Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1588
       
       
        
       By Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       24-01449-18                                           20181588__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to budget transparency; creating s.
    3         215.9851, F.S.; specifying procedures to be followed
    4         by certain entities in preparing and approving their
    5         operating budgets; requiring certain budget
    6         information to be submitted to the legislative
    7         appropriations committees; requiring certain entities
    8         to establish and maintain a website; requiring certain
    9         information to be published on the website; providing
   10         an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 215.9851, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         215.9851 Transparency for entities not subject to the
   17  legislative appropriations process; budget and reporting
   18  requirements.—
   19         (1) An entity created by general law that receives its
   20  operating income through funding sources other than the General
   21  Appropriations Act, is subject to the requirements of this
   22  section.
   23         (2)(a) The entity must prepare and approve an operating
   24  budget each fiscal year consistent with the requirements for
   25  preparing budgets contained in chapter 216.
   26         (b) The entity’s operating budget, and any amendments
   27  thereto, must be approved at a meeting that is publicly noticed
   28  at least 10 days before the scheduled date of adoption of the
   29  operating budget or an amendment thereto, and must be made
   30  available on the entity’s website at the time of the meeting
   31  notice.
   32         (c) The approved operating budget must be submitted to the
   33  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees and the
   34  Executive Office of the Governor annually before July 1.
   35         (3) The entity must establish and maintain a website to
   36  post information relating to its operations and approved
   37  operating budget, and any amendments thereto, including:
   38         (a) The most recently approved operating budget, which must
   39  be posted on the website no later than 30 days after the date of
   40  adoption and the operating budgets from the previous 2 fiscal
   41  years.
   42         (b) Expenditure data, which must include the name of the
   43  payee, the date of the expenditure, and the amount of the
   44  expenditure. Such data must be searchable by the name of the
   45  payee and the fiscal year, and must be downloadable in a format
   46  that allows offline analysis.
   47         (c) Position and rate information for each regularly
   48  established position, which must include, at a minimum, the
   49  position title and salary or hourly rate of pay.
   50         (d) Revenue received and amounts disbursed.
   51         (e) Fixed capital outlay project data.
   52         (f) Links to state audits or reports about the entity’s
   53  operations.
   54         (g) Links to program or activity descriptions for which
   55  funds may be expended.
   56         (h) Any contract and contract amendment executed by the
   57  entity. The contract must be posted on the website no later than
   58  30 days after the date the contract or amendment is executed.
   59         (i) A video recording of each meeting of the entity’s
   60  governing body in which the entity’s budget is discussed. The
   61  video recording must be posted no later than 5 days after the
   62  meeting date.
   63         (j) The minutes of each meeting of the entity’s governing
   64  body, which must be posted no later than 3 days after the date
   65  of the meeting.
   66         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.