in accordance with generally

28  accepted accounting principles, the Auditor General shall

29  request that the local governmental entity provide revised

30  financial statements that are in accordance with generally

31  accepted accounting principles. If the Auditor General does

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 1  not receive the requested revised financial statements, he or

 2  she must notify the Department of Banking and Finance and the

 3  Legislative Auditing Committee. Any local governmental entity

 4  that fails to provide the requested financial statements in

 5  accordance with this subparagraph is subject to the penalty

 6  provisions prescribed in subparagraph 11. If the Auditor

 7  General, in reviewing these financial statements, identifies

 8  information that indicates that the local governmental entity

 9  may be in a state of financial emergency as provided in s.

10  218.503, the Auditor General shall request appropriate

11  clarification from the local governmental entity. The

12  requested clarification must be provided within 45 days after

13  the date of the request. If the Auditor General does not

14  receive the requested clarification, he or she shall notify

15  the Legislative Auditing Committee. Any local governmental

16  entity that fails to provide the requested clarification in

17  accordance with this subparagraph is subject to the penalty

18  provisions prescribed in subparagraph 11. If, after obtaining

19  the requested clarification, the Auditor General determines

20  that the local governmental entity is in a state of financial

21  emergency as provided in s. 218.503, he or she shall notify

22  the Governor and the Legislative Auditing Committee.

23         13.  In conducting a performance audit of any agency,

24  the Auditor General shall use the Agency Strategic Plan of the

25  agency in evaluating the performance of the agency.

26         Section 2.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section

27  218.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

28         218.32  Annual financial reports; local governmental

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31         (d)  Each local governmental entity that is required to

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 1  provide for an audit report in accordance with s.

 2  11.45(3)(a)5.4. must submit the annual financial report with

 3  the audit report. A copy of the audit report and annual

 4  financial report must be submitted to the department within 45

 5  days after the completion of the audit report but no later

 6  than 12 months after the end of the fiscal year. All other

 7  reporting entities must submit the annual financial report to

 8  the department no later than April 30 of each year.

 9         Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 218.321, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         218.321  Annual financial statements; local

12  governmental entities.--

13         (2)  Each local governmental entity that is not

14  required to provide for an audit report in accordance with s.

15  11.45(3)(a)5.4. must complete its financial statements no

16  later than 12 months after the end of the fiscal year. The

17  financial statements must be submitted to the Auditor General

18  within 12 months after the end of the fiscal year.

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

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26         revenue sharing funds; requiring the Auditor

27         General to review financial statements of

28         certain local governmental entities; providing

29         procedures for the submission and review of

30         such statements; providing penalties; providing

31         notification procedures regarding local

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 1         governmental entities determined to be in a

 2         state of financial emergency; amending s.

 3         218.32, 218.321, and 311.07, F.S.; correcting

 4         cross-references; requiring the submission of

 5         financial records by local governmental

 6         entities within a certain time period;

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