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    SB 4-C                                         First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act implementing the 2007-2008 special

  3         appropriations act; providing legislative

  4         intent; requiring state agencies to submit to

  5         the Executive Office of the Governor requests

  6         for revisions, additions, or deletions to

  7         approved performance measures and standards

  8         related to implementing the reductions and

  9         other changes in appropriations for the

10         2007-2008 fiscal year; requiring the judicial

11         branch to submit to the Legislature requests

12         for revisions, additions, or deletions to

13         approved performance measures and standards

14         related to implementing the reductions and

15         other changes in appropriations for the

16         2007-2008 fiscal year; requiring the Office of

17         the Inspector General in each agency to review

18         policies and procedures for the assignment and

19         use of motor vehicles by agency employees in

20         order to determine compliance with certain

21         criteria and rules of the Department of

22         Management Services; requiring each agency to

23         update the information in the Equipment

24         Management Information System; requiring a

25         report to the Governor, the Legislature, and

26         the Office of Program Policy Analysis and

27         Government Accountability by a specified date;

28         requiring that agencies adopt policies and

29         procedures to maximize the efficient use of

30         motor vehicles; amending s. 570.957, F.S.;

31         redefining the term "bioenergy" for purposes of


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    SB 4-C                                         First Engrossed



 1         the Farm-to-Fuel Grants Program; providing for

 2         the effect of a veto of one or more specific

 3         appropriations or proviso to which implementing

 4         language refers; providing for severability;

 5         providing an effective date.

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 7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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 9         Section 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that

10  the implementing and administering provisions of this act

11  apply to the act making appropriations and reductions in

12  appropriations for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

13         Section 2.  (1)  Pursuant to s. 216.1827, Florida

14  Statutes, executive agencies shall submit by January 15, 2008,

15  to the Executive Office of the Governor any requests for

16  revisions, additions, or deletions to approved performance

17  measures and standards related to the implementation of the

18  reductions and other changes in appropriations for the

19  2007-2008 fiscal year made by SB 2-C.

20         (2)  Pursuant to s. 216.1827, Florida Statutes, the

21  judicial branch shall submit by January 15, 2008, to the

22  Legislature any requests for revisions, additions, or

23  deletions to approved performance measures and standards

24  related to the implementation of the reductions and other

25  changes in appropriations for the 2007-2008 fiscal year made

26  by SB 2-C.

27         Section 3.  (1)  The Office of the Inspector General in

28  each agency shall review the agency's policies and procedures

29  for the assignment and use of motor vehicles by employees in

30  order to determine if such policies and procedures meet the

31  criteria specified in s. 287.17, Florida Statutes, and are


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    SB 4-C                                         First Engrossed



 1  consistent with rules adopted by the Department of Management

 2  Services under s. 216.262, Florida Statutes. Each agency shall

 3  update all information in the Equipment Management Information

 4  System (EMIS) and submit a report that includes:

 5         (a)  The policies and procedures for fleet size, fleet

 6  management, assignment of individual and motor pool vehicles,

 7  and use of personal vehicles;

 8         (b)  A list of motor vehicles owned by the agency by

 9  the year, make and model, special equipment package, mileage,

10  in-service date, annual maintenance costs, and intended use;

11         (c)  A list of vehicles identified as surplus and the

12  estimated revenues to be received from the disposition of such

13  vehicles;

14         (d)  The total dollars spent in the 2006-2007 fiscal

15  year to reimburse employees for travel mileage, segregated by

16  budget entity, class code of the employee, and justification

17  for travel in a personal vehicle; and

18         (e)  Efficiency determinations derived from this

19  review.

20         (2)  The report shall be submitted by December 1, 2007,

21  to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the

22  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

23  Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government

24  Accountability.

25         (3)  Each agency shall adopt policies and procedures to

26  maximize the efficient use of limited resources regarding

27  motor vehicle assignment and use and the reimbursement of

28  transportation costs associated with the use of private

29  vehicles for conducting official business, including policies

30  and procedures for designating as surplus motor vehicles

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    SB 4-C                                         First Engrossed



 1  determined to be unnecessary for carrying out job

 2  responsibilities in the most cost-efficient manner.

 3         Section 4.  In order to implement Specific

 4  Appropriation 377 of Senate Bill 2-C, paragraph (a) of

 5  subsection (1) of section 570.957, Florida Statutes, is

 6  amended to read:

 7         570.957  Farm-to-Fuel Grants Program.--

 8         (1)  As used in this section, the term:

 9         (a)  "Bioenergy" means useful, renewable energy

10  produced from organic matter through the conversion of the

11  complex carbohydrates in organic matter to energy. Organic

12  matter may either be used directly as a fuel, processed into

13  liquids and gases, or be a residue of processing and

14  conversion.

15         Section 5.  Any section of this act which implements a

16  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso

17  language in the act making appropriations and reductions in

18  appropriations for the 2007-2008 fiscal year is void if the

19  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso

20  language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements

21  more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion

22  of specifically identified proviso language in the act making

23  appropriations and reductions in appropriations for the

24  2007-2008 fiscal year is void if all the specific

25  appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso

26  language are vetoed.

27         Section 6.  If any provision of this act or its

28  application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the

29  invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of

30  the act which can be given effect without the invalid

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    SB 4-C                                         First Engrossed



 1  provision or application, and to this end the provisions of

 2  this act are severable.

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