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CS/HB 7035: Government Accountability

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee ; Fischer

Government Accountability; Specifies that Governor, Commissioner of Education, or designee may notify Legislative Auditing Committee of entity's failure to comply with auditing & financial reporting requirements; revises provisions relating to audits; requires entities to maintain budget documents on entities' websites; specifies applicable standards as to employee background screening & investigations of Florida College System & State University System personnel.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 4/10/2019 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15), HB 861 (Ch. 2019-56) -HJ 620
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/18/2019 House • Filed
    2/20/2019 House • Referred to Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 275
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 275
    3/19/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Public Integrity and Ethics Committee, 03/21/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
    3/21/2019 House • Favorable by Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 480
    • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 480
    3/26/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/28/19, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
    3/28/2019 House • CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -HJ 545
    3/29/2019 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 544
    4/1/2019 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 554
    4/4/2019 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
    4/10/2019 House • Substituted CS/SB 7014 -HJ 620
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15), HB 861 (Ch. 2019-56) -HJ 620

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  • CS/HB 7035, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/29/2019 at 8:35 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 5/20/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 7014 (er) Government Accountability Governmental Oversight and Accountability Similar Last Action: 4/29/2019 Chapter No. 2019-15, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 861 (Ch. 2019-56) Track This Bill
    H 861 (er) Local Government Financial Reporting Roach, Fernandez-Barquin Compare Last Action: 5/23/2019 Chapter No. 2019-56, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15) Track This Bill
    S 1616 Local Government Financial Reporting Baxley Compare Last Action: 5/2/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 861 (Ch. 2019-56), CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15) -SJ 804 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (23)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 4 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 6 (pdf)
    11.47 Penalties; failure to make a proper audit or examination; making a false report; failure to produce documents or information. Page 12 (pdf)
    28.35 Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. Page 13 (pdf)
    43.16 Justice Administrative Commission; membership, powers and duties. Page 14 (pdf)
    129.03 Preparation and adoption of budget. Page 15 (pdf)
    129.06 Execution and amendment of budget. Page 16 (pdf)
    166.241 Fiscal years, budgets, and budget amendments. Page 17 (pdf)
    215.86 Management systems and controls. Page 18 (pdf)
    215.97 Florida Single Audit Act. Page 19 (pdf)
    215.985 Transparency in government spending. Page 20 (pdf)
    218.31 Definitions. Page 20 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 21 (pdf)
    218.33 Local governmental entities; establishment of uniform fiscal years and accounting practices and procedures. Page 22 (pdf)
    218.391 Auditor selection procedures. Page 22 (pdf)
    218.503 Determination of financial emergency. Page 34 (pdf)
    373.536 District budget and hearing thereon. Page 26 (pdf)
    1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. Page 28 (pdf)
    1002.33 Charter schools. Page 29 (pdf)
    1002.37 The Florida Virtual School. Page 31 (pdf)
    1010.01 Uniform records and accounts. Page 32 (pdf)
    1012.8551 Page 33 (pdf)
    1012.915 Page 33 (pdf)

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  • HB 7035, Original Filed Version Posted 2/18/2019 at 8:20 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Public Integrity and Ethics Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2019 (pdf)
    State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/28/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 7014 (c1) Government Accountability Governmental Oversight and Accountability Similar Last Action: 4/29/2019 Chapter No. 2019-15, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 861 (Ch. 2019-56) Track This Bill
    H 861 Local Government Financial Reporting Roach, Fernandez-Barquin Compare Last Action: 5/23/2019 Chapter No. 2019-56, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15) Track This Bill
    S 1616 Local Government Financial Reporting Baxley Compare Last Action: 5/2/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 861 (Ch. 2019-56), CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15) -SJ 804 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    907483 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Fischer 3/27/2019
    5:18 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/28/2019     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (21)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 4 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 6 (pdf)
    11.47 Penalties; failure to make a proper audit or examination; making a false report; failure to produce documents or information. Page 12 (pdf)
    28.35 Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. Page 13 (pdf)
    43.16 Justice Administrative Commission; membership, powers and duties. Page 14 (pdf)
    129.03 Preparation and adoption of budget. Page 15 (pdf)
    129.06 Execution and amendment of budget. Page 16 (pdf)
    166.241 Fiscal years, budgets, and budget amendments. Page 17 (pdf)
    215.86 Management systems and controls. Page 18 (pdf)
    215.97 Florida Single Audit Act. Page 18 (pdf)
    215.985 Transparency in government spending. Page 19 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 20 (pdf)
    218.33 Local governmental entities; establishment of uniform fiscal years and accounting practices and procedures. Page 21 (pdf)
    218.391 Auditor selection procedures. Page 21 (pdf)
    218.503 Determination of financial emergency. Page 29 (pdf)
    373.536 District budget and hearing thereon. Page 23 (pdf)
    1002.33 Charter schools. Page 24 (pdf)
    1002.37 The Florida Virtual School. Page 26 (pdf)
    1010.01 Uniform records and accounts. Page 28 (pdf)
    1012.8551 Page 28 (pdf)
    1012.915 Page 28 (pdf)

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