Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 506
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       37-00729B-21                                           2021506__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to transparency in government
    3         spending; amending s. 215.985, F.S.; requiring that a
    4         website maintained by the Department of Management
    5         Services include specified data on salary and benefits
    6         of executives, managerial personnel, and board members
    7         of certain organizations or entities receiving state
    8         funds, by a specified date; requiring such
    9         organizations and entities to provide salary and
   10         benefit data to the department on an annual basis;
   11         requiring any such organization or entity to post
   12         salary and benefit data on the organization’s or
   13         entity’s own website; providing for the withholding of
   14         funds for noncompliance; providing an effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 215.985, Florida
   19  Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         215.985 Transparency in government spending.—
   21         (6)(a) The Department of Management Services shall
   22  establish and maintain a website that provides current
   23  information relating to each employee or officer of a state
   24  agency, a state university, a Florida College System
   25  institution, or the State Board of Administration, regardless of
   26  the appropriation category from which the person is paid.
   27         1.(a) For each employee or officer, the information must
   28  include, at a minimum, his or her:
   29         a.1. Name and salary or hourly rate of pay.
   30         b.2. Position number, class code, and class title.
   31         c.3. Employing agency and budget entity.
   32         2.(b) The information must be searchable by state agency,
   33  state university, Florida College System institution, and the
   34  State Board of Administration, and by employee name, salary
   35  range, or class code and must be downloadable in a format that
   36  allows offline analysis.
   37         (b)1. By February 1, 2022, the website established pursuant
   38  to paragraph (a) must also include the name, total annual
   39  compensation, and monetary and nonmonetary benefits of all
   40  executives, managerial personnel, and board members of any
   41  organization or other public or private entity that receives
   42  funding in the annual aggregate of $50,000 or more from the
   43  state, including, but not limited to, funds from the General
   44  Revenue Fund, funds from any state trust fund, any funds
   45  allocated by the Federal Government and distributed by the
   46  state, or funds granted through a grant program. Beginning in
   47  calendar year 2021, any such organization or entity must provide
   48  such data to the department by December 31 of the calendar year
   49  in which the funds are received by the organization or entity.
   50         2. Any organization or entity providing salary and benefit
   51  data to the department pursuant to subparagraph 1. must also
   52  post the organization’s or entity’s data on its own website.
   53         3. Any organization or entity that fails to comply with the
   54  requirements of this paragraph may not receive any additional
   55  funding from the state until compliance is met.
   56         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.