Florida Senate - 2023 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 234
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/17/2023 .
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The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Avila) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 104 - 148
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5 (b) Beginning January 1, 2024, compile bibliographic
6 information on each statutorily required report it receives for
7 publication in the system implemented and maintained under
8 subsection (5). The division shall update the bibliographic
9 information on a quarterly basis. The bibliographic information
10 may be included in the bibliographies prepared by the division
11 pursuant to s. 257.05(3).
12 (c) Beginning April 15, 2024, and each calendar quarter
13 thereafter, distribute the most recently completed quarter’s
14 bibliography created pursuant to paragraph (b) to the Governor,
15 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
16 Representatives.
17 (5) The Legislature finds that statutory reporting
18 requirements for state entities is of great value to the public
19 for accountability and transparency in government. A single,
20 modern, Internet-based repository is necessary to compile
21 reports on government activities as well as to ensure that
22 statutorily required reports are easily accessible and available
23 to the public. The ability to search for a statutorily required
24 report by specific information will save time for the requestor
25 and reduce the workload of state entities that are required to
26 respond to requests for reports. Therefore, the Legislature
27 intends that the division receive statutorily required reports,
28 and by January 1, 2024, the division shall implement and
29 maintain a publicly available, Internet-based system that
30 includes, but is not limited to, the following features and
31 functions:
32 (a) A section or subsection that is dedicated to the
33 cataloging of statutorily required reports;
34 (b) The ability for state entities to electronically file
35 statutorily required reports and to receive electronic
36 confirmation of those filings;
37 (c) The ability to search for and retrieve electronic
38 versions of statutorily required reports by using the report’s
39 designated recipient, the state entity that submitted the
40 report, the date of the report’s submission, the law requiring
41 the state entity to submit the report, the title or topic of the
42 report, and identifiable keywords; and
43 (d) The ability for users to receive automated
44 notifications of the filing of statutorily required reports
45 based on user-defined criteria Provide for at least quarterly
46 distribution of bibliographic information on reports to:
47 1. Agencies and officers within the executive, legislative,
48 and judicial branches of state government, the State Board of
49 Education, the Board of Governors of the State University
50 System, and the Public Service Commission, free of charge; and
51 2. Other interested parties upon request properly made and
52 upon payment of the actual cost of duplication pursuant to s.
53 119.07(1).
54 (3) As soon as practicable, the administrative head of each
55 executive, legislative, or judicial agency and each agency of
56 the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors of the
57 State University System, and the Public Service Commission
58 required by law to make reports periodically shall ensure that
59 those reports are created, stored, managed, updated, retrieved,
60 and disseminated through electronic means.
61 (4) This section may not be construed to waive or modify
62 the requirement in s. 257.05(2) pertaining to the provision of
63 copies of state publications to the division.
64 Section 2. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of $1
65 million in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
66 appropriated to the Department of State for the purpose of
67 implementing and maintaining the searchable, publicly available,
68 Internet-based system for statutorily required reports as
69 required by this act.
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72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete lines 26 - 32
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75 specified system; requiring the division to update the
76 bibliographic information on a quarterly basis;
77 requiring that the bibliographic information be
78 distributed quarterly to the Governor and the
79 Legislature, beginning on a specified date; providing
80 legislative findings and intent; requiring the
81 division to implement and maintain a publicly
82 available, Internet-based system for such reports by a
83 specified date; specifying features and functions for
84 such system;