Florida Senate - 2007 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 4-C
Barcode 311556
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11 The Conference Committee on SB 4-C recommended the following
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14 Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that
19 the implementing and administering provisions of this act
20 apply to the act making appropriations and reductions in
21 appropriations for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
22 Section 2. (1) Pursuant to s. 216.1827, Florida
23 Statutes, executive agencies shall submit by January 15, 2008,
24 to the Executive Office of the Governor any requests for
25 revisions, additions, or deletions to approved performance
26 measures and standards related to the implementation of the
27 reductions and other changes in appropriations for the
28 2007-2008 fiscal year made by SB 2-C.
29 (2) Pursuant to s. 216.1827, Florida Statutes, the
30 judicial branch shall submit by January 15, 2008, to the
31 Legislature any requests for revisions, additions, or
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1 deletions to approved performance measures and standards
2 related to the implementation of the reductions and other
3 changes in appropriations for the 2007-2008 fiscal year made
4 by SB 2-C.
5 Section 3. (1) The Office of the Inspector General in
6 each agency shall review the agency's policies and procedures
7 for the assignment and use of motor vehicles by employees in
8 order to determine if such policies and procedures meet the
9 criteria specified in s. 287.17, Florida Statutes, and are
10 consistent with rules adopted by the Department of Management
11 Services under s. 216.262, Florida Statutes. Each agency shall
12 update all information in the Equipment Management Information
13 System (EMIS) and submit a report that includes:
14 (a) The policies and procedures for fleet size, fleet
15 management, assignment of individual and motor pool vehicles,
16 and use of personal vehicles;
17 (b) A list of motor vehicles owned by the agency by
18 the year, make and model, special equipment package, mileage,
19 in-service date, annual maintenance costs, and intended use;
20 (c) A list of vehicles identified as surplus and the
21 estimated revenues to be received from the disposition of such
22 vehicles;
23 (d) The total dollars spent in the 2006-2007 fiscal
24 year to reimburse employees for travel mileage, segregated by
25 budget entity, class code of the employee, and justification
26 for travel in a personal vehicle; and
27 (e) Efficiency determinations derived from this
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29 (2) The report shall be submitted by December 1, 2007,
30 to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the
31 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
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1 Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
2 Accountability.
3 (3) Each agency shall adopt policies and procedures to
4 maximize the efficient use of limited resources regarding
5 motor vehicle assignment and use and the reimbursement of
6 transportation costs associated with the use of private
7 vehicles for conducting official business, including policies
8 and procedures for designating as surplus motor vehicles
9 determined to be unnecessary for carrying out job
10 responsibilities in the most cost-efficient manner.
11 Section 4. In order to implement Specific
12 Appropriation 377 of Senate Bill 2-C, paragraph (a) of
13 subsection (1) of section 570.957, Florida Statutes, is
14 amended to read:
15 570.957 Farm-to-Fuel Grants Program.--
16 (1) As used in this section, the term:
17 (a) "Bioenergy" means useful, renewable energy
18 produced from organic matter through the conversion of the
19 complex carbohydrates in organic matter to energy. Organic
20 matter may either be used directly as a fuel, processed into
21 liquids and gases, or be a residue of processing and
22 conversion.
23 Section 5. Any section of this act which implements a
24 specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
25 language in the act making appropriations and reductions in
26 appropriations for the 2007-2008 fiscal year is void if the
27 specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
28 language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements
29 more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion
30 of specifically identified proviso language in the act making
31 appropriations and reductions in appropriations for the
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1 2007-2008 fiscal year is void if all the specific
2 appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso
3 language are vetoed.
4 Section 6. If any provision of this act or its
5 application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
6 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of
7 the act which can be given effect without the invalid
8 provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
9 this act are severable.
10 Section 7. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
11 law.
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15 And the title is amended as follows:
16 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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18 and insert:
19 A bill to be entitled
20 An act implementing the 2007-2008 special
21 appropriations act; providing legislative
22 intent; requiring state agencies to submit to
23 the Executive Office of the Governor requests
24 for revisions, additions, or deletions to
25 approved performance measures and standards
26 related to implementing the reductions and
27 other changes in appropriations for the
28 2007-2008 fiscal year; requiring the judicial
29 branch to submit to the Legislature requests
30 for revisions, additions, or deletions to
31 approved performance measures and standards
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1 related to implementing the reductions and
2 other changes in appropriations for the
3 2007-2008 fiscal year; requiring the Office of
4 the Inspector General in each agency to review
5 policies and procedures for the assignment and
6 use of motor vehicles by agency employees in
7 order to determine compliance with certain
8 criteria and rules of the Department of
9 Management Services; requiring each agency to
10 update the information in the Equipment
11 Management Information System; requiring a
12 report to the Governor, the Legislature, and
13 the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
14 Government Accountability by a specified date;
15 requiring that agencies adopt policies and
16 procedures to maximize the efficient use of
17 motor vehicles; amending s. 570.957, F.S.;
18 redefining the term "bioenergy" for purposes of
19 the Farm-to-Fuel Grants Program; providing for
20 the effect of a veto of one or more specific
21 appropriations or proviso to which implementing
22 language refers; providing for severability;
23 providing an effective date.
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