Florida Senate - 2014 SB 264 By Senator Brandes 22-00428B-14 2014264__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to inflation and deflation; providing 3 legislative intent; providing a definition; requiring 4 each state agency, including the judicial branch, to 5 identify all statutes relating to the agency which 6 contain a reference to a monetary amount; requiring 7 each state agency to submit an initial report relating 8 to those findings and make recommendations to the 9 Governor and Legislature by a certain date as to 10 whether those amounts should be adjusted; requiring 11 the posting of the reports on each agency’s respective 12 public website; requesting public input on the 13 findings and recommendations; requiring each agency to 14 submit a final report containing final recommendations 15 to the Governor and Legislature by a certain date and 16 include a fiscal impact statement for each recommended 17 statutory change to the monetary amount; providing for 18 expiration; providing an effective date. 19 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21 22 Section 1. State agency monetary report.— 23 (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that any 24 statutory provision specifying a fixed monetary amount be 25 regularly reviewed for the purpose of incorporating changes in 26 the real value of money resulting from inflation or deflation. 27 (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “state 28 agency” includes each agency or department of the executive 29 branch of state government; the Justice Administrative 30 Commission on behalf of the state attorneys, public defenders, 31 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and capital 32 collateral regional counsel; the Florida Clerks of Court 33 Operations Corporation on behalf of itself and the clerks of 34 courts; and the Office of the State Courts Administrator on 35 behalf of the judicial branch. 36 (3) STATUTORY SURVEY.—By July 1, 2015, each state agency 37 shall identify all statutes over which the agency has 38 implementation, administrative, or enforcement authority which 39 contain a reference to a monetary amount and determine the: 40 (a) Date of the original enactment of the provision; 41 (b) Purpose of including the monetary amount in statute; 42 and 43 (c) Date that the monetary value was last adjusted. 44 (4) INITIAL REPORT.— 45 (a) By August 1, 2015, each state agency shall produce an 46 initial report providing the information compiled under 47 subsection (3) and initial findings as to whether the monetary 48 amount cited in each statute should be adjusted to reflect 49 changes to the real value of money resulting from inflation or 50 deflation. Any recommendation to adjust the monetary amount must 51 include: 52 1. An analysis to support the recommendation; and 53 2. If an adjustment is recommended, alternative 54 methodologies for the implementation of a one-time adjustment or 55 for making periodic adjustments using a recommended index, or a 56 combination of adjustment methodologies. 57 (b) The initial report shall be provided to the Governor, 58 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 59 Representatives and posted on the agency’s publicly accessible 60 website. 61 (5) PUBLIC INPUT.—Between August 1, 2015, and September 15, 62 2015, each agency shall request public input on its findings and 63 recommendations as provided in the initial report. The agency 64 shall consider the public input in compiling its final 65 recommendations to the Governor and Legislature. 66 (6) FINAL REPORT.—By October 31, 2015, each state agency 67 shall submit a final report to the Governor, the President of 68 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 69 containing its final recommendations regarding adjustments to 70 current statutory monetary amounts. The report must also include 71 any proposed statutory changes and a fiscal impact statement for 72 each proposed change as it relates to both the public and 73 private sectors. 74 (7) EXPIRATION.—This section expires December 31, 2015. 75 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.