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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                  HB 27

        By Representatives Merchant, Wallace, C. Green, Feeney,
    Henriquez, Wiles, Argenziano, Detert, Brown, Edwards and
    Alexander




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to planning and budgeting;

  3         creating s. 216.1785, F.S.; providing

  4         requirements for the funding of legislative

  5         projects not recommended by the Governor or a

  6         state agency; providing a contingent effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 216.1785, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         216.1785  Legislative projects not recommended by the

14  Governor or a state agency.--Unless funded as an exceptional

15  project under s. 216.1787, any project proposed by a member of

16  the Legislature that is not recommended by the Governor or a

17  state agency must have a public hearing in both the House of

18  Representatives and the Senate and must meet at least four of

19  the following minimum criteria in order to be funded:

20         (1)  OVERALL PUBLIC BENEFIT.--The project is one for

21  which there is substantial factual evidence that the public at

22  large benefits, as opposed to narrowly defined special

23  interests.

24         (2)  OVERALL STATEWIDE BENEFIT.--The project is one for

25  which there is significant factual evidence that the benefits

26  are primarily of a statewide nature, as opposed to a greater

27  local benefit more suitable for private, nonprofit, or local

28  government funding. Exceptions to this criterion would be

29  projects of local benefit recommended as part of a statewide

30  program utilizing objective criteria to determine project

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  1  funding or projects of local benefit recommended due to a

  2  serious need or emergency.

  3         (3)  OVERALL FISCAL BENEFIT.--The project is one for

  4  which the potential savings to the state exceed the cost.

  5         (4)  OBJECTIVE EVALUATION.--The project is within or

  6  related to a statewide program and has been properly

  7  evaluated. When funding is based on a formula or some type of

  8  objective review, this would include any project that went

  9  through the review process, was recommended for funding at the

10  level dictated by the formula or review, and was not

11  recommended for funding at the expense of, or at a level

12  greater than, other projects which scored higher on the

13  formula or review.

14         (5)  COMPETITION.--The project is one whose funding

15  would not convey a significant benefit to a specific vendor or

16  vendors without the benefit of a competitive process.

17         (6)  PARTNERSHIP.--The project is appropriately funded

18  as a cooperative effort between the state and other entities,

19  with existing local, private, or nonprofit financial

20  commitment.

21         (7)  PERFORMANCE.--The project is one in which

22  performance data is available and which has met or promoted

23  the promised performance standards.

24         (8)  CONSISTENT TREATMENT OF BENEFICIARIES.--The

25  project is within a statewide program and does not confer the

26  benefits to certain recipients in a manner different than the

27  treatment of other beneficiaries within the same program.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, if

29  House Bill .... or similar legislation creating s. 216.1787,

30  Florida Statutes, is adopted in the same legislative session

31  or an extension thereof.

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      Requires legislative projects that are not recommended by
  4    the Governor or a state agency to meet certain minimum
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