Senate Bill sb1064

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1064

    By Senator Crist





    12-458-03

  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

21  indicators, which shall be used to determine the size and

22  impact of the 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 - 2003                                  SB 1064
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  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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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Creates the "Government Yardstick Act." Requires the
      Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
28    Accountability to report specific economic indicators to
      the Legislature each year for purposes of determining the
29    size and impact of the government sector in this state.
      Requires the office to establish methodologies and
30    assumptions relating to those indicators and to establish
      a baseline for the year 2000 and historic baselines for
31    years 1980 and 1990.

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