1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to implementing the 2010-2011 General |
3 | Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; |
4 | incorporating by reference certain calculations of the |
5 | Florida Education Finance Program for the 2010-2011 fiscal |
6 | year; amending s. 216.292, F.S.; authorizing the transfer |
7 | of funds, upon certain approval, for fixed capital outlay |
8 | from the Survey Recommended Needs-Public Schools |
9 | appropriation category to the Maintenance, Repair, |
10 | Renovation and Remodeling appropriation category; |
11 | authorizing the Department of Corrections and the |
12 | Department of Juvenile Justice to make certain |
13 | expenditures to defray costs incurred by a municipality or |
14 | county as a result of opening or operating a facility |
15 | under authority of the respective department; amending s. |
16 | 216.262, F.S.; providing for additional positions to |
17 | operate additional prison bed capacity under certain |
18 | circumstances; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs |
19 | to transfer certain funds to pay salaries and benefits; |
20 | amending s. 932.7055, F.S.; delaying the expiration of |
21 | provisions authorizing a municipality to expend funds from |
22 | its special law enforcement trust fund to reimburse the |
23 | municipality's general fund; amending s. 394.908, F.S.; |
24 | providing allocation requirements for specified funds |
25 | appropriated for forensic mental health services; |
26 | requiring that funds appropriated through the Community- |
27 | Based Medicaid Administrative Claiming Program be |
28 | allocated proportionately to contributed provider |
29 | earnings; amending s. 215.5602, F.S.; suspending for the |
30 | 2010-2011 fiscal year the reservation of a portion of |
31 | certain funds in the Health Care Trust Fund for certain |
32 | research purposes; extending the expiration date of the |
33 | James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program; |
34 | amending s. 381.992, F.S.; deleting an obsolete |
35 | authorization of funding for the William G. "Bill" |
36 | Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program; |
37 | extending the expiration date of the program; prohibiting |
38 | any state agency from adopting or implementing a rule or |
39 | policy mandating or establishing new nitrogen-reduction |
40 | limits under certain circumstances; requiring the Florida |
41 | Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center at Florida State |
42 | University to conduct an analysis; amending s. 218.12, |
43 | F.S.; requiring that the value of assessments reduced |
44 | pursuant to s. 4(d)(8)a. of Art. VII of the State |
45 | Constitution include only the reduction in taxable value |
46 | for homesteads established in the preceding year; |
47 | reenacting s. 255.518(1)(b), F.S., relating to payment of |
48 | obligations during the construction of any facility |
49 | financed by such obligations; amending s. 255.503, F.S.; |
50 | delaying the expiration of provisions relating to the |
51 | Florida Facilities Pool; amending s. 253.034, F.S.; |
52 | authorizing the deposit of funds derived from the sale of |
53 | property by the Department of Citrus into the Citrus |
54 | Advertising Trust Fund; amending s. 375.041, F.S.; |
55 | authorizing transfer of moneys in the Land Acquisition |
56 | Trust Fund to the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund for |
57 | the Total Maximum Daily Loads Program, the Drinking Water |
58 | Facility Construction-State Revolving Loan Fund, and the |
59 | Wastewater Facility Treatment Construction-State Revolving |
60 | Loan Fund as provided in the General Appropriations Act; |
61 | amending s. 373.59, F.S.; providing for the allocation of |
62 | moneys from the Water Management Lands Trust Fund for |
63 | certain purposes; amending s. 376.3071, F.S.; delaying the |
64 | repeal of provisions relating to funding from the Inland |
65 | Protection Trust Fund for site restoration; amending s. |
66 | 570.20, F.S.; delaying the expiration of provisions |
67 | authorizing moneys in the General Inspection Trust Fund to |
68 | be appropriated for certain programs operated by the |
69 | Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; amending |
70 | s. 403.7095, F.S.; requiring that the Department of |
71 | Environmental Protection award a specified amount in |
72 | grants equally to certain counties for waste tire and |
73 | litter prevention, recycling education, and general solid |
74 | waste programs; authorizing the Department of Agriculture |
75 | and Consumer Services to extend, revise, and renew current |
76 | contracts or agreements created or entered into for the |
77 | purpose of promotion of agriculture; amending s. 339.135, |
78 | F.S.; providing for use of transportation revenues; |
79 | requiring that the Department of Transportation transfer |
80 | funds to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
81 | Development for the purpose of funding transportation- |
82 | related needs of economic development projects; reviving, |
83 | reenacting, and amending s. 443.1117, F.S.; providing for |
84 | retroactive application; establishing temporary state |
85 | extended benefits for weeks of unemployment; revising |
86 | definitions; providing for state extended benefits for |
87 | certain weeks and for periods of high unemployment; |
88 | providing applicability; providing a declaration of |
89 | important state interest; providing that funds |
90 | appropriated from the Economic Development Transportation |
91 | Trust Fund may be used to attract new space business to |
92 | the state and for other specified needs for the |
93 | development of aviation and aerospace operations; amending |
94 | s. 216.292, F.S.; permitting the Legislative Budget |
95 | Commission to review and approve recommendations by the |
96 | Governor for fixed capital outlay projects funded by |
97 | grants awarded from the American Recovery and Reinvestment |
98 | Act of 2009 or by any other federal economic stimulus |
99 | grant funding received; authorizing the Executive Office |
100 | of the Governor to transfer funds appropriated for the |
101 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in |
102 | traditional appropriation categories in the General |
103 | Appropriations Act to appropriation categories established |
104 | for the specific purpose of tracking funds appropriated |
105 | for the act; reenacting s. 288.1254(4)(c) and (d), F.S., |
106 | relating to the entertainment industry financial incentive |
107 | program, to continue the amount of incentive funding to be |
108 | appropriated in any fiscal year for the independent |
109 | Florida filmmaker queue and the digital media projects |
110 | queue; amending s. 339.08, F.S.; delaying the expiration |
111 | of provisions relating to the use of moneys in the State |
112 | Transportation Trust Fund for certain administrative |
113 | expenses; authorizing the transfer of funds from the State |
114 | Transportation Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund |
115 | under certain circumstances; amending s. 445.009, F.S.; |
116 | providing that a participant in an adult or youth work |
117 | experience activity under ch. 445, F.S., is an employee of |
118 | the state for purposes of workers' compensation coverage; |
119 | authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to |
120 | transfer funds between departments for purposes of |
121 | aligning amounts paid for risk management premiums and for |
122 | purposes of aligning amounts paid for human resource |
123 | management services; authorizing the Executive Office of |
124 | the Governor to transfer funds between departments for |
125 | purposes of aligning the budget authority granted to each |
126 | agency with the reductions in employee compensation; |
127 | authorizing the heads of agencies to terminate staff and |
128 | make personnel and salary adjustments and reductions to |
129 | maximize efficiency of agency operations; amending s. |
130 | 110.123, F.S.; providing for the state's monthly |
131 | contribution for employees under the state group insurance |
132 | program; amending s. 112.24, F.S.; providing conditions on |
133 | the assignment of an employee of a state agency without |
134 | reimbursement from the receiving agency; reenacting s. |
135 | 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the source and use of |
136 | certain trust funds in order to implement the transfer of |
137 | moneys in the General Revenue Fund from trust funds in the |
138 | 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act; providing for the |
139 | authorization and issuance of new debt; limiting the use |
140 | of travel funds to activities that are critical to an |
141 | agency's mission; providing exceptions; providing for |
142 | future expiration of various provisions; providing for |
143 | reversion of statutory text of certain provisions; |
144 | providing for the effect of a veto of one or more specific |
145 | appropriations or proviso to which implementing language |
146 | refers; providing for the continued operation of certain |
147 | provisions notwithstanding a future repeal or expiration |
148 | provided by the act; providing for severability; providing |
149 | effective dates. |
150 |
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151 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
152 |
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153 | Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the |
154 | implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to |
155 | the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. |
156 | Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
157 | 6, 7, 8, 78, and 79 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
158 | the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for |
159 | the 2010-2011 fiscal year in the document entitled "Public |
160 | School Funding-The Florida Education Finance Program," dated |
161 | April X, 2010, and filed with the Clerk of the House of |
162 | Representatives, are incorporated by reference for the purpose |
163 | of displaying the calculations used by the Legislature, |
164 | consistent with the requirements of the Florida Statutes, in |
165 | making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program. |
166 | Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
167 | 17 and 18 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, paragraph |
168 | (c) is added to subsection (3) of section 216.292, Florida |
169 | Statutes, to read: |
170 | 216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions.- |
171 | (3) The following transfers are authorized with the |
172 | approval of the Executive Office of the Governor for the |
173 | executive branch or the Chief Justice for the judicial branch, |
174 | subject to the notice and objection provisions of s. 216.177: |
175 | (c) The transfer of appropriations for fixed capital |
176 | outlay from the Survey Recommended Needs-Public Schools |
177 | appropriation category to the Maintenance, Repair, Renovation |
178 | and Remodeling appropriation category. The allocation of |
179 | transferred funds shall be in accordance with s. 1013.64(1). |
180 | This paragraph expires July 1, 2011. |
181 | Section 4. In order to fulfill legislative intent |
182 | regarding the use of funds contained in Specific Appropriations |
183 | 639, 651, 663, and 1188 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations |
184 | Act, the Department of Corrections and the Department of |
185 | Juvenile Justice may expend appropriated funds to assist in |
186 | defraying the costs of impacts that are incurred by a |
187 | municipality or county and that are associated with opening or |
188 | operating a facility under the authority of the department. The |
189 | amount paid for any facility may not exceed 1 percent of the |
190 | cost to construct the facility, less building impact fees |
191 | imposed by the municipality or county. This section expires July |
192 | 1, 2011. |
193 | Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
194 | 629 through 727 and 747 through 781 of the 2010-2011 General |
195 | Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida |
196 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
197 | 216.262 Authorized positions.- |
198 | (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter on |
199 | increasing the number of authorized positions, and for the 2010- |
200 | 2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only, if the actual inmate population |
201 | of the Department of Corrections exceeds the inmate population |
202 | projections of the February 19, 2010 April 30, 2009, Criminal |
203 | Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2 consecutive |
204 | months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive Office of the |
205 | Governor, with the approval of the Legislative Budget |
206 | Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice |
207 | Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible |
208 | to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then |
209 | submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of |
210 | positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature |
211 | and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue |
212 | sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital |
213 | improvements, and other resources to provide classification, |
214 | security, food services, health services, and other variable |
215 | expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated |
216 | increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to |
217 | the authority granted in this subsection shall be subject to |
218 | review and approval by the Legislative Budget Commission. This |
219 | subsection expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
220 | Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
221 | 1306, 1322, 1329, 1349, and 1359 of the 2010-2011 General |
222 | Appropriations Act, the Department of Legal Affairs is |
223 | authorized to transfer cash remaining after required |
224 | disbursements for Attorney General case numbers 16-2008-CA-01- |
225 | 3142CV-C and CACE08022328 from FLAIR account 41-71-2-601001- |
226 | 41100100-00-181076-00 to the Operating Trust Fund to pay |
227 | salaries and benefits. This section expires July 1, 2011. |
228 | Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
229 | 1245 and 1251 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
230 | paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 932.7055, Florida |
231 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
232 | 932.7055 Disposition of liens and forfeited property.- |
233 | (4) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited property shall |
234 | be disbursed in the following priority: |
235 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
236 | subsection, and for the 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only, |
237 | the funds in a special law enforcement trust fund established by |
238 | the governing body of a municipality may be expended to |
239 | reimburse the general fund of the municipality for moneys |
240 | advanced from the general fund to the special law enforcement |
241 | trust fund prior to October 1, 2001. This paragraph expires July |
242 | 1, 2011 2010. |
243 | Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
244 | 324 through 355 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
245 | paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of section 394.908, |
246 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
247 | 394.908 Substance abuse and mental health funding equity; |
248 | distribution of appropriations.-In recognition of the historical |
249 | inequity in the funding of substance abuse and mental health |
250 | services for the department's districts and regions and to |
251 | rectify this inequity and provide for equitable funding in the |
252 | future throughout the state, the following funding process shall |
253 | be used: |
254 | (3) |
255 | (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and for the 2010-2011 |
256 | 2009-2010 fiscal year only, funds appropriated for forensic |
257 | mental health treatment services shall be allocated to the areas |
258 | of the state having the greatest demand for services and |
259 | treatment capacity. This paragraph expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
260 | (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and for the 2010-2011 |
261 | 2009-2010 fiscal year only, additional funds appropriated for |
262 | substance abuse and mental health services from funds available |
263 | through the Community-Based Medicaid Administrative Claiming |
264 | Program shall be allocated as provided in the 2010-2011 2009- |
265 | 2010 General Appropriations Act and in proportion to contributed |
266 | provider earnings. This paragraph expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
267 | Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
268 | 518 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, subsections |
269 | (12) through (15) of section 215.5602, Florida Statutes, are |
270 | amended to read: |
271 | 215.5602 James and Esther King Biomedical Research |
272 | Program.- |
273 | (12)(a) From funds appropriated to accomplish the goals of |
274 | this section, up to $250,000 shall be available for the |
275 | operating costs of the Florida Center for Universal Research to |
276 | Eradicate Disease. |
277 | (b)(a) Beginning in the 2009-2010 fiscal year and |
278 | thereafter, 5 percent of the revenue deposited into the Health |
279 | Care Trust Fund pursuant to ss. 210.011(9) and 210.276(7) shall |
280 | be reserved for research of tobacco-related or cancer-related |
281 | illnesses; however, the sum of the revenue reserved pursuant to |
282 | ss. 210.011(9) and 210.276(7) may not exceed $50 million in any |
283 | fiscal year. This paragraph is suspended for the 2010-2011 |
284 | fiscal year. |
285 | (b) In the 2009-2010 fiscal year, 2.5 percent, not to |
286 | exceed $25 million, of the revenue deposited into the Health |
287 | Care Trust Fund pursuant to this subsection shall be transferred |
288 | to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department of |
289 | Health for the James and Esther King Biomedical Research |
290 | Program. |
291 | (13) By June 1, 2009, the Division of Statutory Revision |
292 | of the Office of Legislative Services shall certify to the |
293 | President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
294 | Representatives the language and statutory citation of this |
295 | section, which is scheduled to expire January 1, 2011. |
296 | (14) The Legislature shall review the performance, the |
297 | outcomes, and the financial management of the James and Esther |
298 | King Biomedical Research Program during the 2010 Regular Session |
299 | of the Legislature and shall determine the most appropriate |
300 | funding source and means of funding the program based on its |
301 | review. |
302 | (13)(15) This section expires July January 1, 2011, unless |
303 | reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date. |
304 | Section 10. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
305 | 508 through 526 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
306 | subsections (5) through (8) of section 381.922, Florida |
307 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
308 | 381.922 William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley |
309 | Cancer Research Program.- |
310 | (5) Funds appropriated for the William G. "Bill" Bankhead, |
311 | Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program shall be |
312 | distributed pursuant to this section to provide grants to |
313 | researchers seeking cures for cancer and cancer-related |
314 | illnesses, with emphasis given to the goals enumerated in s. |
315 | 381.921. From the total funds appropriated, an amount of up to |
316 | 10 percent may be used for administrative expenses. In the 2009- |
317 | 2010 fiscal year, 2.5 percent, not to exceed $25 million, of the |
318 | revenue deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund pursuant to s. |
319 | 215.5602(12)(a) shall be transferred to the Biomedical Research |
320 | Trust Fund within the Department of Health for the William G. |
321 | "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program. |
322 | (6) By June 1, 2009, the Division of Statutory Revision of |
323 | the Office of Legislative Services shall certify to the |
324 | President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
325 | Representatives the language and statutory citation of this |
326 | section, which is scheduled to expire January 1, 2011. |
327 | (7) The Legislature shall review the performance, the |
328 | outcomes, and the financial management of the William G. "Bill" |
329 | Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program during |
330 | the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature and shall determine |
331 | the most appropriate funding source and means of funding the |
332 | program based on its review. |
333 | (6)(8) This section expires July January 1, 2011, unless |
334 | reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date. |
335 | Section 11. (1) In order to implement proviso following |
336 | Specific Appropriation 486 of the 2010-2011 General |
337 | Appropriations Act, and for the 2010-2011 fiscal year only, |
338 | notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state agency may not |
339 | adopt or implement a rule or policy that: |
340 | (a) Mandates or establishes new nitrogen-reduction limits |
341 | that apply to existing or new onsite sewage treatment systems; |
342 | (b) Has the effect of requiring the use of performance- |
343 | based treatment systems; or |
344 | (c) Increases the cost of treatment for nitrogen reduction |
345 | from onsite systems, |
346 |
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347 | before the study and report required in proviso following |
348 | Specific Appropriation 486 is completed. |
349 | (2) This section expires July 1, 2011. |
350 | Section 12. In order to implement section 77 of the 2010- |
351 | 2011 General Appropriations Act, the Florida Catastrophic Storm |
352 | Risk Management Center at Florida State University shall conduct |
353 | the analysis as originally required in section 164 of chapter |
354 | 2004-390, Laws of Florida. Notwithstanding section 164 of |
355 | chapter 2004-390, Laws of Florida, the Florida Catastrophic |
356 | Storm Risk Management Center at Florida State University is |
357 | directed to use the most recent and available premium data for |
358 | personal lines property and casualty insurance in completing the |
359 | analysis. |
360 | Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
361 | 3055O, subsection (3) of section 218.12, Florida Statutes, is |
362 | amended to read: |
363 | 218.12 Appropriations to offset reductions in ad valorem |
364 | tax revenue in fiscally constrained counties.- |
365 | (3) In determining the reductions in ad valorem tax |
366 | revenues occurring as a result of the implementation of the |
367 | revisions to Art. VII of the State Constitution approved in the |
368 | special election held on January 29, 2008, the value of |
369 | assessments reduced pursuant to s. 4(d)(8)a., Art. VII of the |
370 | State Constitution shall include only the reduction in taxable |
371 | value for homesteads established January 1, 2010 2009. |
372 | Section 14. The amendment to s. 218.12(3), Florida |
373 | Statutes, by this act shall expire July 1, 2011, and the text of |
374 | that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, |
375 | 2009, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than |
376 | by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the |
377 | extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions |
378 | of such text which expire pursuant to this section. |
379 | Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
380 | 2838 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) |
381 | of subsection (1) of section 255.518, Florida Statutes, is |
382 | reenacted to read: |
383 | 255.518 Obligations; purpose, terms, approval, |
384 | limitations.- |
385 | (1) |
386 | (b) Payment of debt service charges on obligations during |
387 | the construction of any facility financed by such obligations |
388 | shall be made from funds other than proceeds of obligations. |
389 | Section 16. The amendment to s. 255.518(1)(b), Florida |
390 | Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapters 2008-153 |
391 | and 2009-82, Laws of Florida, shall expire July 1, 2011, and the |
392 | text of that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June |
393 | 30, 2008, except that any amendments to such text enacted other |
394 | than by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to |
395 | the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the |
396 | portions of such text which expire pursuant to this section. |
397 | Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
398 | 2821 through 2835 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
399 | paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 255.503, Florida |
400 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
401 | 255.503 Powers of the Department of Management Services.- |
402 | The Department of Management Services shall have all the |
403 | authority necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes and |
404 | provisions of this act, including, but not limited to, the |
405 | authority to: |
406 | (7) |
407 | (b) No later than the date upon which the department |
408 | recommends to the Division of State Lands of the Department of |
409 | Environmental Protection the disposition of any facility within |
410 | the Florida Facilities Pool, the department shall provide to the |
411 | President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |
412 | Representatives, the Executive Office of the Governor, and the |
413 | Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration an |
414 | analysis that includes: |
415 | 1. The cost benefit of the proposed facility disposition, |
416 | including the facility's current operating expenses, condition, |
417 | and market value, and viable alternatives for work space for |
418 | impacted state employees. |
419 | 2. The effect of the proposed facility disposition on the |
420 | financial status of the Florida Facilities Pool, including the |
421 | effect on rental rates and coverage requirement for the bonds. |
422 |
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423 | This paragraph expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
424 | Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
425 | 2379 through 2401 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
426 | subsection (14) of section 253.034, Florida Statutes, is amended |
427 | to read: |
428 | 253.034 State-owned lands; uses.- |
429 | (14) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, funds |
430 | derived from the sale of property by the Department of Citrus' |
431 | property Citrus located in Lakeland, Florida, are authorized to |
432 | be deposited into the Citrus Advertising Trust Fund. This |
433 | subsection expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
434 | Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
435 | 1763, 1775A, 1789, and 1790, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of |
436 | section 375.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
437 | 375.041 Land Acquisition Trust Fund.- |
438 | (3) |
439 | (b) In addition to the uses allowed in paragraph (a), for |
440 | the 2010-2011 2008-2009 fiscal year, moneys in the Land |
441 | Acquisition Trust Fund are authorized for transfer to the Water |
442 | Quality Assurance Trust Fund for the Total Maximum Daily Loads |
443 | Program, the Drinking Water Facility Construction-State |
444 | Revolving Loan Fund, the Wastewater Facility Treatment |
445 | Construction-State Revolving Loan Fund, and the Florida Onsite |
446 | Sewage Reduction Strategies Study Ecosystem Management and |
447 | Restoration Trust Fund for grants and aids to local governments |
448 | for water projects as provided in the General Appropriations |
449 | Act. This paragraph expires July 1, 2011 2009. |
450 | Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
451 | 1389 and 1692 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
452 | subsection (12) of section 373.59, Florida Statutes, is amended, |
453 | and subsection (13) is added to that section, to read: |
454 | 373.59 Water Management Lands Trust Fund.- |
455 | (12)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (8), |
456 | and for the 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only, the moneys |
457 | from the Water Management Lands Trust Fund shall be allocated as |
458 | follows: |
459 | 1.(a) An amount necessary to pay debt service on bonds |
460 | issued before February 1, 2009, by the South Florida Water |
461 | Management District and the St. Johns River Water Management |
462 | District, which are secured by revenues provided pursuant to |
463 | this section, or to fund debt service reserve funds, rebate |
464 | obligations, or other amounts payable with respect to such |
465 | bonds; |
466 | 2.(b) Eight million dollars to be transferred to the |
467 | General Revenue Fund; and |
468 | 3. One million dollars for implementation of environmental |
469 | restoration and water resource sustainability projects and |
470 | programs as described in the West Central Florida Water |
471 | Restoration Action Plan; and |
472 | 4.(c) The remaining funds to be distributed equally |
473 | between the Suwannee River Water Management District and the |
474 | Northwest Florida Water Management District. |
475 | (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2010-2011 |
476 | fiscal year only, the sum of $50,000 from the Water Management |
477 | Lands Trust Fund shall be transferred to the General Inspection |
478 | Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
479 | Services for the soil and water conservation districts for |
480 | support services. |
481 |
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482 | This subsection expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
483 | (13) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for fiscal year 2010- |
484 | 2011 only, moneys in the Water Management Lands Trust Fund may |
485 | be used for implementation of environmental restoration and |
486 | water resource sustainability projects and programs as described |
487 | in the West Central Florida Water Restoration Action Plan. This |
488 | subsection expires July 1, 2011. |
489 | Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
490 | 1804 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (c) |
491 | of subsection (5) of section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is |
492 | amended to read: |
493 | 376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; |
494 | funding.- |
495 | (5) SITE SELECTION AND CLEANUP CRITERIA.- |
496 | (c) The department shall require source removal, if |
497 | warranted and cost-effective, at each site eligible for |
498 | restoration funding from the Inland Protection Trust Fund. |
499 | 1. Funding for free product recovery may be provided in |
500 | advance of the order established by the priority ranking system |
501 | under paragraph (a) for site cleanup activities. However, a |
502 | separate prioritization for free product recovery shall be |
503 | established consistent with paragraph (a). No more than $5 |
504 | million shall be encumbered from the Inland Protection Trust |
505 | Fund in any fiscal year for free product recovery conducted in |
506 | advance of the priority order under paragraph (a) established |
507 | for site cleanup activities. |
508 | 2. Funding for limited interim soil-source removals for |
509 | sites that will become inaccessible for future remediation due |
510 | to road infrastructure and right-of-way restrictions resulting |
511 | from a pending Department of Transportation road construction |
512 | project or for secondary containment upgrading of underground |
513 | storage tanks required under chapter 62-761, Florida |
514 | Administrative Code, may be provided in advance of the order |
515 | established by the priority ranking system under paragraph (a) |
516 | for site cleanup activities. The department shall provide |
517 | written guidance on the limited source removal information and |
518 | technical evaluation necessary to justify a request for a |
519 | limited source removal in advance of the priority order pursuant |
520 | to paragraph (a) established for site cleanup activities. |
521 | Prioritization for limited source removal projects associated |
522 | with a secondary containment upgrade in any fiscal year shall be |
523 | determined on a first-come, first-served basis according to the |
524 | approval date issued under s. 376.30711 for the limited source |
525 | removal. Funding for limited source removals associated with |
526 | secondary containment upgrades shall be limited to 10 sites in |
527 | each fiscal year for each facility owner and any related person. |
528 | The limited source removal for secondary containment upgrades |
529 | shall be completed no later than 6 months after the department |
530 | issues its approval of the project, and the approval |
531 | automatically expires at the end of the 6 months. Funding for |
532 | Department of Transportation and secondary containment upgrade |
533 | source removals may not exceed $50,000 for a single facility |
534 | unless the department makes a determination that it is cost- |
535 | effective and environmentally beneficial to exceed this amount, |
536 | but in no event shall the department authorize costs in excess |
537 | of $100,000 for a single facility. Department funding for |
538 | limited interim soil-source removals associated with Department |
539 | of Transportation projects and secondary containment upgrades |
540 | shall be limited to supplemental soil assessment, soil |
541 | screening, soil removal, backfill material, treatment or |
542 | disposal of the contaminated soil, dewatering related to the |
543 | contaminated soil removal in an amount of up to 10 percent of |
544 | the total interim soil-source removal project costs, treatment, |
545 | and disposal of the contaminated groundwater and preparation of |
546 | the source removal report. No other costs associated with the |
547 | facility upgrade may be paid with department funds. No more than |
548 | $1 million for Department of Transportation limited source |
549 | removal projects and $10 million for secondary containment |
550 | upgrade limited source removal projects conducted in advance of |
551 | the priority order established under paragraph (a) for site |
552 | cleanup activities shall be encumbered from the Inland |
553 | Protection Trust Fund in any fiscal year. This subparagraph is |
554 | repealed effective June 30, 2011 2010. |
555 | 3. Once free product removal and other source removal |
556 | identified in this paragraph are completed at a site, and |
557 | notwithstanding the order established by the priority ranking |
558 | system under paragraph (a) for site cleanup activities, the |
559 | department may reevaluate the site to determine the degree of |
560 | active cleanup needed to continue site rehabilitation. Further, |
561 | the department shall determine if the reevaluated site qualifies |
562 | for natural attenuation monitoring or no further action. If |
563 | additional site rehabilitation is necessary to reach no further |
564 | action status, the site rehabilitation shall be conducted in the |
565 | order established by the priority ranking system under paragraph |
566 | (a) and the department is encouraged to utilize natural |
567 | attenuation and monitoring where site conditions warrant. |
568 | Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations |
569 | 1378 through 1538 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
570 | subsection (2) of section 570.20, Florida Statutes, is amended |
571 | to read: |
572 | 570.20 General Inspection Trust Fund.- |
573 | (2) For the 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only and |
574 | notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in |
575 | addition to the spending authorized in subsection (1), moneys in |
576 | the General Inspection Trust Fund may be appropriated for |
577 | programs operated by the department which are related to the |
578 | programs authorized by this chapter. This subsection expires |
579 | July 1, 2011 2010. |
580 | Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
581 | 1833 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, subsection (7) |
582 | of section 403.7095, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
583 | 403.7095 Solid waste management grant program.- |
584 | (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the |
585 | contrary, and for the 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only, the |
586 | Department of Environmental Protection shall award the sum of |
587 | $2,600,000 in grants equally to counties having populations of |
588 | fewer than 100,000 for waste tire and litter prevention, |
589 | recycling education, and general solid waste programs. This |
590 | subsection expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
591 | Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
592 | 1490 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act and to provide |
593 | consistency and continuity in the promotion of agriculture |
594 | throughout the state, notwithstanding s. 287.057, Florida |
595 | Statutes, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, |
596 | at its discretion, may extend, revise, and renew current |
597 | contracts or agreements created or entered into pursuant to |
598 | chapter 2006-25, Laws of Florida. This section expires July 1, |
599 | 2011. |
600 | Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
601 | 2125 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, subsection (5) |
602 | of section 339.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
603 | 339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; |
604 | definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.- |
605 | (5) ADOPTION OF THE WORK PROGRAM.- |
606 | (a) The original approved budget for operational and fixed |
607 | capital expenditures for the department shall be the Governor's |
608 | budget recommendation and the first year of the tentative work |
609 | program, as both are amended by the General Appropriations Act |
610 | and any other act containing appropriations. In accordance with |
611 | the appropriations act, the department shall, prior to the |
612 | beginning of the fiscal year, adopt a final work program which |
613 | shall only include the original approved budget for the |
614 | department for the ensuing fiscal year together with any roll |
615 | forwards approved pursuant to paragraph (6)(c) and the portion |
616 | of the tentative work program for the following 4 fiscal years |
617 | revised in accordance with the original approved budget for the |
618 | department for the ensuing fiscal year together with said roll |
619 | forwards. The adopted work program may include only those |
620 | projects submitted as part of the tentative work program |
621 | developed under the provisions of subsection (4) plus any |
622 | projects which are separately identified by specific |
623 | appropriation in the General Appropriations Act and any roll |
624 | forwards approved pursuant to paragraph (6)(c). However, any |
625 | transportation project of the department which is identified by |
626 | specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act shall |
627 | be deducted from the funds annually distributed to the |
628 | respective district pursuant to paragraph (4)(a). In addition, |
629 | the department shall not in any year include any project or |
630 | allocate funds to a program in the adopted work program that is |
631 | contrary to existing law for that particular year. Projects |
632 | shall not be undertaken unless they are listed in the adopted |
633 | work program. |
634 | (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2010-2011 |
635 | 2009-2010 fiscal year only, the Department of Transportation |
636 | shall transfer funds to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
637 | Economic Development in an amount equal to $20,300,000 for the |
638 | purpose of funding transportation-related needs of economic |
639 | development projects. This transfer shall not reduce, delete, or |
640 | defer any existing projects funded, as of July 1, 2009, in the |
641 | Department of Transportation's 5-year work program. This |
642 | paragraph expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
643 | Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
644 | 2219 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, and |
645 | notwithstanding the expiration date contained in section 1 of |
646 | chapter 2010-1, Laws of Florida, operating retroactive to |
647 | February 27, 2010, section 443.1117, Florida Statutes, as |
648 | amended by section 1 of chapter 2010-1, Laws of Florida, is |
649 | revived, reenacted, and amended to read: |
650 | 443.1117 Temporary extended benefits.- |
651 | (1) APPLICABILITY OF EXTENDED BENEFITS STATUTE.-Except |
652 | when the result is inconsistent with the other provisions of |
653 | this section, the provisions of s. 443.1115 (2), (3), (4), (6), |
654 | and (7) apply to all claims covered by this section. |
655 | (2) DEFINITIONS.-For the purposes of this section, the |
656 | term: |
657 | (a) "Regular benefits" and "extended benefits" have the |
658 | same meaning as in s. 443.1115. |
659 | (b) "Eligibility period" means the period consisting of |
660 | the weeks in an individual's benefit year or emergency benefit |
661 | period which begin in an extended benefit period and, if the |
662 | benefit year or emergency benefit period ends within that |
663 | extended benefit period, any subsequent weeks beginning in that |
664 | period. |
665 | (c) "Emergency benefits" means Emergency Unemployment |
666 | Compensation paid pursuant to Pub. L. No. 110-252, Pub. L. No. |
667 | 110-449, Pub. L. No. 111-5, Pub. L. No. 111-92, and Pub. L. No. |
668 | 111-118, and Pub. L. No. 111-144. |
669 | (d) "Extended benefit period" means a period that: |
670 | 1. Begins with the third week after a week for which there |
671 | is a state "on" indicator; and |
672 | 2. Ends with any of the following weeks, whichever occurs |
673 | later: |
674 | a. The third week after the first week for which there is |
675 | a state "off" indicator; |
676 | b. The 13th consecutive week of that period. |
677 |
|
678 | However, an extended benefit period may not begin by reason of a |
679 | state "on" indicator before the 14th week after the end of a |
680 | prior extended benefit period that was in effect for this state. |
681 | (e) "Emergency benefit period" means the period during |
682 | which an individual receives emergency benefits as defined in |
683 | paragraph (c). |
684 | (f) "Exhaustee" means an individual who, for any week of |
685 | unemployment in her or his eligibility period: |
686 | 1. Has received, before that week, all of the regular |
687 | benefits and emergency benefits, if any, available under this |
688 | chapter or any other law, including dependents' allowances and |
689 | benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex- |
690 | servicemembers under 5 U.S.C. ss. 8501-8525, in the current |
691 | benefit year or emergency benefit period that includes that |
692 | week. For the purposes of this subparagraph, an individual has |
693 | received all of the regular benefits and emergency benefits, if |
694 | any, available although, as a result of a pending appeal for |
695 | wages paid for insured work which were not considered in the |
696 | original monetary determination in the benefit year, she or he |
697 | may subsequently be determined to be entitled to added regular |
698 | benefits; |
699 | 2. Had a benefit year which expired before that week, and |
700 | was paid no, or insufficient, wages for insured work on the |
701 | basis of which she or he could establish a new benefit year that |
702 | includes that week; and |
703 | 3.a. Has no right to unemployment benefits or allowances |
704 | under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act or other federal |
705 | laws as specified in regulations issued by the United States |
706 | Secretary of Labor; and |
707 | b. Has not received and is not seeking unemployment |
708 | benefits under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; but |
709 | if an individual is seeking those benefits and the appropriate |
710 | agency finally determines that she or he is not entitled to |
711 | benefits under that law, she or he is considered an exhaustee. |
712 | (g) "State 'on' indicator" means, with respect to weeks of |
713 | unemployment beginning on or after February 1, 2009, and ending |
714 | on or before March 13, 2010 January 30, 2010, the occurrence of |
715 | a week in which the average total unemployment rate, seasonally |
716 | adjusted, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, |
717 | for the period consisting of the most recent 3 months for which |
718 | data for all states are published by the United States |
719 | Department of Labor: |
720 | 1. Equals or exceeds 110 percent of the average of those |
721 | rates for the corresponding 3-month period ending in each of the |
722 | preceding 2 calendar years; and |
723 | 2. Equals or exceeds 6.5 percent. |
724 | (h) "High unemployment period" means, with respect to |
725 | weeks of unemployment beginning on or after February 1, 2009, |
726 | and ending on or before March 13, 2010 January 30, 2010, any |
727 | week in which the average total unemployment rate, seasonally |
728 | adjusted, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, |
729 | for the period consisting of the most recent 3 months for which |
730 | data for all states are published by the United States |
731 | Department of Labor: |
732 | 1. Equals or exceeds 110 percent of the average of those |
733 | rates for the corresponding 3-month period ending in each of the |
734 | preceding 2 calendar years; and |
735 | 2. Equals or exceeds 8 percent. |
736 | (i) "State 'off' indicator" means the occurrence of a week |
737 | in which there is no state "on" indicator or which does not |
738 | constitute a high unemployment period. |
739 | (3) TOTAL EXTENDED BENEFIT AMOUNT.-Except as provided in |
740 | subsection (4): |
741 | (a) For any week for which there is an "on" indicator |
742 | pursuant to paragraph (2)(g), the total extended benefit amount |
743 | payable to an eligible individual for her or his applicable |
744 | benefit year is the lesser of: |
745 | 1. Fifty percent of the total regular benefits payable |
746 | under this chapter in the applicable benefit year; or |
747 | 2. Thirteen times the weekly benefit amount payable under |
748 | this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable |
749 | benefit year. |
750 | (b) For any high unemployment period as defined in |
751 | paragraph (2)(h), the total extended benefit amount payable to |
752 | an eligible individual for her or his applicable benefit year is |
753 | the lesser of: |
754 | 1. Eighty percent of the total regular benefits payable |
755 | under this chapter in the applicable benefit year; or |
756 | 2. Twenty times the weekly benefit amount payable under |
757 | this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable |
758 | benefit year. |
759 | (4) EFFECT ON TRADE READJUSTMENT.-Notwithstanding any |
760 | other provision of this chapter, if the benefit year of an |
761 | individual ends within an extended benefit period, the number of |
762 | weeks of extended benefits the individual is entitled to receive |
763 | in that extended benefit period for weeks of unemployment |
764 | beginning after the end of the benefit year, except as provided |
765 | in this section, is reduced, but not to below zero, by the |
766 | number of weeks for which the individual received, within that |
767 | benefit year, trade readjustment allowances under the Trade Act |
768 | of 1974, as amended. |
769 | (5) EXPIRATION.-This section expires April 5, 2010, unless |
770 | reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date. |
771 | Section 27. The provisions of s. 443.1117, Florida |
772 | Statutes, as revived, reenacted, and amended by this act, apply |
773 | only to claims for weeks of unemployment in which an exhaustee |
774 | establishes entitlement to extended benefits pursuant to that |
775 | section which are established for the period between February |
776 | 22, 2009, and April 5, 2010. |
777 | Section 28. The Legislature finds that the amendments made |
778 | by this act to s. 443.1117, Florida Statutes, fulfill an |
779 | important state interest. |
780 | Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
781 | 2672 and section 56 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, |
782 | funds appropriated out of the Economic Development |
783 | Transportation Trust Fund may be used for economic development |
784 | infrastructure projects and other economic development projects; |
785 | for improvements to other launch complexes and space |
786 | transportation facilities in order to attract new space vehicle |
787 | testing and launch business to the state; for addressing |
788 | intermodal requirements and impacts of the launch ranges, |
789 | spaceports, and other space transportation facilities; for |
790 | advancing aerospace technology to meet the current and future |
791 | needs of the United States commercial space transportation |
792 | industry; and for assisting in the development of joint-use |
793 | facilities and technology that support aviation and aerospace |
794 | operations, including high altitude and suborbital flights and |
795 | range technology development. |
796 | Section 30. In order to implement sections 2 through 7 of |
797 | the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, subsection (5) of |
798 | section 216.292, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
799 | 216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions.- |
800 | (5)(a) A transfer of funds may not result in the |
801 | initiation of a fixed capital outlay project that has not |
802 | received a specific legislative appropriation. |
803 | (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2010-2011 |
804 | 2009-2010 fiscal year only, the Governor may recommend the |
805 | initiation of fixed capital outlay projects funded by grants |
806 | awarded by the Federal Government through the American Recovery |
807 | and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or by any other federal economic |
808 | stimulus grant funding received. All actions taken pursuant to |
809 | the authority granted in the paragraph are subject to review and |
810 | approval by the Legislative Budget Commission. This paragraph |
811 | expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
812 | Section 31. In order to implement sections 2 through 7 of |
813 | the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, the Executive Office |
814 | of the Governor is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for |
815 | the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) in |
816 | traditional appropriation categories in the 2010-2011 General |
817 | Appropriations Act to appropriation categories established for |
818 | the specific purpose of tracking funds appropriated for the |
819 | ARRA. |
820 | Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriation |
821 | 2665 of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, paragraphs (c) |
822 | and (d) of subsection (4) of section 288.1254, Florida Statutes, |
823 | are reenacted to read: |
824 | 288.1254 Entertainment industry financial incentive |
825 | program.- |
826 | (4) PRIORITY FOR INCENTIVE FUNDING; WITHDRAWAL OF |
827 | ELIGIBILITY; QUEUES.- |
828 | (c) Independent Florida filmmaker queue.-Ten percent of |
829 | incentive funding appropriated in any state fiscal year must be |
830 | dedicated to the independent Florida filmmaker queue. If there |
831 | are no qualified applications in the queue, any funding in the |
832 | queue shall be made available to a qualified project in the |
833 | digital media projects queue. A production certified under this |
834 | queue is eligible for a reimbursement equal to 15 percent of its |
835 | actual qualified expenditures. An independent Florida film that |
836 | meets the criteria of this queue and demonstrates a minimum of |
837 | $100,000, but not more than $625,000, in total qualified |
838 | expenditures is eligible for incentive funding. To qualify for |
839 | this queue, a qualified production must: |
840 | 1. Be planned as a feature film or documentary of no less |
841 | than 70 minutes in length. |
842 | 2. Provide evidence of 50 percent of the financing for its |
843 | total budget in an escrow account or other form dedicated to the |
844 | production. |
845 | 3. Do all major postproduction in this state. |
846 | 4. Employ Florida workers in at least six of the following |
847 | key positions: writer, director, producer, director of |
848 | photography, star or one of the lead actors, unit production |
849 | manager, editor, or production designer. As used in this |
850 | subparagraph, the term "Florida worker" means a person who has |
851 | been a resident of this state for at least 1 year before a |
852 | production's application under subsection (3) was submitted or a |
853 | person who graduated from a film school, college, university, or |
854 | community college in this state no more than 5 years before such |
855 | submittal or who is enrolled full-time in such a school, |
856 | college, or university. |
857 | (d) Digital media projects queue.-Five percent of |
858 | incentive funding appropriated in any state fiscal year shall be |
859 | dedicated to the digital media projects queue. A production |
860 | certified under this queue is eligible for a reimbursement equal |
861 | to 10 percent of its actual qualified expenditures. A qualified |
862 | production that is a digital media project that demonstrates a |
863 | minimum of $300,000 in total qualified expenditures is eligible |
864 | for a maximum of $1 million in incentive funding. As used in |
865 | this paragraph, the term "qualified expenditures" means the |
866 | wages or salaries paid to a resident of this state for working |
867 | on a single qualified digital media project, up to a maximum of |
868 | $200,000 in wages or salaries paid per resident. A qualified |
869 | production company producing digital media projects may not |
870 | qualify for more than three projects in any 1 fiscal year. |
871 | Projects that extend beyond a fiscal year must reapply each |
872 | fiscal year in order to be eligible for incentive funding for |
873 | that year. |
874 | Section 33. The amendment to s. 288.1254(4)(c) and (d), |
875 | Florida Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter |
876 | 2009-82, Laws of Florida, shall expire July 1, 2011, and the |
877 | text of those paragraphs shall revert to that in existence on |
878 | June 30, 2009, except that any amendments to such text enacted |
879 | other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to |
880 | operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent |
881 | upon the portions of such text which expire pursuant to this |
882 | section. |
883 | Section 34. In order to implement section 59 of the 2010- |
884 | 2011 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (n) of subsection (1) |
885 | of section 339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
886 | 339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund.- |
887 | (1) The department shall expend moneys in the State |
888 | Transportation Trust Fund accruing to the department, in |
889 | accordance with its annual budget. The use of such moneys shall |
890 | be restricted to the following purposes: |
891 | (n) To pay administrative expenses incurred in accordance |
892 | with applicable laws for a multicounty transportation or |
893 | expressway authority created under chapter 343 or chapter 348, |
894 | where jurisdiction for the authority includes a portion of the |
895 | State Highway System and the administrative expenses are in |
896 | furtherance of the duties and responsibilities of the authority |
897 | in the development of improvements to the State Highway System. |
898 | This paragraph expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
899 | Section 35. In order to implement section 83 of the 2010- |
900 | 2011 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section |
901 | 339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
902 | 339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund.- |
903 | (4) For the 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only and |
904 | notwithstanding the provisions of this section and ss. 339.09(1) |
905 | and 215.32(2)(b)4., funds may be transferred from the State |
906 | Transportation Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund as |
907 | specified in the General Appropriations Act. Notwithstanding ss. |
908 | 206.46(3) and 206.606(2), the total amount transferred shall be |
909 | reduced from total state revenues deposited into the State |
910 | Transportation Trust Fund for the calculation requirements of |
911 | ss. 206.46(3) and 206.606(2). This subsection expires July 1, |
912 | 2011 2010. |
913 | Section 36. In order to implement section 46 of the 2010- |
914 | 2011 General Appropriations Act, subsection (11) of section |
915 | 445.009, Florida Statutes is amended to read: |
916 | 445.009 One-stop delivery system.- |
917 | (11)(a) A participant in an adult or youth work experience |
918 | activity administered under this chapter shall be deemed an |
919 | employee of the state for purposes of workers' compensation |
920 | coverage. In determining the average weekly wage, all |
921 | remuneration received from the employer shall be considered a |
922 | gratuity, and the participant shall not be entitled to any |
923 | benefits otherwise payable under s. 440.15, regardless of |
924 | whether the participant may be receiving wages and remuneration |
925 | from other employment with another employer and regardless of |
926 | his or her future wage-earning capacity. |
927 | (b) This subsection expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
928 | Section 37. In order to implement the appropriation of |
929 | funds in Special Categories-Risk Management Insurance of the |
930 | 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the |
931 | notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida |
932 | Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor is authorized to |
933 | transfer funds appropriated in the appropriation category |
934 | "Special Categories-Risk Management Insurance" of the 2010-2011 |
935 | General Appropriations Act between departments in order to align |
936 | the budget authority granted with the premiums paid by each |
937 | department for risk management insurance. This section expires |
938 | July 1, 2011. |
939 | Section 38. In order to implement the appropriation of |
940 | funds in Special Categories-Transfer to Department of Management |
941 | Services-Human Resources Services Purchased Per Statewide |
942 | Contract of the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, and |
943 | pursuant to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. |
944 | 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor |
945 | is authorized to transfer funds appropriated in the |
946 | appropriation category "Special Categories-Transfer to |
947 | Department of Management Services-Human Resources Services |
948 | Purchased Per Statewide Contract" of the 2010-2011 General |
949 | Appropriations Act between departments in order to align the |
950 | budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid |
951 | by each agency to the Department of Management Services for |
952 | human resource management services. This section expires July 1, |
953 | 2011. |
954 | Section 39. In order to implement the reduction in each |
955 | agency's salary and benefit appropriation in the 2010-2011 |
956 | General Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, |
957 | and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the |
958 | Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated |
959 | in the appropriation category "Salaries and Benefits" of the |
960 | 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act between departments in |
961 | order to align the budget authority granted to each agency with |
962 | the reductions that must be made by each agency pursuant to the |
963 | 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act. All actions taken pursuant |
964 | to the authority granted in this section are subject to the |
965 | review and approval of the Legislative Budget Commission. This |
966 | section expires July 1, 2011. |
967 | Section 40. In order to implement specific appropriations |
968 | for salaries and benefits in the 2010-2011 General |
969 | Appropriations Act, the intent of the Legislature is to provide |
970 | flexibility to agency heads over personnel management to |
971 | maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of agency operations. |
972 | The Legislature recognizes that the state is facing a critical |
973 | fiscal situation unprecedented in the last quarter century. |
974 | During this time of budgetary shortfall, it is in the best |
975 | interest of the state to ensure that the state's resources be |
976 | used in the most efficient and prudent manner, while maintaining |
977 | the critical missions of the state. Further, the Legislature |
978 | recognizes that the agency heads are uniquely positioned to |
979 | determine how to best manage their agency's human resources |
980 | given the constraints associated with a reduction in the salary |
981 | and benefit appropriation. Notwithstanding specific provisions |
982 | of chapters 110, 112, 216, and 447, Florida Statutes, to the |
983 | contrary, and for the fiscal year 2010-2011 only, agency heads |
984 | are authorized to terminate or layoff staff, reduce salaries of |
985 | individual or groups of employees, reclassify positions, and |
986 | provide retention adjustments or bonuses to high-performing |
987 | staff. For the purpose of the authority granted by this section, |
988 | the term "agency head" shall include the term as defined in s. |
989 | 20.055(1)(b), Florida Statutes, and shall also include the Chief |
990 | Justice of the Supreme Court, the board of trustees of each |
991 | university, the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the |
992 | Deaf and Blind, the executive director of the Justice |
993 | Administrative Commission, the executive director of the |
994 | Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, each state attorney, each |
995 | public defender, each capital collateral regional counsel, and |
996 | each regional counsel. This section expires July 1, 2011. |
997 | Section 41. In order to implement specific appropriations |
998 | for salaries and benefits in the 2010-2011 General |
999 | Appropriations Act, paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section |
1000 | 110.123, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1001 | 110.123 State group insurance program.- |
1002 | (12) HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.-The department is authorized |
1003 | to establish health savings accounts for full-time and part-time |
1004 | state employees in association with a health insurance plan |
1005 | option authorized by the Legislature and conforming to the |
1006 | requirements and limitations of federal provisions relating to |
1007 | the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization |
1008 | Act of 2003. |
1009 | (a)1. A member participating in this health insurance plan |
1010 | option shall be eligible to receive an employer contribution |
1011 | into the employee's health savings account from the State |
1012 | Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund in an amount to be |
1013 | determined by the Legislature. A member is not eligible for an |
1014 | employer contribution upon termination of employment. For the |
1015 | 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year, the state's monthly |
1016 | contribution for employees having individual coverage shall be |
1017 | $41.66 and the monthly contribution for employees having family |
1018 | coverage shall be $83.33. |
1019 | 2. A member participating in this health insurance plan |
1020 | option shall be eligible to deposit the member's own funds into |
1021 | a health savings account. |
1022 | Section 42. In order to implement specific appropriations |
1023 | for salaries and benefits in the 2010-2011 General |
1024 | Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
1025 | 112.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1026 | 112.24 Intergovernmental interchange of public employees.- |
1027 | To encourage economical and effective utilization of public |
1028 | employees in this state, the temporary assignment of employees |
1029 | among agencies of government, both state and local, and |
1030 | including school districts and public institutions of higher |
1031 | education is authorized under terms and conditions set forth in |
1032 | this section. State agencies, municipalities, and political |
1033 | subdivisions are authorized to enter into employee interchange |
1034 | agreements with other state agencies, the Federal Government, |
1035 | another state, a municipality, or a political subdivision |
1036 | including a school district, or with a public institution of |
1037 | higher education. State agencies are also authorized to enter |
1038 | into employee interchange agreements with private institutions |
1039 | of higher education and other nonprofit organizations under the |
1040 | terms and conditions provided in this section. In addition, the |
1041 | Governor or the Governor and Cabinet may enter into employee |
1042 | interchange agreements with a state agency, the Federal |
1043 | Government, another state, a municipality, or a political |
1044 | subdivision including a school district, or with a public |
1045 | institution of higher learning to fill, subject to the |
1046 | requirements of chapter 20, appointive offices which are within |
1047 | the executive branch of government and which are filled by |
1048 | appointment by the Governor or the Governor and Cabinet. Under |
1049 | no circumstances shall employee interchange agreements be |
1050 | utilized for the purpose of assigning individuals to participate |
1051 | in political campaigns. Duties and responsibilities of |
1052 | interchange employees shall be limited to the mission and goals |
1053 | of the agencies of government. |
1054 | (3) Salary, leave, travel and transportation, and |
1055 | reimbursements for an employee of a sending party that is |
1056 | participating in an interchange program shall be handled as |
1057 | follows: |
1058 | (b)1. The assignment of an employee of a state agency |
1059 | either on detail or on leave of absence may be made without |
1060 | reimbursement by the receiving party for the travel and |
1061 | transportation expenses to or from the place of the assignment |
1062 | or for the pay and benefits, or a part thereof, of the employee |
1063 | during the assignment. |
1064 | 2. For the 2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year only, the |
1065 | assignment of an employee of a state agency as provided in |
1066 | subparagraph 1. may be made if recommended by the Governor or |
1067 | Chief Justice, as appropriate, and approved by the chairs of the |
1068 | Senate Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means and the |
1069 | House Full Appropriations Council on Education and Economic |
1070 | Development General Government and Health Care. Such actions |
1071 | shall be deemed approved if neither chair provides written |
1072 | notice of objection within 14 days after the chair's receiving |
1073 | notice of the action pursuant to s. 216.177. This subparagraph |
1074 | expires July 1, 2011 2010. |
1075 | Section 43. In order to implement the transfer of moneys |
1076 | to the General Revenue Fund from trust funds in the 2010-2011 |
1077 | General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of |
1078 | section 215.32, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: |
1079 | 215.32 State funds; segregation.- |
1080 | (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as |
1081 | follows: |
1082 | (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by |
1083 | the state which under law or under trust agreement are |
1084 | segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or |
1085 | branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys |
1086 | shall be responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by |
1087 | law. Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state |
1088 | government responsible for the administration of the trust fund, |
1089 | the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the |
1090 | trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper |
1091 | accountability. Once an account is established within a trust |
1092 | fund, the Chief Financial Officer may authorize payment from |
1093 | that account only upon determining that there is sufficient cash |
1094 | and releases at the level of the account. |
1095 | 2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the |
1096 | extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds |
1097 | as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day operations: |
1098 | a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a |
1099 | depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by |
1100 | program revenues, with the exception of administrative |
1101 | activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a |
1102 | proprietary fund. |
1103 | b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a |
1104 | depository for client services funded by third-party payors. |
1105 | c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for |
1106 | funds to be used for management activities that are departmental |
1107 | in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments |
1108 | against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the |
1109 | requirement of using an administrative trust fund. |
1110 | d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a |
1111 | depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor |
1112 | agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue |
1113 | from private and public nonfederal sources. |
1114 | e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a |
1115 | depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272. |
1116 | f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for |
1117 | funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful |
1118 | recipients. |
1119 | g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for |
1120 | funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by |
1121 | restricted program revenues from federal sources. |
1122 |
|
1123 | To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal |
1124 | accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the |
1125 | requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have |
1126 | trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such |
1127 | adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the |
1128 | necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next |
1129 | scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to s. |
1130 | 215.3206. |
1131 | 3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended |
1132 | in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they |
1133 | were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216 |
1134 | relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable |
1135 | laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the |
1136 | State Treasury. |
1137 | 4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the |
1138 | use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash |
1139 | balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the |
1140 | Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and |
1141 | General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. |
1142 | b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds |
1143 | required by federal programs or mandates; trust funds |
1144 | established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose |
1145 | revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body to meet |
1146 | debt service or other financial requirements of any debt |
1147 | obligations of the state or any public body; the State |
1148 | Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the net |
1149 | annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the |
1150 | Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the |
1151 | management of the State Board of Education or the Board of |
1152 | Governors of the State University System, where such trust funds |
1153 | are for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts, |
1154 | grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general |
1155 | law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for |
1156 | the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds that |
1157 | account for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an |
1158 | agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or |
1159 | other governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by |
1160 | the State Constitution. |
1161 | Section 44. In order to implement the issuance of new debt |
1162 | authorized in the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, and |
1163 | pursuant to the requirements of s. 215.98, Florida Statutes, the |
1164 | Legislature determines that the authorization and issuance of |
1165 | debt for the 2010-2011 fiscal year should be implemented and is |
1166 | in the best interest of the state and necessary to address a |
1167 | critical state emergency. |
1168 | Section 45. In order to implement the funds appropriated |
1169 | in the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act for state employee |
1170 | travel, the funds appropriated to each state agency, which may |
1171 | be used for travel by state employees, shall be limited during |
1172 | the 2010-2011 fiscal year to travel for activities that are |
1173 | critical to each state agency's mission. Funds may not be used |
1174 | to pay for travel by state employees to foreign countries, other |
1175 | states, conferences, staff-training activities, or other |
1176 | administrative functions unless the agency head has approved in |
1177 | writing that such activities are critical to the agency's |
1178 | mission. The agency head must consider the use of |
1179 | teleconferencing and other forms of electronic communication to |
1180 | meet the needs of the proposed activity before approving |
1181 | mission-critical travel. This section does not apply to travel |
1182 | for law enforcement purposes, military purposes, emergency |
1183 | management activities, or public health activities. This section |
1184 | expires July 1, 2011. |
1185 | Section 46. A section of this act that implements a |
1186 | specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso |
1187 | language in the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act is void if |
1188 | the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso |
1189 | language is vetoed. A section of this act that implements more |
1190 | than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of |
1191 | specifically identified proviso language in the 2010-2011 |
1192 | General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific |
1193 | appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso |
1194 | language are vetoed. |
1195 | Section 47. If any other act passed during the 2010 |
1196 | Regular Session contains a provision that is substantively the |
1197 | same as a provision in this act, but that removes or is |
1198 | otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied to such |
1199 | provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the |
1200 | provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to |
1201 | operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. |
1202 | Section 48. If any provision of this act or its |
1203 | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
1204 | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of |
1205 | the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
1206 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
1207 | severable. |
1208 | Section 49. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
1209 | act and except for this section, which shall take effect June |
1210 | 29, 2010, this act shall take effect July 1, 2010; or, if this |
1211 | act fails to become a law until after that date, it shall take |
1212 | effect upon becoming a law and shall operate retroactively to |
1213 | July 1, 2010. |