| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the National Idea Bank; amending s. |
| 3 | 11.70, F.S., relating to the Legislative Committee on |
| 4 | Intergovernmental Relations; revising responsibilities and |
| 5 | duties of the committee; creating s. 282.40, F.S.; |
| 6 | creating the "National Idea Bank Act"; providing intent; |
| 7 | directing the committee to create, maintain, and publicize |
| 8 | an Idea Bank on an Internet website; providing access |
| 9 | criteria for the website; requiring the committee to |
| 10 | solicit and display certain information on the website; |
| 11 | directing the committee to organize and present |
| 12 | information in a systematic and retrievable format that is |
| 13 | readily available to citizens and organizations; directing |
| 14 | the committee to make annual reports to the Governor and |
| 15 | the Legislature; providing an effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 20 | 11.70, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (k) is added |
| 21 | to subsection (4) of that section, to read: |
| 22 | 11.70 Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental |
| 23 | Relations.-- |
| 24 | (2) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.-- |
| 25 | (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a |
| 26 | need for an official body to: |
| 27 | 1. Involve local and state officials in an advisory |
| 28 | capacity to the executive and legislative branches of state |
| 29 | government. |
| 30 | 2. Study problems of the intergovernmental aspects of |
| 31 | governmental structure, finance, functional performance, and |
| 32 | relationships at the local, regional, state, and interstate |
| 33 | levels. |
| 34 | 3. Recommend solutions to intergovernmental problems. |
| 35 | 4. Establish a regular system of reporting to state and |
| 36 | local public officials on the progress of Florida and its |
| 37 | political subdivisions toward meeting their intergovernmental |
| 38 | responsibilities. |
| 39 | 5. Encourage and recommend methods of effective and |
| 40 | efficient delivery of services at the state and local levels |
| 41 | through services integration and combination of complementary |
| 42 | services delivery functions. |
| 43 | 6. Assume responsibilities for administering, |
| 44 | coordinating, or providing intergovernmental services as may be |
| 45 | required by the Legislature or Governor. |
| 46 | 7. Provide the Legislature, the Governor, and other |
| 47 | interested parties with advice on intergovernmental concerns. |
| 48 | 8. Assume responsibilities for creating, maintaining, and |
| 49 | operating the National Idea Bank website created in s. 282.40. |
| 50 | (4) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES.--The committee is authorized to: |
| 51 | (k) Carry out the responsibilities for creating, |
| 52 | maintaining, and operating the National Idea Bank website |
| 53 | created in s. 282.40. |
| 54 | Section 2. Section 282.40, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 55 | read: |
| 56 | 282.40 National Idea Bank.-- |
| 57 | (1) This section may be cited as the "National Idea Bank |
| 58 | Act." |
| 59 | (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a |
| 60 | central location for collecting ideas and documenting programs |
| 61 | and initiatives that have succeeded in governments and |
| 62 | organizations. |
| 63 | (3) The National Idea Bank is created, and the Legislative |
| 64 | Committee on Intergovernmental Relations shall: |
| 65 | (a) By January 1, 2008, create and maintain an "Idea Bank" |
| 66 | on an Internet website operated by the Florida Legislature with |
| 67 | nationwide access to carry out the purposes of this section. |
| 68 | (b) Provide Internet access to citizens and organizations |
| 69 | and a guided process for submitting ideas. |
| 70 | (c) Solicit and showcase on the website ideas submitted |
| 71 | from across the nation that subsequently became law or were |
| 72 | otherwise successfully implemented. |
| 73 | (d) Provide on the website an annual list of the ideas |
| 74 | that were most frequently replicated in this state or in other |
| 75 | jurisdictions across the United States. |
| 76 | (e) Organize and present all information in a systematic |
| 77 | and retrievable format that is readily available to citizens as |
| 78 | well as public and private organizations. |
| 79 | (f) Publicize the existence and use of the Idea Bank. |
| 80 | (4) The committee shall annually publish a report |
| 81 | summarizing the ideas received and collected during the previous |
| 82 | fiscal year and listing the ideas described in paragraph (3)(d) |
| 83 | and shall submit the report to the Governor, the President of |
| 84 | the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by |
| 85 | September 15 of each year. The full report shall also be posted |
| 86 | on the Idea Bank website. |
| 87 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |