Florida Senate - 2016                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7052
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and
       Accountability
       
       585-02098-16                                          20167052pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to government efficiency; creating s.
    3         216.169, F.S.; requiring the Governor to develop
    4         government efficiency recommendations on an annual
    5         basis; requiring submission of recommendations to the
    6         Legislature; authorizing the Governor to consider
    7         certain materials in developing recommendations;
    8         requiring state agencies to report quarterly regarding
    9         implemented recommendations and any cost impacts for a
   10         specified period of time; providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 216.169, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         216.169 Governor’s annual government efficiency
   17  recommendations.—
   18         (1) In addition to the recommended budget submitted
   19  pursuant to s. 216.162, the Governor shall develop specific
   20  recommendations for improving governmental operations and
   21  reducing costs. Each recommendation must identify the state
   22  agency impacted, the estimated impact on state expenditures and
   23  revenues, and any statutory changes necessary to implement the
   24  recommendation. The recommendations must be submitted to each
   25  senator and representative no later than 14 days after the
   26  Governor submits his or her recommended budget to the
   27  Legislature.
   28         (2) In developing the recommendations, the Governor may
   29  consider reports and recommendations issued by the Auditor
   30  General, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   31  Accountability, the Government Efficiency Task Force, and agency
   32  inspectors general; written government efficiency
   33  recommendations provided by state agencies; and recommendations
   34  submitted to the Executive Office of the Governor by the general
   35  public.
   36         (3) For each recommendation identified by the Governor and
   37  implemented by a state agency, the state agency shall, for a 2
   38  year period, submit a quarterly report on the status of its
   39  implementation and any demonstrated cost impacts. The reports
   40  shall be submitted to the legislative appropriations committees
   41  and the Legislative Budget Commission no later than 30 days
   42  after the close of the fiscal quarter.
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.