The Florida Senate

11.908  Committee duties.--No later than March 1 of the year in which a state agency or its advisory committees are scheduled to be reviewed, the committee shall:

(1)  Review the information submitted by the agency and the report of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.

(2)  Consult with the Legislative Budget Commission, relevant substantive and appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Governor's Office of Policy and Budgeting, the Auditor General, and the Chief Financial Officer, or their successors, on the application to the agency and its advisory committees of the criteria provided in s. 11.910

(3)  Hold public hearings to consider this information as well as other information and testimony that the committee deems necessary.

(4)  Present to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on the agencies and advisory committees scheduled to be reviewed that year by the committee. In the report, the committee shall include its specific findings and recommendations regarding each of the criteria prescribed by s. 11.910 and shall also make recommendations as described in s. 11.911

History.--s. 9, ch. 2006-146.