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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 4-C

    By Senator Carlton





    309-695A-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act implementing the 2001-2002 supplemental

  3         appropriations act; providing legislative

  4         intent; amending s. 216.023, F.S.; providing

  5         directives for executive agencies and the

  6         judicial branch in adjusting performance

  7         measures and standards to respond to budgetary

  8         modifications; reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b),

  9         F.S., to implement the transfer of moneys to

10         the Working Capital Fund from certain trust

11         funds; providing a directive to the Department

12         of Juvenile Justice; amending s. 16.555, F.S.;

13         providing for the use of the Crime Stoppers

14         Trust Fund; amending s. 860.158, F.S.;

15         providing directives for the use of moneys in

16         the Florida Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention

17         Trust Fund; amending s. 339.135, F.S.;

18         requiring adjustment of the adopted work

19         program of the Department of Transportation to

20         include certain economic stimulus projects;

21         amending s. 44.108, F.S.; providing for use of

22         moneys in the state mediation and arbitration

23         trust fund; limiting the use of funds for

24         state-employee travel; requiring the Governor

25         to furnish a copy of his recommended balanced

26         budget to members of the Legislature;

27         providing effect of veto of specific

28         appropriation or proviso to which implementing

29         language refers; providing severability;

30         providing an effective date.

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

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  3         Section 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that

  4  the implementing and administering provisions of this act

  5  apply to the act making appropriations and reductions in

  6  appropriations for the 2001-2002 state fiscal year.

  7         Section 2.  In order to implement reductions and other

  8  changes in appropriations for the 2001-2002 fiscal year made

  9  by Senate Bill 2-C, subsection (14) is added to section

10  216.023, Florida Statutes, to read:

11         216.023  Legislative budget requests to be furnished to

12  Legislature by agencies.--

13         (14)  For the 2001-2002 fiscal year only:

14         (a)  By January 15, 2002, executive agencies shall

15  submit to the Executive Office of the Governor adjustments to

16  their performance measures and standards necessitated by

17  reductions and other changes by the Legislature to 2001-2002

18  appropriations. Review, revision, and approval of such

19  adjustments shall be conducted pursuant to the requirements of

20  subsection (7).

21         (b)  By January 15, 2002, the judicial branch shall

22  make adjustments to any performance measures and standards

23  necessitated by reductions and other changes by the

24  Legislature to 2001-2002 appropriations. Review, revision, and

25  approval of such adjustments shall be conducted pursuant to

26  the requirements of subsection (9).

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28  This subsection expires July 1, 2002.

29         Section 3.  In order to implement the transfer of

30  moneys to the Working Capital Fund from trust funds, paragraph

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  1  (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida Statutes, is

  2  reenacted to read:

  3         215.32  State funds; segregation.--

  4         (2)  The source and use of each of these funds shall be

  5  as follows:

  6         (b)1.  The trust funds shall consist of moneys received

  7  by the state which under law or under trust agreement are

  8  segregated for a purpose authorized by law.  The state agency

  9  or branch of state government receiving or collecting such

10  moneys shall be responsible for their proper expenditure as

11  provided by law.  Upon the request of the state agency or

12  branch of state government responsible for the administration

13  of the trust fund, the Comptroller may establish accounts

14  within the trust fund at a level considered necessary for

15  proper accountability. Once an account is established within a

16  trust fund, the Comptroller may authorize payment from that

17  account only upon determining that there is sufficient cash

18  and releases at the level of the account.

19         2.  In order to maintain a minimum number of trust

20  funds in the State Treasury, each state agency or the judicial

21  branch may consolidate, if permitted under the terms and

22  conditions of their receipt, the trust funds administered by

23  it; provided, however, the agency or judicial branch employs

24  effectively a uniform system of accounts sufficient to

25  preserve the integrity of such trust funds; and provided,

26  further, that consolidation of trust funds is approved by the

27  Governor or the Chief Justice.

28         3.  All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be

29  expended in accordance with the law or trust agreement under

30  which they were received, subject always to the provisions of

31  chapter 216 relating to the appropriation of funds and to the

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  1  applicable laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of

  2  moneys in the State Treasury.

  3         4.a.  Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting

  4  the use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated

  5  cash balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by

  6  the Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund

  7  and Working Capital Fund in the General Appropriations Act.

  8         b.  This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds

  9  required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds

10  established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions

11  whose revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body

12  to meet debt service or other financial requirements of any

13  debt obligations of the state or any public body; the State

14  Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the net

15  annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the

16  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the

17  management of the Board of Regents, where such trust funds are

18  for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,

19  grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general

20  law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for

21  the Comptroller or state agencies; trust funds that account

22  for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an agent

23  or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or other

24  governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by the

25  State Constitution.

26         Section 4.  In order to implement Specific

27  Appropriation 345 of Senate Bill 2-C and notwithstanding any

28  proviso contained in Specific Appropriation 1235 of chapter

29  2001-253, Laws of Florida, if Federal Title IV-E earnings do

30  not materialize, the Department of Juvenile Justice is

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  1  directed not to transfer general revenue funds from Specific

  2  Appropriation 1200 to Specific Appropriation 1235.

  3         Section 5.  In order to implement Specific

  4  Appropriation 358 of Senate Bill 2-C, subsection (3) of

  5  section 16.555, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  6         16.555  Crime Stoppers Trust Fund; rulemaking.--

  7         (3)(a)  The department shall establish a trust fund for

  8  the purpose of grant administration to fund Crime Stoppers and

  9  their crime fighting programs within the units of a local

10  government of the state.

11         (b)  For the 2001-2002 state fiscal year only, and

12  notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,

13  moneys in the trust fund may also be used to pay for salaries

14  and benefits and other expenses of the department.  This

15  paragraph expires July 1, 2002.

16         Section 6.  In order to implement Specific

17  Appropriations 358 and 361 of Senate Bill 2-C, subsection (2)

18  of section 860.158, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         860.158  Florida Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Trust

20  Fund.--

21         (2)(a)  Money in the trust fund shall be expended as

22  follows:

23         1.(a)  To pay the authority's cost to administer the

24  board and the trust fund.

25         2.(b)  To achieve the purposes and objectives of this

26  act, which may include, but not be limited to, the following:

27         a.1.  To provide financial support to law enforcement

28  and correctional agencies, prosecutors, and the judiciary for

29  programs designed to reduce motor vehicle theft and to improve

30  the administration of motor vehicle theft laws.

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  1         b.2.  To provide financial support for federal and

  2  state agencies, units of local government, corporations, and

  3  neighborhood, community, or business organizations for

  4  programs designed to reduce motor vehicle theft and to improve

  5  the administration of motor vehicle theft laws.

  6         c.3.  To provide financial support to conduct programs

  7  designed to inform owners of motor vehicles about the

  8  financial and social cost of motor vehicle theft and to

  9  suggest to those owners methods for preventing motor vehicle

10  theft.

11         d.4.  To provide financial support for plans, programs,

12  and projects consistent with the purposes of this act.

13         (b)  For the 2001-2002 fiscal year only, and

14  notwithstanding s. 320.08046, the use of funds allocated to

15  the Florida Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Trust Fund shall be

16  as provided in Senate Bill 2-C. This paragraph expires July 1,

17  2002.

18         Section 7.  In order to implement Specific

19  Appropriations 441-446 of Senate Bill 2-C, paragraph (g) is

20  added to subsection (7) of section 339.135, Florida Statutes,

21  to read:

22         339.135  Work program; legislative budget request;

23  definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and

24  amendment.--

25         (7)  AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM.--

26         (g)  For the 2001-2002 state fiscal year only, and

27  notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (b)-(f), the

28  adopted work program shall be adjusted to include projects

29  approved as economic stimulus projects resulting from

30  additional appropriations made by Senate Bill 2-C, 2001

31  Special Session C, or similar legislation enacted at the same

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  1  legislative session or an extension thereof.  This paragraph

  2  expires July 1, 2002.

  3         Section 8.  In order to implement Specific

  4  Appropriation 633 of Senate Bill 2-C, subsection (5) is added

  5  to section 44.108, Florida Statutes, to read:

  6         44.108  Funding of mediation and

  7  arbitration.--Mediation should be accessible to all parties

  8  regardless of financial status.  Each board of county

  9  commissioners may support mediation and arbitration services

10  by appropriating moneys from county revenues and by:

11         (5)  For the 2001-2002 fiscal year only, the use of the

12  funds allocated to the state mediation and arbitration trust

13  fund shall be as provided in Senate Bill 2-C. This subsection

14  expires July 1, 2002.

15         Section 9.  It is the policy of the state that funds

16  appropriated to state agencies which may be used for

17  state-employee travel be limited, until July 1, 2002, to

18  travel for activities that are critical to the state agency's

19  mission. Funds may not be used to pay for travel by state

20  employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences,

21  staff-training activities, or other administrative functions

22  unless the respective agency head has determined that such

23  activities are critical to the agency mission. Travel for law

24  enforcement, military purposes, emergency management, and

25  public health activities is not covered by this section. The

26  agency head, or his or her designee, must consider

27  teleconferencing and other forms of electronic communication

28  to meet the needs of the proposed activity before approving

29  mission-critical travel.

30         Section 10.  For the Governor's recommended budget for

31  the fiscal year 2002-2003 only, the Governor shall furnish to

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  1  each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives a

  2  copy of his recommended balanced budget for the state, based

  3  on his own conclusions and judgment, by January 15, 2002.

  4         Section 11.  A section of this act that implements a

  5  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso

  6  language in the act making appropriations and reductions in

  7  appropriations for the 2001-2002 state fiscal year is void if

  8  the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso

  9  language is vetoed.  A section of this act that implements

10  more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion

11  of specifically identified proviso language in the act making

12  appropriations and reductions in appropriations for the

13  2001-2002 state fiscal year is void if all the specific

14  appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso

15  language are vetoed.

16         Section 12.  If any provision of this act or its

17  application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the

18  invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications

19  of the act which can be given effect without the invalid

20  provision or application, and to this end the provisions of

21  this act are declared severable.

22         Section 13.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Provides guidelines for implementing the supplemental
      appropriations act enacted at the special session of the
28    Legislature convening on November 27, 2001.

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