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Florida House Bill H0955

Florida 2023 Regular Session

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to fiscal accountability; amending s. 2
16-215.985, F.S.; requiring state entities to post 3
17-certain documents which indicate the use of state 4
16+215.985, F.S.; requiring state entities to include any 3
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1818 funds as remuneration under certain contracts, 5
1919 beginning on a specified date; deleting a provision 6
2020 requiring state entities to publish payments on a 7
2121 specified website; amending s. 216.1366, F.S.; 8
2222 requiring that contracts for services executed, 9
2323 amended, or extended beginning on a specified date 10
2424 require contractors to provide specified documentation 11
25-to be included in the state contract tracking system 12
26-and posted to the contractor's website, if applicable; 13
25+to be included in the state contracting system and 12
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2727 defining terms; providing an effective date. 14
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2929 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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3131 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (14) of section 18
3232 215.985, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 19
3333 215.985 Transparency in government spending. — 20
3434 (14) The Chief Financial Officer shall establish an d 21
3535 maintain a secure contract tracking system available for viewing 22
3636 and downloading by the public through a secure website. The 23
3737 Chief Financial Officer shall use appropriate Internet security 24
3838 measures to ensure that no person has the ability to alter or 25
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4747 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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5252 (c) For each contract for which a state entity makes a 27
5353 payment pursuant to a contract executed, amended, or extended on 28
54-or after July 1, 2023, the state entity shall post any documents 29
55-submitted pursuant to s. 216.1366 which indicate the use of 30
56-state funds as remuneration under the contract or a specified 31
57-payment associated with the contract on the contract tracking 32
58-system By January 1, 2014, each state entity shall post to the 33
59-contract tracking system the information re quired in paragraph 34
60-(a) for each existing contract that was executed before July 1, 35
61-2013, with payment from state funds made after June 30, 2013 . 36
54+or after July 1, 2023, the state entity shall include any 29
55+documents submitted pursuant to s. 216 .1366 which indicate the 30
56+use of state funds as remuneration under the contract or a 31
57+specified payment associated with the contract By January 1, 32
58+2014, each state entity shall post to the contract tracking 33
59+system the information required in paragraph (a) fo r each 34
60+existing contract that was executed before July 1, 2013, with 35
61+payment from state funds made after June 30, 2013 . 36
6262 Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 216.1366, 37
6363 Florida Statutes, to read: 38
6464 216.1366 Contract terms. — 39
6565 (3)(a) For any cont ract for services executed, amended, or 40
6666 extended on or after July 1, 2023, with a nonprofit organization 41
6767 as defined in s. 215.97(2)(m), the contract must require the 42
6868 contractor to provide documentation that indicates the amount of 43
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7070 1. Allocated to be used during the full term of the 45
7171 contract for remuneration to any member of the board of 46
7272 directors or an officer of the contractor. 47
7373 2. Allocated under each payment by the public agency to be 48
7474 used for remuneration of any member of the board of di rectors or 49
7575 an officer of the contractor. The documentation must indicate 50
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8484 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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9191 system maintained pursuant to s. 215.985 and must be posted on 54
9292 the contractor's website, if the contractor maintains a website. 55
9393 (b) As used in this subsection, the term: 56
9494 1. "Officer" means a chief executive officer, chief 57
9595 financial officer, chief operating officer, or any other 58
9696 position performing an equivalent function. 59
9797 2. "Remuneration" means all compensation earned by or 60
9898 awarded to personnel, whether paid or accrued, regardless of 61
9999 contingency, including bonuses, accrued paid time off, severance 62
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101101 plan, or in-kind payments, reimbursements, or allowances for 64
102102 moving expenses, vehicles and other transportation, telephone 65
103103 services, medical services, housing, and meals. 66
104104 3. "State funds" means funds paid from the General Revenue 67
105105 Fund or any state trust fund, funds all ocated by the Federal 68
106106 Government and distributed by the state, or funds appropriated 69
107107 by the state for distribution through any grant program. The 70
108108 term does not include funds used for the state Medicaid program. 71
109109 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 72