HB 1205

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

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