Bill Text: FL S0516 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Special Districts

Spectrum:

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22) [S0516 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S0516-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2016                              CS for SB 516
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senators Ring and
       Gaetz
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to special districts; amending s.
    3         189.016, F.S.; requiring each special district to
    4         operate an official website; requiring each special
    5         district’s official website to include specified
    6         budget information; conforming provisions to changes
    7         made by this act; creating s. 189.0695, F.S.;
    8         requiring certain independent special districts to be
    9         subject to ch. 120, F.S.; amending s. 120.52, F.S.;
   10         redefining the term “agency”; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsections (4) and (7) of section 189.016,
   16  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   17         189.016 Reports; budgets; audits.—
   18         (4)(a) The tentative budget must be posted on the special
   19  district’s official website at least 2 days before the budget
   20  hearing, held pursuant to s. 200.065 or other law, to consider
   21  such budget. The final adopted budget must be posted on the
   22  special district’s official website within 30 days after
   23  adoption. If the special district does not operate an official
   24  website, the special district must, within a reasonable period
   25  of time as established by the local general-purpose government
   26  or governments in which the special district is located or the
   27  local governing authority to which the district is dependent,
   28  transmit the tentative budget or final budget to the manager or
   29  administrator of the local general-purpose government or the
   30  local governing authority. The manager or administrator shall
   31  post the tentative budget or final budget on the website of the
   32  local general-purpose government or governing authority. This
   33  subsection and subsection (3) do not apply to water management
   34  districts as defined in s. 373.019.
   35         (b) Each special district shall publish an online version
   36  of its budget information on its official website which allows
   37  the public to:
   38         1. View multiple years of budget, general ledger, and
   39  checking account data;
   40         2. Review year-over-year spending trends, examine
   41  individual accounting entries, and filter data according to
   42  categories in the special districts chart of accounts,
   43  including, but not limited to, fund, department, division,
   44  program, or activity;
   45         3. Download financial data and graphs;
   46         4. View data in different graphical formats, including, but
   47  not limited to, stacked line, trend line, bar graph, and pie
   48  chart;
   49         5. View data in tabular formats;
   50         6. View information for multiple special district
   51  departments, divisions, funds, or financial categories
   52  simultaneously; and
   53         7. View and compare revenue and expense trends
   54  simultaneously on the same graph for any level of financial
   55  data.
   56         (7) If the governing body of a special district amends the
   57  budget pursuant to paragraph (6)(c), the adopted amendment must
   58  be posted on the official website of the special district within
   59  5 days after adoption. If the special district does not operate
   60  an official website, the special district must, within a
   61  reasonable period of time as established by the local general
   62  purpose government or governments in which the special district
   63  is located or the local governing authority to which the
   64  district is dependent, transmit the adopted amendment to the
   65  manager or administrator of the local general-purpose government
   66  or governing authority. The manager or administrator shall post
   67  the adopted amendment on the website of the local general
   68  purpose government or governing authority.
   69         Section 2. Section 189.0695, Florida Statutes, is created
   70  to read:
   71         189.0695 Special districts regulating transit or
   72  transportation services; procedures.—An independent special
   73  district that regulates transit or transportation services is
   74  subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 120.
   75         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   76  120.52, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   77         120.52 Definitions.—As used in this act:
   78         (1) “Agency” means the following officers or governmental
   79  entities if acting pursuant to powers other than those derived
   80  from the constitution:
   81         (a) The Governor; each state officer and state department,
   82  and each departmental unit described in s. 20.04; the Board of
   83  Governors of the State University System; the Commission on
   84  Ethics; the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; a
   85  regional water supply authority; a regional planning agency; a
   86  multicounty special district, but only if a majority of its
   87  governing board is comprised of nonelected persons; an
   88  independent special district that regulates transit or
   89  transportation services; educational units; and each entity
   90  described in chapters 163, 373, 380, and 582 and s. 186.504.
   91  
   92  This definition does not include a municipality or legal entity
   93  created solely by a municipality; a legal entity or agency
   94  created in whole or in part pursuant to part II of chapter 361;
   95  a metropolitan planning organization created pursuant to s.
   96  339.175; a separate legal or administrative entity created
   97  pursuant to s. 339.175 of which a metropolitan planning
   98  organization is a member; an expressway authority pursuant to
   99  chapter 348 or any transportation authority or commission under
  100  chapter 343 or chapter 349; or a legal or administrative entity
  101  created by an interlocal agreement pursuant to s. 163.01(7),
  102  unless any party to such agreement is otherwise an agency as
  103  defined in this subsection.
  104         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.

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