HB 1511

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to government productivity improvement and
3	accountability; creating s. 216.1675, F.S.; providing a
4	popular name; providing legislative findings and purpose;
5	designating the Executive Office of the Governor as the
6	agency responsible for directing the productivity
7	improvement and accountability process; requiring the
8	Governor's recommended budget to include certain cost-
9	saving recommendations; requiring submission of such
10	recommendations in legislation, to include an estimate of
11	the productivity improvements and cost savings; providing
12	responsibility for implementation; requiring inclusion of
13	the cost-saving items in the General Appropriations Act;
14	restricting use of the funds from such cost savings;
15	requiring certain quarterly reports; requiring certain
16	cooperation and assistance; providing an effective date.
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18	WHEREAS, the State of Florida should follow the wishes of
19	the taxpayers of the state to improve productivity and cost
20	savings in the production and delivery of public goods and
21	services, and
22	WHEREAS, there are standard methods and practices that can
23	be employed by state government to measure, evaluate, and
24	determine productivity and cost savings in the production and
25	delivery of public goods and services, NOW, THEREFORE,
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27	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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29	Section 1.  Section 216.1675, Florida Statutes, is created
30	to read:
31	216.1675  Productivity improvement and accountability.--
32	(1)  This section may be cited by the popular name the
33	"Florida Productivity Improvement and Accountability Act."
34	(2)  The Legislature finds that there is a need to
35	establish a productivity improvement and accountability process
36	that is fully integrated with the state budgeting process, the
37	purpose of which is to provide a vehicle for reviewing and
38	implementing ideas that improve productivity and reduce the
39	costs of state government services through the state budgeting
40	and appropriations processes.
41	(3)  In order to carry out this section, the Executive
42	Office of the Governor is designated as the agency responsible
43	for the coordination, development, direction, monitoring, and
44	evaluation of the productivity improvement and accountability
45	process.
46	(4)  As a part of the Governor's recommended budget, the
47	Governor must include recommendations that can generate cost
48	savings and productivity improvements without reducing state
49	government services. These must include estimated timeframes for
50	implementing the recommendations and preliminary estimates of
51	the dollar amount of cost savings expected to be realized. These
52	ideas may originate from any source or productivity and
53	accountability review forum such as the Office of Program Policy
54	Analysis and Government Accountability, Florida TaxWatch, the
55	Auditor General, the Executive Office of the Governor,
56	legislative committees, executive branch agencies, and private
57	citizens. The total amount of the annualized estimates of these
58	specific cost-saving recommendations must equal a minimum of 1
59	percent of the estimate of net general revenue for the following
60	budget year.
61	(5)  These recommendations must be submitted as a bill for
62	consideration by the Legislature. The agency responsible for the
63	service delivery referenced in each recommendation shall be
64	responsible for implementation. The bill must include an
65	estimate of the dollar amounts of the productivity improvements
66	and cost savings, as determined by the applicable consensus
67	estimating conference.
68	(6)  The productivity improvement and cost-saving items
69	must be placed in the General Appropriations Act, subject to
70	passage of the bill containing the recommendation.
71	(7)  The funds from these specifically identified
72	productivity improvement and cost-saving recommendations shall
73	be placed in reserve and may be used to reduce any budget
74	deficit in recurring general revenue or applied toward the
75	reduction of state debt.
76	(8)  State agencies must report quarterly to the Governor
77	in a public hearing on their implementation of the productivity
78	enhancements. The Governor shall report quarterly to the
79	Legislative Budget Commission in a public hearing on the
80	progress achieved in implementing the cost savings and revenue
81	enhancements identified pursuant to this section and shall
82	identify the amounts put in reserve or applied to reduce state
83	debt.
84	(9)  All state agencies and the judicial branch are
85	directed to extend maximum cooperation and assistance in the
86	furtherance of this program.
87	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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