Senate Bill sb1402c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 1402

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senator Crist




    302-2236-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Office of Program Policy

  3         Analysis and Government Accountability;

  4         providing a short title; requiring the office

  5         to report certain economic indicators to the

  6         Legislature each year for certain purposes;

  7         requiring the office to establish methodologies

  8         and assumptions relating to such indicators;

  9         requiring the office to develop such economic

10         indicators for certain years; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Government

16  Yardstick Act."

17         Section 2.  (1)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis

18  and Government Accountability shall report, by January 1 of

19  each year, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

20  the House of Representatives the following economic indicators

21  which shall be used to determine the size and impact of the

22  government sector in this state:

23         (a)  Spending by the state and local governments, as a

24  percentage of state domestic product, including, but not

25  limited to, grants, subcontracted labor, and all other

26  expenditures of government and quasi-governmental entities.

27         (b)  An estimate of the cost of compliance with

28  regulations of the state and local governments as a percentage

29  of state domestic product. Such costs shall be limited to the

30  expenditures for labor, materials, and equipment necessary to

31  comply with such regulations.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 1402
    302-2236-02




  1         (c)  Total state and local government employment,

  2  including, but not limited to, subcontracted labor, expressed

  3  in full-time employee equivalents.

  4         (d)  Total assets of the state and local governments.

  5         (e)  Total liabilities of the state and local

  6  governments, including, but not limited to, public

  7  indebtedness.

  8         (f)  To the extent similar data is available, a

  9  comparative analysis of the size and impact of this state's

10  government sector with that of all other states.

11         (2)  The office shall establish a methodology and

12  appropriate assumptions necessary for the efficient and

13  cost-effective implementation of this act. After establishing

14  a methodology, the office shall use the economic indicators to

15  establish a baseline for the year 2000. Using the same

16  methodology, the office shall prepare the economic indicators

17  for the years 1980 and 1990, including any supplemental

18  assumptions necessary to bridge gaps in available data. Where

19  necessary in the report of economic indicators, qualifying

20  statements may be made to make clear the limitations of the

21  methodology and any resultant range of accuracy.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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25          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
26                         Senate Bill 1402

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28  The Committee Substitute adds an additional data reporting
    element on the comparative size and impact of Florida's
29  government sector with that of other states.

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