1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to state financial information; amending |
3 | s. 11.45, F.S.; requiring the Auditor General to annually |
4 | provide to the Legislature a list of school districts that |
5 | have failed to comply with certain financial transparency |
6 | requirements, as identified pursuant to audit; amending s. |
7 | 215.90, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. |
8 | 215.91, F.S.; providing that the Financial Management |
9 | Information Board is responsible for the system; deleting |
10 | provisions relating to the Florida Financial Management |
11 | Information System Coordinating Council; deleting |
12 | references to functional owner subsystems; amending s. |
13 | 215.92, F.S.; redefining terms and adding and deleting |
14 | definitions; creating s. 215.922, F.S.; establishing the |
15 | Agency for Enterprise Business Services within the |
16 | Department of Financial Services; providing that the |
17 | office is a separate budget entity not subject to the |
18 | department; providing that the agency is headed by the |
19 | Governor and Cabinet acting as the Financial Management |
20 | Information Board; providing for an executive director; |
21 | providing the duties of the agency; creating s. 215.923, |
22 | F.S.; establishing the Enterprise Financial Business |
23 | Operations Council to act in an advisory capacity to the |
24 | agency; providing the members of the council; providing |
25 | council duties; creating s. 215.924, F.S.; providing for |
26 | an Enterprise Financial Business Strategic Plan; requiring |
27 | the plan to be annually reviewed, updated, and submitted |
28 | to the Legislature; providing for the contents of the |
29 | plan; amending s. 215.93, F.S.; revising provisions |
30 | relating to the Florida Financial Management Information |
31 | System; renaming the Florida Accounting Information |
32 | Resource Subsystem the Financial Management Subsystem; |
33 | adding the Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
34 | Distribution Subsystem; deleting references to functional |
35 | owner subsystems and providing for enterprise business |
36 | owners; revising the duties of the owners; deleting |
37 | references to the design and coordination staff; providing |
38 | for the ownership and functions of the Revenue and Tax |
39 | Collection, Processing, and Distribution Subsystem by the |
40 | Department of Revenue; amending s. 215.94, F.S.; deleting |
41 | references to functional owner subsystems and providing |
42 | for enterprise business owners; amending s. 215.95, F.S.; |
43 | providing additional duties for the Financial Management |
44 | Information Board; repealing s. 215.96, F.S., relating to |
45 | the coordinating council and design and coordination |
46 | staff; creating s. 215.961, F.S.; providing state agency |
47 | requirements relating to the Florida Financial Management |
48 | Information System and the use of functional information |
49 | and enterprise agency business subsystems; amending s. |
50 | 215.985, F.S., relating to the Transparency Florida Act; |
51 | redefining the term "governmental entity" to include |
52 | public schools rather than public school districts; |
53 | requiring the Legislative Auditing Committee to recommend |
54 | a format for school districts, charter schools, and |
55 | charter technical career centers to use in collecting and |
56 | displaying financial information; revising the schedule |
57 | for adding information to the state's official website; |
58 | revising provisions exempting certain municipalities and |
59 | special districts from the Transparency Florida Act; |
60 | requiring the Office of Policy and Budget to maintain the |
61 | state's financial data on the state website for a |
62 | specified period; requiring a certified public accountant |
63 | conducting an audit of a unit of local government to |
64 | report compliance with the act; requiring the Legislative |
65 | Auditing Committee to adopt guidelines for administering |
66 | the act; conforming terms; repealing s. 570.07(41), F.S., |
67 | relating to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
68 | Services' exemption from using the state online |
69 | procurement system; amending ss. 17.11, 216.102, 216.141, |
70 | and 216.237, F.S.; conforming terms; providing for |
71 | funding; providing an effective date. |
72 |
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73 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
74 |
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75 | Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (7) of |
76 | section 11.45, Florida Statutes, to read: |
77 | 11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.- |
78 | (7) AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.- |
79 | (i) The Auditor General shall transmit to the President of |
80 | the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the |
81 | Legislative Auditing Committee annually by July 15, beginning in |
82 | 2012, a list of all school districts that have failed to comply |
83 | with the transparency requirements as identified in the audit |
84 | reports reviewed pursuant to paragraph (b) and those conducted |
85 | pursuant to subsection (2). |
86 | Section 2. Section 215.90, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
87 | read: |
88 | 215.90 Short title.-Sections 215.90-215.961 |
89 | 215.90-215.96 may be cited as the "Florida Financial |
90 | Management Information System Act." |
91 | Section 3. Section 215.91, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
92 | read: |
93 | 215.91 Florida Financial Management Information System; |
94 | board; council.- |
95 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Financial |
96 | Management Information Board, as the agency head of the Agency |
97 | for Enterprise Business Services, executive branch of |
98 | government, in consultation with the legislative fiscal |
99 | committees, specifically design and implement the Florida |
100 | Financial Management Information System to be the primary means |
101 | by which state government managers acquire and disseminate the |
102 | information needed to plan and account for the delivery of |
103 | services to state residents the citizens in a timely, efficient, |
104 | and effective manner. |
105 | (2) The Financial Management Information Board shall |
106 | establish the overall framework within which the Florida |
107 | Financial Management Information System operates and be |
108 | responsible for all decisions relating to the system. |
109 | (3)(2) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
110 | is shall be a unified information system providing fiscal, |
111 | management, and accounting support for state decisionmakers. It |
112 | provides shall provide a means of coordinating fiscal management |
113 | information and information that supports state planning, policy |
114 | development, management, evaluation, and performance monitoring. |
115 | The Florida Financial Management Information System is shall be |
116 | the primary information resource for providing that provides |
117 | accountability for public funds, resources, and activities. |
118 | (3) The Financial Management Information Board shall |
119 | provide the overall framework within which the Florida Financial |
120 | Management Information System will operate. The board, through |
121 | the Florida Financial Management Information System Coordinating |
122 | Council, shall adopt policies and procedures to: |
123 | (a) Strengthen and standardize the fiscal management and |
124 | accounting practices of the state; |
125 | (b) Improve internal financial controls; |
126 | (c) Simplify the preparation of objective, accurate, and |
127 | timely management and fiscal reports; and |
128 | (d) Provide the information needed in the development, |
129 | management, and evaluation of public policy and programs. |
130 | (4) The council shall provide ongoing counsel to the board |
131 | and act to resolve problems among or between the functional |
132 | owner subsystems. The board, through the coordinating council, |
133 | shall direct and manage the development, implementation, and |
134 | operation of the information subsystems that together are the |
135 | Florida Financial Management Information System. The |
136 | coordinating council shall approve the information subsystems' |
137 | designs prior to the development, implementation, and operation |
138 | of the subsystems and shall approve subsequent proposed design |
139 | modifications to the information subsystems subject to the |
140 | guidelines issued by the council. The coordinating council shall |
141 | ensure that the information subsystems' operations support the |
142 | exchange of unified and coordinated data between information |
143 | subsystems. The coordinating council shall establish the common |
144 | data codes for financial management, and it shall require and |
145 | ensure the use of common data codes by the information |
146 | subsystems that together constitute the Florida Financial |
147 | Management Information System. The Chief Financial Officer shall |
148 | adopt a chart of accounts consistent with the common financial |
149 | management data codes established by the coordinating council. |
150 | The board, through the coordinating council, shall establish the |
151 | financial management policies and procedures for the executive |
152 | branch of state government. The coordinating council shall |
153 | notify in writing the chairs of the legislative fiscal |
154 | committees and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court regarding |
155 | the adoption of, or modification to, a proposed financial |
156 | management policy or procedure. The notice shall solicit |
157 | comments from the chairs of the legislative fiscal committees |
158 | and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at least 14 |
159 | consecutive days before the final action by the coordinating |
160 | council. |
161 | (5) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
162 | and its functional owner information subsystems shall be |
163 | compatible with the legislative appropriations system, and they |
164 | shall be designed to support the legislative oversight function. |
165 | The Florida Financial Management Information System and its |
166 | functional owner information subsystems shall be unified with |
167 | the legislative information systems that support the legislative |
168 | appropriations and legislative oversight functions. The Florida |
169 | Financial Management Information System and its functional owner |
170 | information subsystems shall exchange information with the |
171 | legislative information systems that support the legislative |
172 | appropriations and legislative oversight functions without |
173 | conversion or modification. Any information maintained by the |
174 | Florida Financial Management Information System and its |
175 | functional owner information subsystems shall be available, upon |
176 | request, to the information systems of the legislative branch. |
177 | (6) The Florida Financial Management Information system |
178 | and its functional owner information subsystems shall: |
179 | (a) Be designed to incorporate the flexibility needed to |
180 | respond to the dynamic demands of state government in a cost- |
181 | conscious manner. The Florida Financial Management Information |
182 | System shall include applications that will support an |
183 | information retrieval system that will allow the user to ask |
184 | general questions and receive accurate answers that include |
185 | assessments concerning the qualifications of the data. |
186 | (b)(7) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
187 | and each of its functional owner information subsystems shall |
188 | strive to Employ a common set of operations that make the system |
189 | accessible to state agency program managers and statewide |
190 | decisionmakers. Data must shall be easily transferred from the |
191 | functional owner information subsystems to Florida Financial |
192 | Management Information System applications and also among the |
193 | functional owner information subsystems. The functional owner |
194 | information subsystems must shall identify shared data-gathering |
195 | needs in order to minimize the duplication duplications of |
196 | source-entry input. The coordinating council shall ensure that |
197 | All organizations within the executive branch of state |
198 | government must have access to and use the Florida Financial |
199 | Management Information system for the collection, processing, |
200 | and reporting of financial management data required for the |
201 | efficient and effective operation of state government. |
202 | (8) The Florida Financial Management Information System, |
203 | through its functional owner subsystems, shall include a data- |
204 | gathering and data-distribution facility that will support a |
205 | management and decisionmaking information system that collects |
206 | and stores agency and statewide financial, administrative, |
207 | planning, and program information to assist agency program |
208 | managers and statewide decisionmakers in carrying out their |
209 | responsibilities. |
210 | Section 4. Section 215.92, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
211 | read: |
212 | 215.92 Definitions relating to Florida Financial |
213 | Management Information System Act.-For the purposes of ss. |
214 | 215.90-215.961 215.90-215.96: |
215 | (1) "Agency financial business system" means a system that |
216 | provides financial business services, including related |
217 | administrative or accounting services, to one or more state |
218 | agencies and that may be approved as an enterprise agency |
219 | business subsystem of the Florida Financial Management |
220 | Information System according to s. 215.924. |
221 | (2)(1) "Auditable" means the presence of features and |
222 | characteristics that are needed to verify the proper functioning |
223 | of controls in any given information subsystem. |
224 | (3)(2) "Board" means the Financial Management Information |
225 | Board. |
226 | (3) "Coordinating council" or "council" means the Florida |
227 | Financial Management Information System Coordinating Council. |
228 | (4) "Council" means the Enterprise Financial Business |
229 | Services Council. |
230 | (5)(4) "Data or data code" means representation of facts, |
231 | concepts, or instructions in a formalized manner suitable for |
232 | communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or by |
233 | automatic means. The term includes any representations such as |
234 | characters or analog quantities to which meaning is, or might |
235 | be, assigned. |
236 | (5) "Design and coordination staff" means the personnel |
237 | responsible for providing administrative and clerical support to |
238 | the board, coordinating council, and secretary to the board. The |
239 | design and coordination staff shall function as the agency clerk |
240 | for the board and the coordinating council. For administrative |
241 | purposes, the design and coordination staff are assigned to the |
242 | Department of Financial Services but they are functionally |
243 | assigned to the board. |
244 | (6) "Enhancement" means a change to the Florida Financial |
245 | Management Information System which improves or adds features or |
246 | functionality to a functional information subsystem or |
247 | enterprise agency business subsystem and which changes or |
248 | affects how an enterprise business service or a task that is |
249 | part of the service is performed. |
250 | (7) "Enterprise agency business subsystem" means a state |
251 | agency financial business system that has been approved as a |
252 | subsystem of the Florida Financial Management Information System |
253 | if the Enterprise Financial Business Strategic Plan is approved |
254 | by the board. |
255 | (8) "Enterprise business owner" means the state agency |
256 | that has legal responsibility for ensuring that a functional |
257 | information subsystem or enterprise agency business subsystem of |
258 | the Florida Financial Management Information System is designed, |
259 | implemented, and operated in accordance with ss. 215.90-215.961. |
260 | (9) "Enterprise financial business process" means the |
261 | common series of tasks state agencies undertake in monitoring, |
262 | tracking, maintaining, or supporting the management, |
263 | accountability, and reporting of state financial data, all or a |
264 | portion of which may be performed within a functional |
265 | information subsystem of the Florida Financial Management |
266 | Information System. Financial business process tasks that are |
267 | not performed by a subsystem may have an impact on or determine |
268 | what tasks are performed by services that are provided by the |
269 | subsystem. |
270 | (10) "Enterprise financial business service" means a |
271 | service provided within the Florida Financial Management |
272 | Information System which performs some or all of the tasks of an |
273 | enterprise financial business process. |
274 | (11) "Functional information subsystems" means the |
275 | subsystems described in s. 215.93 which provide the core |
276 | enterprise business services described in s. 215.94. |
277 | (6) "Functional owner" means the agency, or the part of |
278 | the judicial branch, that has the legal responsibility to ensure |
279 | that a subsystem is designed, implemented, and operated in |
280 | accordance with ss. 215.90-215.96. |
281 | (12)(7) "Functional system specifications" means the |
282 | detailed written description of an information subsystem which |
283 | describes. These specifications are prepared by the functional |
284 | owner of the system; describe, in the functional owner's |
285 | language, what an information subsystem is required to do; and |
286 | describe the features, characteristics, controls, and internal |
287 | control measures to be incorporated into the information |
288 | subsystem. Such specifications are the basis for the preparation |
289 | of the technical system specifications by the functional owner. |
290 | (13)(8) "Information system" means a group of interrelated |
291 | information subsystems. |
292 | (14)(9) "Information subsystem" means the entire |
293 | collection of procedures, equipment, and people devoted to the |
294 | generation, collection, evaluation, storage, retrieval, and |
295 | dissemination of data and information within an organization or |
296 | functional area in order to promote the flow of information from |
297 | source to user. |
298 | (15) "Modification" means a technical change to a |
299 | functional information subsystem or an enterprise agency |
300 | business subsystem which does not affect how a task that is part |
301 | of an enterprise financial business service is performed. |
302 | (16) "Officer" means the executive director of the Agency |
303 | for Enterprise Business Services. |
304 | (17) "Project governance structure" means a written |
305 | delegation of authority which defines the roles and |
306 | responsibilities of project participants at all levels in the |
307 | decisionmaking process, identifies the levels of operational |
308 | decisionmaking, designates a clear line of decisional authority, |
309 | and provides a clear process for raising the visibility of |
310 | issues to the appropriate level for resolution. |
311 | (18) "Replacement" of a subsystem means any proposal for |
312 | continuing business services through the use of a new or |
313 | different functional information system from those currently |
314 | contracted. For purposes of this subsection, extensions of |
315 | contracts for functional information systems and associated |
316 | business services shall be considered replacements. |
317 | (19) "State agency" has the same meaning as in s. |
318 | 216.011(1). |
319 | Section 5. Section 215.922, Florida Statutes, is created |
320 | to read: |
321 | 215.922 Agency for Enterprise Business Services.-The |
322 | Agency for Enterprise Business Services is created within the |
323 | Department of Financial Services. |
324 | (1) The agency is a separate budget entity and is not |
325 | subject to control, supervision, or direction by the Department |
326 | of Financial Services, including, but not limited to, |
327 | purchasing, transactions involving real or personal property, |
328 | personnel, or budgetary matters. |
329 | (2) The head of the agency shall be the Governor and |
330 | Cabinet acting as the Financial Management Information Board. |
331 | (3) The agency shall have an executive director, who is |
332 | the Enterprise Financial Business Operations Officer. The |
333 | officer is appointed by the Governor with at least three |
334 | affirmative votes of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor |
335 | and the Chief Financial Officer on the prevailing side, and is |
336 | subject to confirmation by the Senate. The officer serves at the |
337 | pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. The Chief Financial |
338 | Officer may appoint an interim director until an executive |
339 | director is confirmed by the Cabinet. |
340 | (4) The agency shall have the following duties and |
341 | responsibilities: |
342 | (a) Ensuring that decisions are identified and issues are |
343 | resolved by the board as specified in s. 215.95. |
344 | (b) Coordinating and staffing the meetings of the council, |
345 | which shall meet at least 12 times per year for the purpose of |
346 | obtaining input from council members in carrying out the |
347 | provisions of ss. 215.90-215.961. |
348 | (c) Monitoring operational and performance issues of the |
349 | functional information subsystems and enterprise agency business |
350 | subsystems. |
351 | (d) Coordinating as necessary with the Agency for |
352 | Enterprise Information Technology to obtain technology-related |
353 | information from state agencies. |
354 | (e) Developing the Enterprise Financial Business Services |
355 | Strategic Plan as directed in s. 215.924. |
356 | (f) Serving as a clearinghouse for enterprise information |
357 | relating to the planning, development, implementation, and |
358 | evaluation of improvements to enterprise financial business |
359 | processes. |
360 | (g) Developing policies and procedures that improve the |
361 | efficiency and effectiveness of the Florida Financial Management |
362 | System by: |
363 | 1. Improving internal financial controls; |
364 | 2. Standardizing the state's fiscal management and |
365 | accounting practices; |
366 | 3. Simplifying the preparation of objective, accurate, and |
367 | timely management information and fiscal reports; |
368 | 4. Making recommendations to the Chief Financial Officer |
369 | for improving the standardization of the state's chart of |
370 | accounts; |
371 | 5. Standardizing enterprise financial business processes |
372 | and services if necessary to cost-effectively provide financial |
373 | business services; and |
374 | 6. Establishing common data codes to be used by all |
375 | functional information subsystems and enterprise agency business |
376 | subsystems. |
377 | (h) Developing criteria for defining standardized |
378 | enterprise financial business services to be provided by the |
379 | Florida Financial Management Information System. At a minimum, |
380 | the criteria must be able to determine whether: |
381 | 1. The identified financial function or task serves a |
382 | unique state agency need, is common among multiple state |
383 | agencies, or should be common among multiple state agencies; |
384 | 2. The identified function or task is necessary to comply |
385 | with a federal or state reporting requirement; and |
386 | 3. It is cost-effective to incorporate the service into |
387 | the Florida Financial Management Information System in |
388 | accordance with long-term planning goals. |
389 | (i) Adopting rules to administer ss. 215.90-215.961. |
390 | (j) Providing an operational plan annually by January 1, |
391 | beginning in 2014, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, |
392 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The plan must |
393 | contain recommendations for the current and subsequent fiscal |
394 | year and identify estimated costs, budget adjustments, and |
395 | legislative changes necessary to implement such recommendations. |
396 | At a minimum, the recommendations must identify: |
397 | 1. Major initiatives and implementation strategies |
398 | proposed for the next fiscal year which are designed to achieve |
399 | goals included in the Enterprise Financial Business Strategic |
400 | Plan described in s. 215.924; |
401 | 2. Changes to internal financial controls and enterprise |
402 | financial business processes; |
403 | 3. Proposals to eliminate specific impediments to |
404 | achieving standardized enterprise financial business services; |
405 | 4. An assessment of ongoing projects that enhance or |
406 | replace any of the Florida Financial Management Information |
407 | System's functional information subsystems or enterprise agency |
408 | business subsystems and, where applicable, recommendations for |
409 | improving project management; and |
410 | 5. An analysis of each specific business case supporting |
411 | enhancement or replacement of a subsystem, including pending |
412 | contract extensions, renewals, or modifications of any of the |
413 | Florida Financial Management Information System's functional |
414 | information subsystems or enterprise agency business subsystems |
415 | submitted in accordance with s. 215.961. Such analysis must |
416 | include determining whether the enhancement or replacement is |
417 | consistent with the Enterprise Financial Business Strategic |
418 | Plan, and is in compliance with policies, procedures, or |
419 | criteria developed as specified in ss. 215.90-216.96. |
420 | (k) Submitting an inventory to the Governor and the chairs |
421 | of the legislative appropriation committees by July 1, 2013, of |
422 | agency financial business systems that are maintained by |
423 | executive branch agencies. At a minimum, the inventory must |
424 | include the following information: |
425 | 1. A description of the financial business processes |
426 | supported and financial business services provided by each |
427 | system; |
428 | 2. The total cost of operating and maintaining each agency |
429 | financial business system on an annual fiscal-year basis. The |
430 | total cost calculation must, at a minimum, include staffing |
431 | requirements, hardware and software costs, contracted services |
432 | and external service provider costs, and facilities and power |
433 | costs; |
434 | 3. The enhancement costs estimated for the 2012-2013 |
435 | fiscal year and planned enhancement costs for the 2013-2014 |
436 | fiscal year. The inventory must identify the budget authority |
437 | that will be used to pay for any proposed enhancements in the |
438 | 2013-2014 fiscal year; |
439 | 4. The number of and job descriptions of end users who |
440 | must use the system on a daily basis to perform their job |
441 | functions; |
442 | 5. Any state or federal laws that require the |
443 | implementation and use of the agency financial business system; |
444 | and |
445 | 6. An assessment of whether each agency financial business |
446 | system can be approved as an enterprise agency business |
447 | subsystem pursuant to s. 215.924 or, if it cannot be approved, a |
448 | statement explaining why that is not possible. The Agency for |
449 | Enterprise Business Services shall develop criteria for such |
450 | approval. To be approved as an enterprise agency business |
451 | subsystem, the agency system must, at a minimum: |
452 | a. Provide financial and administrative data and |
453 | information or functionality that is essential to state |
454 | enterprise financial operations; |
455 | b. Effectively provide a required enterprise financial |
456 | business service or support an enterprise financial business |
457 | process; |
458 | c. Provide financial data, information, or functionality |
459 | that is not partially or completely duplicated by a functional |
460 | information subsystem; and |
461 | d. Demonstrate that the agency financial business system's |
462 | financial data, information, or functionality can be provided in |
463 | a cost-effective manner by a functional information subsystem. |
464 | Section 6. Section 215.923, Florida Statutes, is created |
465 | to read: |
466 | 215.923 Enterprise Financial Business Services Council.- |
467 | The Enterprise Financial Business Services Council is created as |
468 | an advisory body to support the Agency for Enterprise Business |
469 | Services in the execution of its duties and responsibilities. |
470 | (1) Council members include: |
471 | (a) The officer who shall serve as chair of the council. |
472 | (b) The Planning and Budgeting Subsystem enterprise |
473 | business owner or designee. |
474 | (c) The Financial Management Subsystem enterprise business |
475 | owner or designee. |
476 | (d) The Cash Management Subsystem enterprise business |
477 | owner or designee. |
478 | (e) The Purchasing Subsystem enterprise business owner or |
479 | designee. |
480 | (f) The Personnel Information Subsystem enterprise |
481 | business owner or designee. |
482 | (g) The Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
483 | Distribution Subsystem enterprise business owner or designee. |
484 | (h) A member representing state agency administrative |
485 | services directors as determined by the directors. |
486 | (i) A member appointed by the Attorney General. |
487 | (j) A member appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. |
488 | (k) The executive director of the Agency for Enterprise |
489 | Information Technology or designee. |
490 | (2) Duties of the council include: |
491 | (a) Acting as liaison with all user agencies of the |
492 | Florida Financial Management Information System. |
493 | (b) Advising the Agency for Enterprise Business Services |
494 | on the development of the Enterprise Financial Business |
495 | Strategic Plan. |
496 | (3) Agency for Enterprise Business Services staff shall |
497 | support the activities of the council. |
498 | (4) The chair may appoint work groups from state agency |
499 | staff as necessary to analyze, coordinate, or resolve specific |
500 | issues. |
501 | Section 7. Section 215.924, Florida Statutes, is created |
502 | to read: |
503 | 215.924 Enterprise Financial Business Strategic Plan.-The |
504 | Agency for Enterprise Business Services, with the assistance of |
505 | the council, shall develop, adopt, and, beginning in 2013, |
506 | annually update by July 1, the Enterprise Financial Business |
507 | Strategic Plan. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the |
508 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
509 | Representatives. The plan must: |
510 | (1) Describe the enterprise financial business services to |
511 | be provided by the Florida Financial Management Information |
512 | System. The description must be sufficient to determine the |
513 | functionality that will be provided by the system and to |
514 | identify which agency business system services should be |
515 | incorporated as enterprise agency business subsystems. |
516 | Enterprise financial business services at a minimum must include |
517 | the enterprise business services defined in s. 215.94. |
518 | (2) Identify and describe all functional information |
519 | subsystems and agency financial business systems recommended as |
520 | enterprise agency business subsystems for inclusion in the |
521 | Florida Financial Management Information System, which, at a |
522 | minimum, is comprised of the subsystems defined in s. 215.93. An |
523 | enterprise agency business subsystem shall be recommended for |
524 | approval as a subsystem based on the assessment process in s. |
525 | 215.922. |
526 | (3) Provide, for the most recent fiscal year, the total |
527 | cost of operating and maintaining each subsystem, the staff |
528 | required for operation and maintenance, the number of end users |
529 | who must use the system to perform their job functions, and any |
530 | state or federal law specifically requiring the implementation |
531 | of the subsystem. |
532 | (4) Identify the critical interfaces for all subsystems, |
533 | including identified enterprise agency business subsystems, of |
534 | the Florida Financial Management Information System for the |
535 | purpose of coordinating standardized information exchange |
536 | between subsystems. |
537 | (5) Develop a 5-year plan for replacing or enhancing |
538 | subsystems of the Florida Financial Management Information |
539 | System, with the goal of having a system that provides |
540 | enterprise business services in the most cost-effective manner, |
541 | including: |
542 | (a) Overall options for replacing major subsystem |
543 | components and plans for addressing any contracts that expire |
544 | within the 5-year planning period; |
545 | (b) Recommended changes in enterprise financial business |
546 | services provided by the system which are necessary or |
547 | appropriate as subsystems are replaced as envisioned by the |
548 | plan; |
549 | (c) Improvements or enhancements that address impediments |
550 | to achieving long-term system planning goals; and |
551 | (d) Recommended changes that ensure the use of common data |
552 | codes by the information subsystems. |
553 | (6) Provide project management plans and governance |
554 | structures for approved subsystem enhancement or replacement |
555 | projects that have more than $10 million in cumulative total |
556 | funding. |
557 | (7) Recommend improvements to enterprise financial |
558 | business processes which may facilitate the standardization of |
559 | financial business services provided by the Florida Financial |
560 | Management Information System. |
561 | (8) Recommend improvements to enterprise reporting in |
562 | order to enhance the management of enterprise financial business |
563 | services. |
564 | (9) Recommend measures to improve data security, improve |
565 | data integrity between subsystems, and eliminate data redundancy |
566 | between subsystems. |
567 | Section 8. Section 215.93, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
568 | read: |
569 | 215.93 Florida Financial Management Information System.- |
570 | (1) To provide the information necessary to carry out the |
571 | intent of the Legislature, there shall be a Florida Financial |
572 | Management Information System. The Florida Financial Management |
573 | Information system must shall be fully implemented and shall be |
574 | upgraded as necessary to ensure the efficient operation of an |
575 | integrated enterprise-wide financial management information |
576 | system and to provide necessary information for the effective |
577 | operation of state government. Upon the recommendation of the |
578 | coordinating council and approval of the officer board, the |
579 | Florida Financial Management Information System may require data |
580 | from any state agency information system or information |
581 | subsystem or may request data from any judicial branch |
582 | information system or information subsystem that the officer |
583 | determines coordinating council and board have determined to |
584 | have statewide financial management significance. Each |
585 | functional owner information subsystem within the Florida |
586 | Financial Management Information System must shall be developed |
587 | in such a fashion as to allow for timely, positive, preplanned, |
588 | and prescribed data transfers between the Florida Financial |
589 | Management Information System functional owner information |
590 | subsystems and from other information systems. The principal |
591 | unit of the system, as defined in the strategic plan in s. |
592 | 215.924, shall be the functional owner information subsystem, |
593 | which includes, but is not, and the system shall include, but |
594 | shall not be limited to, the following: |
595 | (a) The Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. |
596 | (b) The Financial Management Florida Accounting |
597 | Information Resource Subsystem. |
598 | (c) The Cash Management Subsystem. |
599 | (d) The Purchasing Subsystem. |
600 | (e) The Personnel Information System. |
601 | (f) The Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
602 | Distribution Subsystem, also known as the System for Unified |
603 | Taxation. |
604 | (2) The enterprise business owner of each functional |
605 | information subsystem: shall have a functional owner, who may |
606 | establish additional functions for the subsystem unless |
607 | specifically prohibited by ss. 215.90-215.96. |
608 | (a) Shall submit a business case justifying any |
609 | enhancements to, or replacement of, the subsystem to the Agency |
610 | for Enterprise Business Services for review and approval. |
611 | However, without the express approval of the board upon |
612 | recommendation of the coordinating council, no functional owner |
613 | nor any other agency shall have the authority to establish or |
614 | maintain additional subsystems which duplicate any of the |
615 | information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management |
616 | Information System. Each functional owner shall |
617 | (b) Shall solicit input and responses from state agencies |
618 | using utilizing the information subsystem. Each functional owner |
619 | (c) May contract with the other enterprise business |
620 | functional owners or private sector entities in the design, |
621 | development, and implementation of their functional information |
622 | systems and subsystems and enterprise agency business subsystems |
623 | when modifications or subsystem replacements have been approved |
624 | by the Agency for Enterprise Business Services. Each functional |
625 | owner |
626 | (d) Shall include in its information subsystem functional |
627 | specifications the data requirements and standards of the |
628 | Florida Financial Management Information System as approved by |
629 | the officer board. Each functional owner |
630 | (e) Shall establish a project team design teams that plans |
631 | and coordinates shall plan and coordinate the design and |
632 | implementation of its subsystem within the project governance |
633 | process approved by the officer framework established by the |
634 | board. |
635 | (f) Shall provide regular reports on the status of |
636 | projects to the council and the officer. The design teams shall |
637 | assist the design and coordination staff in carrying out the |
638 | duties assigned by the board or the coordinating council. The |
639 | coordinating council shall review and approve the work plans for |
640 | these projects. |
641 | (g) Shall provide information relating to agency financial |
642 | business processes and services or functional information |
643 | subsystems as required by the Agency for Enterprise Business |
644 | Services. |
645 | (h) Shall notify the Agency for Enterprise Business |
646 | Services of modifications or enhancements to subsystems of the |
647 | Florida Financial Management Information System. |
648 | (i) Shall submit to the Agency for Enterprise Business |
649 | Services annual spending plans for any funds appropriated to a |
650 | state agency for enhancing enterprise agency business subsystems |
651 | and functional information subsystems. |
652 | (3) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
653 | must shall include financial management data and use utilize the |
654 | chart of accounts established approved by the Chief Financial |
655 | Officer. Common financial management data shall include, but are |
656 | not be limited to, data codes, titles, and definitions used by |
657 | one or more of the functional information owner subsystems. |
658 | (a) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
659 | shall use utilize common financial management data codes. The |
660 | council shall recommend and the officer board shall adopt |
661 | policies regarding the approval and publication of the financial |
662 | management data. |
663 | (b) The Chief Financial Officer shall adopt policies |
664 | regarding the approval and publication of the chart of accounts. |
665 | The Chief Financial Officer's chart of accounts shall be |
666 | consistent with the common financial management data codes |
667 | established by the officer must be consistent with the Chief |
668 | Financial Officer's chart of accounts coordinating council. |
669 | Further, |
670 | (c) All systems not a part of the Florida Financial |
671 | Management Information System which provide information to the |
672 | system must shall use the common data codes from the Florida |
673 | Financial Management Information System and the Chief Financial |
674 | Officer's chart of accounts. |
675 | (d) Data codes that cannot be supplied by the Florida |
676 | Financial Management Information System and the Chief Financial |
677 | Officer's chart of accounts and that are required for use by the |
678 | information subsystems shall be approved by the officer board |
679 | upon recommendation of the coordinating council. |
680 | (4) The Florida Financial Management Information System |
681 | shall be designed, installed, and operated in a fashion |
682 | compatible with the legislative appropriations system. |
683 | (5) Enterprise business Functional owners are legally |
684 | responsible for the security and integrity of all data records |
685 | existing within or transferred from their information |
686 | subsystems. Each state agency and the judicial branch shall be |
687 | responsible for the accuracy of the information entered into the |
688 | Florida Financial Management Information System. |
689 | Section 9. Section 215.94, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
690 | read: |
691 | 215.94 Designation, duties, and responsibilities of |
692 | enterprise business functional owners.- |
693 | (1) The Executive Office of the Governor is shall be the |
694 | enterprise business functional owner of the Planning and |
695 | Budgeting Subsystem, which shall be designed, implemented, and |
696 | operated in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90-215.961 |
697 | 215.90-215.96 and chapter 216. The Planning and Budgeting |
698 | Subsystem includes shall include, but is shall not be limited |
699 | to, the following functions for: |
700 | (a) Development and preparation of state agency and |
701 | judicial branch budget requests. |
702 | (b) Analysis and evaluation of state agency and judicial |
703 | branch budget requests and alternatives. |
704 | (c) Controlling and tracking the allocation of |
705 | appropriations, approved budget, and releases. |
706 | (d) Performance-based program budgeting compliance |
707 | evaluations, as provided in the legislative budget instructions |
708 | pursuant to s. 216.023(3). |
709 | (2) The Department of Financial Services is shall be the |
710 | enterprise business functional owner of the Florida Financial |
711 | Management Accounting Information Resource Subsystem established |
712 | pursuant to ss. 17.03, 215.86, 216.141, and 216.151 and further |
713 | developed in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90- |
714 | 215.961 215.90-215.96. The subsystem includes shall include, but |
715 | is shall not be limited to, the following functions: |
716 | (a) Accounting and reporting so as to provide timely data |
717 | for producing financial statements for the state in accordance |
718 | with generally accepted accounting principles. |
719 | (b) Auditing and settling claims against the state. |
720 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer is shall be the enterprise |
721 | business functional owner of the Cash Management Subsystem. The |
722 | Chief Financial Officer shall design, implement, and operate the |
723 | subsystem in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90- |
724 | 215.961 215.90-215.96. The subsystem includes shall include, but |
725 | is shall not be limited to, the following financial business |
726 | services functions for: |
727 | (a) Recording and reconciling credits and debits to |
728 | treasury fund accounts. |
729 | (b) Monitoring cash levels and activities in state bank |
730 | accounts. |
731 | (c) Monitoring short-term investments of idle cash. |
732 | (d) Administering the provisions of the Federal Cash |
733 | Management Improvement Act of 1990. |
734 | (4) The Department of Management Services is shall be the |
735 | enterprise business functional owner of the Purchasing |
736 | Subsystem. The department shall design, implement, and operate |
737 | the subsystem in accordance with the provisions of ss. 215.90- |
738 | 215.961 215.90-215.96. The subsystem includes shall include, but |
739 | is shall not be limited to, financial business services |
740 | functions for commodity and service procurement. |
741 | (5) The Department of Management Services is shall be the |
742 | enterprise business functional owner of the Personnel |
743 | Information System. The department shall ensure that the system |
744 | is designed, implemented, and operated in accordance with the |
745 | provisions of ss. 110.116 and 215.90-215.961 215.90-215.96. The |
746 | department may contract with a vendor to provide the system and |
747 | services required of the Personnel Information System. The |
748 | subsystem includes shall include, but is shall not be limited |
749 | to, the following financial business services functions for: |
750 | (a) Maintenance of employee and position data, including |
751 | funding sources and percentages and salary lapse. The employee |
752 | data includes shall include, but is not be limited to, |
753 | information to meet the payroll system requirements of the |
754 | Department of Financial Services and to meet the employee |
755 | benefit system requirements of the Department of Management |
756 | Services. |
757 | (b) Recruitment and selection. |
758 | (c) Time and leave reporting. |
759 | (d) Collective bargaining. |
760 | (6)(a) Consistent with the provisions of s. 215.86, the |
761 | enterprise business respective functional owner of each |
762 | functional information subsystem is shall be responsible for |
763 | ensuring that: |
764 | (a)1. The accounting information produced by the |
765 | information subsystem adheres to generally accepted accounting |
766 | principles. |
767 | (b)2. The information subsystem contains the necessary |
768 | controls to maintain its integrity, within acceptable limits and |
769 | at an acceptable cost. |
770 | (c)3. The information subsystem is auditable. |
771 | (7) The Department of Revenue is the enterprise business |
772 | owner of the Revenue and Tax Collection, Processing, and |
773 | Distribution Subsystem, which shall be designed, implemented, |
774 | and operated in accordance with ss. 20.21 and 215.90-215.961 and |
775 | chapter 216. The subsystem includes, but is not limited to, the |
776 | following financial business services. |
777 | (a) Receiving, collecting, processing, and distributing |
778 | revenue from the sales tax, documentary stamp tax, corporate |
779 | income tax, communication services tax, fuel tax, and other |
780 | taxes administered by the department. |
781 | (b) Providing data needed to support the Economic |
782 | Estimating Conference and the Revenue Estimating Conference |
783 | established in s. 216.136. |
784 | (c) Integrating with other Florida Financial Management |
785 | Information System subsystems. |
786 | (8)(b) The Auditor General shall be advised by the |
787 | enterprise business functional owner of each functional |
788 | information subsystem of as to the date that the development or |
789 | significant modification of its functional system specifications |
790 | begins is to begin. The Auditor General shall provide technical |
791 | advice, as allowed by professional auditing standards, on |
792 | specific issues relating to the design, implementation, and |
793 | operation of each information subsystem. |
794 | (9)(7) The Auditor General shall provide to the officer |
795 | board and the coordinating council the findings and |
796 | recommendations of any audit relating to regarding the |
797 | provisions of ss. 215.90-215.961 215.90-215.96. |
798 | (10) The Florida Financial Management Information System, |
799 | through its functional information subsystems, must include a |
800 | data-gathering and data-distribution facility that supports a |
801 | management and decisionmaking information system that collects |
802 | and stores agency and statewide financial, administrative, |
803 | planning, and program information to assist state agency program |
804 | managers and statewide decisionmakers in carrying out their |
805 | responsibilities. |
806 | Section 10. Section 215.95, Florida Statutes, is amended |
807 | to read: |
808 | 215.95 Financial Management Information Board.- |
809 | (1) There is created, as part of the Administration |
810 | Commission, the Financial Management Information Board. The |
811 | board is shall be composed of the Governor, the Chief Financial |
812 | Officer, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Attorney |
813 | General. The Governor is the shall be chair of the board. The |
814 | Governor or the Chief Financial Officer may call a meeting of |
815 | the board at any time the need arises. |
816 | (2) To carry out its duties and responsibilities, the |
817 | board shall by majority vote: |
818 | (a) Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to |
819 | administer implement the Florida Financial Management |
820 | Information System. |
821 | (b) Oversee the actions of the Agency for Enterprise |
822 | Business Services coordinating council and issue orders to |
823 | executive branch agencies to enforce implementation of and |
824 | compliance with provisions relating to the Florida Financial |
825 | Management Information System. |
826 | (c) Manage and oversee the development of the Florida |
827 | Financial Management Information System in such a manner that |
828 | includes fashion including, but is not limited to, ensuring |
829 | compatibility and integration with the Legislative |
830 | Appropriations System. |
831 | (d) Approve and submit annually by July 1 the Enterprise |
832 | Financial Business Strategic Plan described in s. 215.924. |
833 | (e) Approve and annually submit by January 1 the Florida |
834 | Financial Management Information System operational plan |
835 | described in s. 215.922. |
836 | (f) Resolve issues that the officer cannot resolve. |
837 | (g) Approve project milestone decisions for projects that |
838 | replace or enhance a Florida Financial Management Information |
839 | System subsystem. Milestone decisions include: |
840 | 1. Approval of contracts for subsystem replacement or |
841 | changes in subsystem functionality; |
842 | 2. Approval of project management plans and project |
843 | governance structures; |
844 | 3. Acceptance of major project deliverables; and |
845 | 4. Approval of project go or no-go decisions. |
846 | Section 11. Section 215.96, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
847 | Section 12. Section 215.961, Florida Statutes, is created |
848 | to read: |
849 | 215.961 State agency requirements.-State agencies shall: |
850 | (1) Adhere to policies developed by the Agency for |
851 | Enterprise Business Services for the Florida Financial |
852 | Management Information System which relate to the use of |
853 | functional information subsystems and enterprise agency business |
854 | subsystems. |
855 | (2) By July 1, 2015, use the Florida Financial Management |
856 | Information System to perform enterprise financial business |
857 | services. A state agency maintaining a system that duplicates |
858 | the business services provided by the Florida Financial |
859 | Management Information System shall, by October 15, 2013, |
860 | provide a plan to the Agency for Enterprise Business Services |
861 | for migrating its financial business services to the system. |
862 | (3) Submit to the Agency for Enterprise Business Services: |
863 | (a) Updates on any changes that affect the provision of |
864 | services by the Florida Financial Information Management System, |
865 | including changes in federal or state laws. |
866 | (b) A business case analysis for each legislative budget |
867 | request for funding an enhancement or replacement of a |
868 | functional information subsystem identified in s. 215.93 or an |
869 | approved enterprise agency financial business subsystem that has |
870 | been identified as a subsystem of the Florida Financial |
871 | Management Subsystem in the strategic plan required under s. |
872 | 215.924. |
873 | (c) By July 1 2012, as specified by the officer, lists of |
874 | financial business systems maintained by the state agency, |
875 | including, but not limited to: |
876 | 1. Descriptions of financial services provided by the |
877 | system; |
878 | 2. Whether services are currently provided by a functional |
879 | information system; |
880 | 3. System equipment and application specifics; and |
881 | 4. The estimated cost of operating and maintaining the |
882 | system and estimated enhancement costs for the 2012-2013 fiscal |
883 | year. |
884 | (4) Be responsible for the accuracy of the information |
885 | entered into the Florida Financial Management Information |
886 | System. |
887 | Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), paragraph (a) |
888 | of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), (8), (10), (11), |
889 | and (13) of section 215.985, Florida Statutes, are amended, and |
890 | subsections (15) and (16) are added to that section, to read: |
891 | 215.985 Transparency in government spending.- |
892 | (2) As used in this section, the term: |
893 | (a) "Governmental entity" means any state, regional, |
894 | county, municipal, special district, or other political |
895 | subdivision whether executive, judicial, or legislative, |
896 | including, but not limited to, any department, division, bureau, |
897 | commission, authority, district, or agency thereof, or any |
898 | public school district, community college, state university, or |
899 | associated board. |
900 | (3) The Executive Office of the Governor, in consultation |
901 | with the appropriations committees of the Senate and the House |
902 | of Representatives, shall establish a single website, directly |
903 | accessible through the state's official Internet portal, which |
904 | provides information relating to each appropriation in the |
905 | General Appropriations Act for each branch of state government |
906 | and state agency. |
907 | (a) At a minimum, the information provided must include: |
908 | 1. Disbursement data for each appropriation by the object |
909 | code associated with each expenditure established within the |
910 | Florida Financial Management Accounting Information Resource |
911 | Subsystem. Expenditure data must include the name of the payee, |
912 | the date of the expenditure, the amount of the expenditure, and |
913 | the statewide document number. |
914 | 2. For each appropriation, any adjustments, including |
915 | vetoes, approved supplemental appropriations included in |
916 | legislation other than the General Appropriations Act, budget |
917 | amendments, other actions approved pursuant to chapter 216, and |
918 | any other adjustments authorized by law. |
919 | 3. Status of spending authority for each appropriation in |
920 | the approved operating budget, including released, unreleased, |
921 | reserved, and disbursed balances. |
922 | 4. Position and rate information for positions provided in |
923 | the General Appropriations Act. |
924 | (5) The committee shall recommend a format for collecting |
925 | and displaying information from state universities, school |
926 | districts, charter schools, charter technical career centers |
927 | public schools, community colleges, local governmental units, |
928 | and other governmental entities receiving state appropriations. |
929 | (6) By November 1, 2012, and annually thereafter March 1, |
930 | 2010, the committee shall develop a schedule for adding |
931 | additional other information to the website by type of |
932 | information and governmental entity, including timeframes and |
933 | development entity. The schedule for adding additional |
934 | information shall be submitted to the President of the Senate |
935 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Additional |
936 | information may include: |
937 | (a) Disbursements by the governmental entity from funds |
938 | established within the treasury of the governmental entity, |
939 | including, for all branches of state government, allotment |
940 | balances in the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
941 | Information Resource Subsystem. |
942 | (b) Revenues received by each governmental entity, |
943 | including receipts or deposits by the governmental entity into |
944 | funds established within the treasury of the governmental |
945 | entity. |
946 | (c) Information relating to a governmental entity's bonded |
947 | indebtedness, including, but not limited to, the total amount of |
948 | obligation stated in terms of principal and interest, an |
949 | itemization of each obligation, the term of each obligation, the |
950 | source of funding for repayment of each obligation, the amounts |
951 | of principal and interest previously paid to reduce each |
952 | obligation, the balance remaining of each obligation, any |
953 | refinancing of any obligation, and the cited statutory authority |
954 | to issue such bonds. |
955 | (d) Links to available governmental entity websites. |
956 | (8) By August 31 of each fiscal year, each executive |
957 | branch agency, the state court system, and the Legislature shall |
958 | establish allotments in the Florida Financial Management |
959 | Accounting Information Resource Subsystem for planned |
960 | expenditures of state appropriations. |
961 | (10) Functional owners as defined in s. 215.92 215.94 and |
962 | other governmental entities, as specified by the committee, |
963 | shall provide information necessary to accomplish the purposes |
964 | of this section. |
965 | (11) A Any municipality or special district that has total |
966 | annual revenues of less than $10 million having a population of |
967 | 10,000 or fewer is exempt from this section. Population |
968 | determinations must be based on the most recent population |
969 | estimates prepared pursuant to s. 186.901. |
970 | (13) The Office of Policy and Budget in the Executive |
971 | Office of the Governor shall ensure that all data added to the |
972 | website relating to the state's financial data remain remains |
973 | accessible to the public for 10 years. |
974 | (15) A certified public accountant conducting an audit |
975 | pursuant to s. 11.45 or s. 218.39 of a unit of local government |
976 | which is subject to the Transparency Florida Act shall report, |
977 | as part of the audit, whether the entity is in compliance with |
978 | the act. |
979 | (16) The committee may adopt guidelines to administer this |
980 | section. |
981 | (17) A state contract management system is established |
982 | within the Transparency Florida website for the purpose of |
983 | providing public access to information relating to contracts |
984 | procured by state government entities. The data in the system |
985 | shall include, but is not limited to, the contracting agency, |
986 | compensation, contract beginning and end date, type of commodity |
987 | and service, procurement method, purpose of the commodity or |
988 | service, compliance information such as performance metrics for |
989 | the service or commodity, contract violations, the number of |
990 | extensions or renewals, and whether the service is required by |
991 | law. |
992 | (18) Agency procurement staff of state government entities |
993 | shall update data within the state contract management system |
994 | immediately upon major changes to the contract, including |
995 | renewal of the contract, termination of the contract, extension |
996 | of the contract, and when amendments are made to the contract. |
997 | Section 14. Subsection (41) of section 570.07, Florida |
998 | Statutes, is repealed. |
999 | Section 15. Subsection (2) of section 17.11, Florida |
1000 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1001 | 17.11 To report disbursements made.- |
1002 | (2) The Chief Financial Officer shall also cause to have |
1003 | reported from the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
1004 | Information Resource Subsystem to report at least no less than |
1005 | quarterly the disbursements that which agencies made to small |
1006 | businesses, as defined in the Florida Small and Minority |
1007 | Business Assistance Act; to certified minority business |
1008 | enterprises in the aggregate; and to certified minority business |
1009 | enterprises broken down into categories of minority persons, as |
1010 | well as gender and nationality subgroups. This information shall |
1011 | be made available to the agencies, the Office of Supplier |
1012 | Diversity, the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the |
1013 | Speaker of the House of Representatives. Each agency is shall be |
1014 | responsible for the accuracy of information entered into the |
1015 | Florida Financial Management Accounting Information Resource |
1016 | Subsystem for use in this reporting. |
1017 | Section 16. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1), subsection |
1018 | (2), and paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section 216.102, |
1019 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1020 | 216.102 Filing of financial information; handling by Chief |
1021 | Financial Officer; penalty for noncompliance.- |
1022 | (1) By September 30 of each year, each agency supported by |
1023 | any form of taxation, licenses, fees, imposts, or exactions, the |
1024 | judicial branch, and, for financial reporting purposes, each |
1025 | component unit of the state as determined by the Chief Financial |
1026 | Officer shall prepare, using generally accepted accounting |
1027 | principles, and file with the Chief Financial Officer the |
1028 | financial and other information necessary for the preparation of |
1029 | annual financial statements for the State of Florida as of June |
1030 | 30. In addition, each such agency and the judicial branch shall |
1031 | prepare financial statements showing the financial position and |
1032 | results of agency or branch operations as of June 30 for |
1033 | internal management purposes. |
1034 | (b) The Chief Financial Officer shall publish a statewide |
1035 | policy detailing the requirements for recording receipt and |
1036 | disbursement of federal funds into the Florida Financial |
1037 | Management Accounting Information Resource Subsystem and provide |
1038 | technical assistance to the agencies and the judicial branch to |
1039 | implement the policy. |
1040 | (2) Financial information must be contained within the |
1041 | Florida Financial Management Accounting Information Resource |
1042 | Subsystem. Other information must be submitted in the form and |
1043 | format prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer. |
1044 | (a) Each component unit shall file financial information |
1045 | and other information necessary for the preparation of annual |
1046 | financial statements with the agency or branch designated by the |
1047 | Chief Financial Officer by the date specified by the Chief |
1048 | Financial Officer. |
1049 | (b) The state agency or branch designated by the Chief |
1050 | Financial Officer to receive financial information and other |
1051 | information from component units shall include the financial |
1052 | information in the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
1053 | Information Resource Subsystem and shall include the component |
1054 | units' other information in its submission to the Chief |
1055 | Financial Officer. |
1056 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer shall: |
1057 | (f) Consult with and elicit comments from the Executive |
1058 | Office of the Governor on changes to the Florida Financial |
1059 | Management Accounting Information Resource Subsystem which |
1060 | clearly affect the accounting of federal funds in order, so as |
1061 | to ensure consistency of information entered into the Federal |
1062 | Aid Tracking System by state executive and judicial branch |
1063 | entities. While efforts shall be made to ensure the |
1064 | compatibility of the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
1065 | Information Resource Subsystem and the Federal Aid Tracking |
1066 | System, any successive systems serving identical or similar |
1067 | functions must shall preserve such compatibility. |
1068 |
|
1069 | The Chief Financial Officer may furnish and publish in |
1070 | electronic form the financial statements and the comprehensive |
1071 | annual financial report required under paragraphs (a), (b), and |
1072 | (c). |
1073 | Section 17. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 216.141, |
1074 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1075 | 216.141 Budget system procedures; planning and programming |
1076 | by state agencies.- |
1077 | (2) The Florida Management Information Board shall notify |
1078 | the Auditor General of any changes or modifications to the |
1079 | Florida Financial Management Information System and its |
1080 | functional owner information subsystems. |
1081 | (3) The Chief Financial Officer, as chief fiscal officer, |
1082 | shall use the Florida Financial Management Accounting |
1083 | Information Resource Subsystem developed pursuant to s. |
1084 | 215.94(2) for account purposes in the performance of and |
1085 | accounting for all of his or her constitutional and statutory |
1086 | duties and responsibilities. However, state agencies and the |
1087 | judicial branch continue to be responsible for maintaining |
1088 | accounting records necessary for effective management of their |
1089 | programs and functions. |
1090 | Section 18. Section 216.237, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1091 | to read: |
1092 | 216.237 Availability of any remaining funds; agency |
1093 | maintenance of accounting records.-Any remaining funds from the |
1094 | General Revenue Fund and trust fund spending authority not |
1095 | awarded to agencies pursuant to s. 216.236 are shall be |
1096 | available to agencies for innovative projects that which |
1097 | generate a cost savings, increase revenue, or improve service |
1098 | delivery. Innovative projects that which generate a cost savings |
1099 | shall receive greater consideration when awarding innovation |
1100 | investment funds. Any trust fund authority granted under this |
1101 | program must be used shall be utilized in a manner consistent |
1102 | with the statutory authority for the use of the said trust fund. |
1103 | Any savings realized as a result of implementing the innovative |
1104 | project shall be used by the agency to establish an internal |
1105 | innovations fund. State agencies that which are awarded funds |
1106 | for innovative projects shall use utilize the chart of accounts |
1107 | used by the Florida Financial Management Accounting Information |
1108 | Resource Subsystem in the manner described in s. 215.93(3). The |
1109 | Such chart of accounts shall be developed and amended in |
1110 | consultation with the Department of Financial Services and the |
1111 | Executive Office of the Governor to separate and account for the |
1112 | savings that result from the implementation of the innovative |
1113 | projects and to keep track of how the innovative funds are |
1114 | reinvested by the state agency to fund additional innovative |
1115 | projects, which may include, but not be limited to, expenditures |
1116 | for training and information technology resources. Guidelines |
1117 | for the establishment of such internal innovations fund shall be |
1118 | provided by the Department of Management Services. Any agency |
1119 | awarded funds under this section shall maintain detailed |
1120 | accounting records showing all expenses, loan transfers, |
1121 | savings, or other financial actions concerning the project. Any |
1122 | savings realized as a result of implementing the innovative |
1123 | project shall be quantified, validated, and verified by the |
1124 | agency. A final report of the results of the implementation of |
1125 | each innovative project shall be submitted by each participating |
1126 | agency to the Governor's Office of Policy Planning and Budgeting |
1127 | and the legislative appropriations committees by June 30 of the |
1128 | fiscal year in which the funds were received and ensuing fiscal |
1129 | years for the life of the project. |
1130 | Section 19. Funds provided in Specific Appropriations |
1131 | 2449, 2451, 2452, and 2459 of chapter 2008-152, Laws of Florida, |
1132 | for staffing the task force established in s. 17.0315, Florida |
1133 | Statutes, shall be used to implement this act. |
1134 | Section 20. This act shall take effect upon becoming a |
1135 | law. |