Chapter 216 — Chapter 216

(1) For the purpose of fiscal affairs of the state, appropriations acts, legislative budgets, and approved budgets, each of the following terms has the meaning indicated:(a) “Activity” means a unit of work that has identifiable starting and ending points, consumes resources, and …

(1) Each state agency, as defined in s. 216.011, shall provide the following information to the Department of Financial Services regarding the agency’s contracted activities:(a) The nature of the commodities or services purchased.(b) The term of the contract.(c) The final obligat…

(1) Each state agency, as defined in s. 216.011, shall review its contracts and, for any contract with a preferred-pricing clause, the agency shall ensure that the contractor complies with such clause.(2) Each contract executed, renewed, extended, or modified on or after July 1, …

(1) The commission shall develop a long-range 3-year financial outlook and shall update that outlook each year.(2) Each state agency shall provide information to the commission, based on the commission’s direction, which supports the commission’s development and updates of the lo…

State agencies and the judicial branch shall develop long-range program plans to achieve state goals using an interagency planning process that includes the development of integrated agency program service outcomes. The plans shall be policy based, priority driven, accountable, a…

(1) Sections 216.015-216.016 may be cited as the “Capital Facilities Planning and Budgeting Act.”(2) The Legislature finds that there is a need to establish a comprehensive capital facilities planning and budgeting process that is fully integrated with the state financial plannin…

(1) The Department of Management Services shall develop and maintain an automated inventory of all facilities owned, leased, rented, or otherwise occupied or maintained by a state agency, the judicial branch, or the water management districts. The inventory data shall be provided…

Whereas, the Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state to identify surplus property and dispose of such property owned by the state that is unnecessary to achieving the state’s responsibilities, that may cost more to maintain than the revenue generated, that …

(1) By analyzing the trends and conditions, goals and objectives, and current facilities inventory, each agency and the judicial branch shall determine its unmet and forecasted future needs.(2) On or before September 15 of each year, each state agency, as defined in s. 216.011, s…

(1) Pursuant to the requirements of s. 216.044, the Department of Management Services shall evaluate state agency plans and plans of the judicial branch.(2)(a) The Executive Office of the Governor shall develop a finance plan for meeting the state’s infrastructure and fixed capit…

(1) The head of each state agency, except as provided in subsection (2), shall submit a final legislative budget request to the Legislature and to the Governor, as chief budget officer of the state, in the form and manner prescribed in the budget instructions and at such time as …

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that all costs of providing a regulatory service or regulating a profession or business be borne solely by those who receive the service or who are subject to regulation. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the fees charged for pr…

Either chair of a legislative appropriations committee, or the Executive Office of the Governor for state agencies, may require the agency or the Chief Justice to address major issues separate from those outlined in s. 216.023, this section, and s. 216.043 for inclusion in the re…

(1) A legislative budget request, reflecting the independent judgment of the head of the agency or of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with respect to the needs of the agency or of the judicial branch for fixed capital outlay during the next fiscal year, shall be submitted …

(1) Any state agency or judicial branch entity requesting a fixed capital outlay project to be managed by the Department of Management Services shall consult with that department during the budget development process. The Department of Management Services shall provide recommenda…

(1) As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Costs of issuance” means all of those costs and expenses directly incurred by or on behalf of any state agency or the judicial branch in the pr…

(1) A local, county, or regional governmental entity, private organization, or nonprofit organization may submit a request for a state appropriation for a program, service, or capital outlay initiative that is local or regional in scope, is intended to meet a documented need, add…

(1) For informational purposes only, the General Appropriations Act shall contain summary information that covers specific appropriations and summarizes program areas.(2) The purpose of the summary information is to help the public understand those budgetary decisions made by the…

In addition to the applicable requirements of chapter 120, before the Governor, or Governor and Cabinet as a body, performing any constitutional or statutory duty, or before any state agency or statutorily authorized entity takes any final action that will affect revenues, requir…

No right to require reports from the Legislature or from any committee thereof is granted by this chapter.

(1) In sufficient time to be included in the Governor’s recommended budget, estimates of the financial needs of the legislative branch and the judicial branch during the ensuing fiscal year shall be furnished to the Governor pursuant to chapter 11.(2) All of the data relative to …

(1) By September 30 of each year, each agency supported by any form of taxation, licenses, fees, imposts, or exactions, the judicial branch, and, for financial reporting purposes, each component unit of the state as determined by the Chief Financial Officer shall prepare, using g…

(1) The intent of the Legislature is that state agencies which receive federal funds take appropriate steps to enhance their level of readiness in preparing for anticipated changes in the Federal Government’s continually changing relationship with the state.(2) Each state agency …

Each state agency, upon request, shall promptly furnish to the Executive Office of the Governor any information in relation to the affairs or activities of such agency in such form as the office may prescribe. The office shall have authority to examine and inspect any and all rec…

The Governor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall each provide for at least one public hearing prior to submission of budget recommendations to the Legislature on issues contained in agency legislative budget requests or in the judicial branch budget request and issue…

As used in ss. 216.133-216.138:(1) “Consensus estimating conference” includes the Economic Estimating Conference, the Demographic Estimating Conference, the Revenue Estimating Conference, the Education Estimating Conference, the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference, the Occupat…

(1) Each consensus estimating conference shall develop such official information within its area of responsibility as the conference determines, by consensus, is needed for purposes of the state planning and budgeting system. Unless otherwise provided by law or decided by unanimo…

Each state agency and the judicial branch shall use the official information developed by the consensus estimating conferences in carrying out their duties under the state planning and budgeting system. State agencies, including their divisions, bureaus, and statutorily created e…

(1) ECONOMIC ESTIMATING CONFERENCE.—The Economic Estimating Conference shall develop such official information with respect to the national and state economies as the conference determines is needed for the state planning and budgeting system. The basic, long-term forecasts which…

(1) In order to preserve the interest of the state in the prudent expenditure of state funds, each public agency contract for services entered into or amended on or after July 1, 2020, shall authorize the public agency to inspect the:(a) Financial records, papers, and documents o…

(1) SESSIONS.—A session of a consensus estimating conference may be convened as follows:(a) For the Governor.—A session may be convened at the call of the Executive Office of the Governor to develop official information on behalf of the Governor for use in preparing his or her le…

(1) The President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives may request special impact estimating conferences to evaluate legislative proposals based on tools and models not generally employed by the consensus estimating conferences, including cost-benefit, ret…

(1) The Executive Office of the Governor, in consultation with the appropriations committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and by utilizing the Florida Financial Management Information System management data and the Chief Financial Officer’s chart of accounts, shall…

It shall be the duty of the Executive Office of the Governor to:(1) Make a detailed study, as necessary, of each of the several state agencies, with a view toward ascertaining and determining the needs thereof; whether changes should be made in existing organizations, their activ…

(1) At least 30 days before the scheduled annual legislative session, or at a later date if requested by the Governor and approved in writing by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor shall furnish each senator and representative…

(1) The Governor’s recommended budget shall be referenced to the legislative budget requests prescribed in ss. 216.023 and 216.043 and shall be consistent with the format of the current fiscal year General Appropriations Act.(2) The Governor’s recommended budget shall also includ…

(1) Not later than 14 days after the Governor submits his or her recommended budget to the Legislature pursuant to ss. 216.162 and 216.163, the Executive Office of the Governor shall make available:(a) To the legislative appropriations committees an appropriations bill as recomme…

The Governor shall recommend revenues for the funds provided for in s. 215.32. The recommended revenues shall be sufficient to fund his or her recommended appropriations. Such recommended revenues shall include:(1) The Governor’s estimate of revenues from current revenue sources …

(1) Not later than 14 days after the Governor submits his or her recommended revenues to the Legislature pursuant to s. 216.165, the Executive Office of the Governor shall make available:(a) To the legislative finance and tax committees an economic impact statement and appropriat…

The Governor’s recommendations shall include a financial schedule that provides:(1) The Governor’s estimate of the recommended recurring revenues available in the Budget Stabilization Fund and the General Revenue Fund.(2) The Governor’s estimate of the recommended nonrecurring re…

(1) At any time following submission of his or her budget recommendations and revenues recommendations, the Governor may amend his or her recommendations.(2) The amended recommendations shall be furnished to the Legislature along with the reasons for the amended recommendations.(…

(1) The appropriations committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, being in charge of appropriation measures, shall sit in open sessions while considering the budget. The committees may cause the attendance of agency heads or responsible representatives of the s…

The Governor’s recommended budget shall contain a “truth in budgeting” statement which shall display in summary form all currently estimated fees, taxes, revenues, or other income which need to be raised to fund the proposed budget and its annualized costs. The “truth in budgetin…

(1) When an appropriations act is delivered to the Governor after the Legislature has adjourned sine die, as soon as practicable, but no later than the 10th day before the end of the period allowed by law for veto consideration in any year in which an appropriation is made, the c…

(1) Any information contained in a conference committee report on a general or supplemental appropriations bill, on any other bill adopted by the same conference committee to implement a general or supplemental appropriations bill and effective for the same period as such appropr…

After the Governor has vetoed a specific appropriation for an agency or the judicial branch, neither the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, nor a state agency, in their various statutory and constitutional roles, may authorize expenditures for or implementation in …

(1) The General Appropriations Act and any other acts containing appropriations shall be considered the original approved operating budgets for operational and fixed capital expenditures. Amendments to the approved operating budgets for operational and fixed capital outlay expend…

(1) The Governor and the Chief Financial Officer shall each make changes to the original approved operating budgets for operational and fixed capital expenditures relating to the legislative branch as directed by the presiding officers of the legislative branch.(2) The Governor a…

(1) In order to provide an incentive for agencies and the judicial branch to re-engineer business processes and otherwise increase operating efficiency, it is the intent of the Legislature to allow agencies and the judicial branch to retain a portion of the savings produced by in…

(1) The Executive Office of the Governor shall have the authority to approve the program plan of fixed capital outlay projects to assure that each is consistent with legislative policies for operations, including approved operational standards related to program and utilization a…