Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H5003 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act implementing the 2023 -2024 General 2
16	16	Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; 3
17	17	incorporating by reference certain calculations of the 4
18	18	Florida Education Finance Program; authorizing the 5
19	19	Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 6
20	20	budget amendment to realign Medicaid funding for 7
21	21	specified purposes; authorizing the Agency for Health 8
22	22	Care Administration and the Department of Health to 9
23	23	each submit a budget amendment to realign funding 10
24	24	within the Florida Kidcare program appropriation 11
25	25	categories and increase budget authority for certain 12
26	26	purposes; specifying the time period within each such 13
27	27	budget amendment must be submitted; amending s. 14
28	28	381.986, F.S.; extending for 1 year the exemption of 15
29	29	certain rules pertaining to the medical use of 16
30	30	marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; 17
31	31	amending s. 14 of chapter 2017 -232, Laws of Florida; 18
32	32	exempting certain rules pertaining to medical 19
33	33	marijuana adopted to replace emergency rules from 20
34	34	specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the 21
35	35	future expiration and reversion of specified law; 22
36	36	authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 23
37	37	to submit a budget amendment seeking additional 24
38	38	spending authority to implement specified programs; 25
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52	52	to submit a budget amendment requesting additional 27
53	53	spending authority to implement specified 28
54	54	demonstration; authorizing the Department of Children 29
55	55	and Families to submit a budget amendment to realign 30
56	56	funding within the specified appropriation categories 31
57	57	to support staffing at certain mental health treatment 32
58	58	facilities; authorizing the Department of Health to 33
59	59	submit a budget amendment to increase budget authority 34
60	60	for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Program if a 35
61	61	certain condition is met; reenacting and amending s. 36
62	62	21 of chapter 2021-37, Laws of Florida; extending by 1 37
63	63	fiscal year provisions governing the Agency for Health 38
64	64	Care Administration's replacement of the Florida 39
65	65	Medicaid Management Information System and fiscal 40
66	66	agent operations; authorizing the Department of 41
67	67	Children and Families to submit a budget amendment to 42
68	68	support certain refugee programs; requiring the 43
69	69	Department of Children and Families, the Department of 44
70	70	Health, and the Agency for Health Care Administration 45
71	71	to submit reports on a specified time period to 46
72	72	certain entities; requiring such reports to include 47
73	73	certain information; amending s. 409.967, F.S.; 48
74	74	providing distribution requirements for certain 49
75	75	refunds; providing for the future expiration and 50
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88	88	reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 51
89	89	409.909, F.S.; establishing the Slots for Doctors 52
90	90	Program; providing purpose of the program; requiring a 53
91	91	specified allocation for certain institutions for a 54
92	92	specified purpose; providing construction; providing 55
93	93	for the future expiration and reversion of specified 56
94	94	statutory text; authorizing the Agency for Health Care 57
95	95	Administration to submit a budget amendment to 58
96	96	implement a specified plan; authorizing the Agency for 59
97	97	Health Care Administration to submit a budget 60
98	98	amendment to implement a specified programs; 61
99	99	authorizing the Department of Health to submit a 62
100	100	budget amendment to increase budget authority for 63
101	101	specified programs if a certain condition is met; 64
102	102	amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 65
103	103	the authority of the Department of Corrections to 66
104	104	submit a budget amendment for additional positions and 67
105	105	appropriations under certain circumstances; requiring 68
106	106	review and approval by the Legislative Budget 69
107	107	Commission; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 70
108	108	fiscal year the authority and related repayment 71
109	109	requirements for temporary trust fund loans to the 72
110	110	state court system which are sufficient to meet the 73
111	111	system's appropriation; requiring the Department of 74
112	112	Juvenile Justice to review county juvenile detention 75
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126	126	specified financial responsibilities; requiring 77
127	127	amounts owed by the county for such financial 78
128	128	responsibilities to be deducted from certain county 79
129	129	funds; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer 80
130	130	withheld funds to a specified trust fund; requiring 81
131	131	the Department of Revenue to ensure that such 82
132	132	reductions in amounts distributed do not reduce 83
133	133	distributions below amounts necessary for certain 84
134	134	payments due on bonds and to comply with bond 85
135	135	covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to 86
136	136	notify the Department of Juve nile Justice if bond 87
137	137	payment requirements mandate a reduction in deductions 88
138	138	for amounts owed by a county; reenacting s. 27.40(1), 89
139	139	(2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and (7), F.S., relating to 90
140	140	court-appointed counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year 91
141	141	provisions governing the appointment of court -92
142	142	appointed counsel; providing for the future expiration 93
143	143	and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting 94
144	144	and amending s. 27.5304, F.S., extending for 1 fiscal 95
145	145	year limitations on compensation for representation in 96
146	146	criminal proceedings; providing for the future 97
147	147	expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 98
148	148	requiring the Department of Management Services to use 99
149	149	tenant broker services to renegotiate or reprocure 100
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162	162	certain private lease agreements for office or storage 101
163	163	space; requiring the Department of Management Services 102
164	164	to provide a report to the Governor and the 103
165	165	Legislature by a specified date; prohibiting an agency 104
166	166	from transferring funds from a data processing 105
167	167	category to a category that is not a data processing 106
168	168	category; authorizing the Executive Office of the 107
169	169	Governor to transfer funds appropriated for data 108
170	170	processing assessment between departments for a 109
171	171	specified purpose; authorizing the Executive Office of 110
172	172	the Governor to transfer funds between departments for 111
173	173	purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management 112
174	174	insurance and for human resources services purchased 113
175	175	per statewide contract; authorizing the Department of 114
176	176	Management Services to use certain facility 115
177	177	disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 116
178	178	Fund to pay for certain relocation expenses; 117
179	179	authorizing the Department of Management Services to 118
180	180	submit budget amendments for certain purposes relating 119
181	181	to the relocation proposals; authorizing the 120
182	182	Department of Management Services to acquire certain 121
183	183	state-owned office buildings and property for 122
184	184	inclusion in the Florida Facilities Pool; reenacting 123
185	185	and amending s. 72 of chapter 2020 -114, Laws of 124
186	186	Florida; extending for 1 fiscal year provisions 125
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195	195	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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199	199	requiring the Department of Financial Services to 126
200	200	replace specified components of the Florida Accounting 127
201	201	Information Resource Subsystem (FLAIR) and the Cash 128
202	202	Management Subsystem (CMS); removing obsolete 129
203	203	language; reenacting 282.709(3), F.S., relating to the 130
204	204	state agency law enforcement radio system and 131
205	205	interoperability netw ork; providing for the future 132
206	206	expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 133
207	207	authorizing users of a certain radio system to use the 134
208	208	Department of Management Services SLERS contract for 135
209	209	specified purposes; providing the transaction fee 136
210	210	collected for use of a specified online procurement 137
211	211	system; amending s. 24.105, F.S.; providing the manner 138
212	212	and amount of compensation for lottery ticket 139
213	213	retailers; providing for the future expiration and 140
214	214	reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 141
215	215	717.123, F.S.; revising the maximum amount of money 142
216	216	that may be retained by the Department of Financial 143
217	217	Services for specified purposes; providing for the 144
218	218	future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 145
219	219	text; requiring the Department of Management Services 146
220	220	to assess an administrative health assessment to each 147
221	221	state agency; providing the rate of such assessment; 148
222	222	defining the term "state agency"; providing how a 149
223	223	state agency shall remit certain funds; requiring the 150
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236	236	Department of Management Services to take certain 151
237	237	actions in case of delinquencies; requiring the Chief 152
238	238	Financial Officer to transfer funds under specified 153
239	239	circumstances; providing an exception; requiring state 154
240	240	agencies to provide a list of positions that qualify 155
241	241	for such exception by a specified date; requ iring an 156
242	242	update to the indirect cost plan; requiring agencies 157
243	243	notify the Department of Management Services if 158
244	244	certain conditions are met; authorizing the Executive 159
245	245	Office of the Governor to transfer budget authority 160
246	246	between agencies in specified circumstan ces; amending 161
247	247	s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 162
248	248	authority of the Governor, if there is a specified 163
249	249	temporary deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund 164
250	250	in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 165
251	251	Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, 166
252	252	the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife 167
253	253	Conservation Commission, to transfer funds from other 168
254	254	trust funds in the State Treasury as a temporary loan 169
255	255	to such trust fund; providing a deadline for the 170
256	256	repayment of a temporary loan; requir ing the 171
257	257	Department of Environmental Protection to transfer 172
258	258	designated proportions of the revenues deposited in 173
259	259	the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the department 174
260	260	to land acquisition trust funds in the Department of 175
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273	273	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 176
274	274	State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 177
275	275	Commission according to specified parameters and 178
276	276	calculations; defining the term "department"; 179
277	277	requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 180
278	278	to make transfers to land acquisition trust fun ds 181
279	279	monthly; specifying the method of determining transfer 182
280	280	amounts; authorizing the Department of Environmental 183
281	281	Protection to advance funds from its land acquisition 184
282	282	trust fund to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 185
283	283	Commission's land acquisition trust fund f or specified 186
284	284	purposes; amending s. 375.041, F.S.; extending by 1 187
285	285	year the time that certain funds for projects 188
286	286	dedicated to restoring Lake Apopka shall be 189
287	287	appropriated as provided in the General Appropriations 190
288	288	Act; reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., rela ting to 191
289	289	the Inland Protection Trust Fund; exempting specified 192
290	290	costs incurred by certain petroleum storage system 193
291	291	owners or operators during a specified period from the 194
292	292	prohibition against making payments in excess of 195
293	293	amounts approved by the Department of E nvironmental 196
294	294	Protection; providing for the future expiration and 197
295	295	reversion of specified statutory text; amending s. 198
296	296	259.105, F.S.; providing an appropriation to the 199
297	297	Division of State Lands for the Board of Trustees 200
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310	310	Florida Forever Priority List land acquis ition 201
311	311	projects; amending s. 161.101, F.S.; extending for 1 202
312	312	fiscal year the authority of the Department of 203
313	313	Environmental Protection to waive or reduce certain 204
314	314	match requirements for specified counties; amending s. 205
315	315	10 of chapter 2022-272, Laws of Florida; ex tending the 206
316	316	Hurricane Restoration and Reimbursement Grant Program 207
317	317	for 1 fiscal year; amending s. 321.04, F.S.; extending 208
318	318	for 1 fiscal year the requirement that the Department 209
319	319	of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles assign one or 210
320	320	more patrol officers to the of fice of Lieutenant 211
321	321	Governor for security purposes, upon request of the 212
322	322	Governor; extending for 1 fiscal year the requirement 213
323	323	that the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 214
324	324	Vehicles assign a patrol officer to a Cabinet member 215
325	325	under certain circumstances; a mending s. 288.80125, 216
326	326	F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year a requirement that 217
327	327	funds in the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund be related 218
328	328	to Hurricane Michael recovery; amending s. 339.08, 219
329	329	F.S.; extending by 1 year a requirement that certain 220
330	330	funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund be 221
331	331	used for specified purposes; removing a requirement 222
332	332	that the Department of Transportation track and 223
333	333	account for certain funds and grants; amending s. 224
334	334	339.135, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 225
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347	347	authorization for the chair an d vice chair of the 226
348	348	Legislative Budget Commission to approve certain work 227
349	349	program amendments; authorizing the Division of 228
350	350	Emergency Management to increase budget authority due 229
351	351	to reimbursements from federally declared disasters; 230
352	352	amending s. 112.061, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 231
353	353	the authorization for the Lieutenant Governor to 232
354	354	designate an alternative official headquarters under 233
355	355	certain conditions; specifying restrictions, 234
356	356	limitations, eligibility for the subsistence 235
357	357	allowance, reimbursement of transpor tation expenses, 236
358	358	and payment thereof; providing that the annual 237
359	359	salaries of the members of the Legislature be 238
360	360	maintained at a specified level; reenacting s. 239
361	361	215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to state funds; providing 240
362	362	for the future expiration and reversion of s pecified 241
363	363	statutory text; specifying the type of travel which 242
364	364	may be used with state employee travel funds; 243
365	365	providing exceptions; providing a monetary cap on 244
366	366	lodging costs for state employee travel to certain 245
367	367	meetings organized or sponsored by a state agenc y or 246
368	368	the judicial branch; authorizing employees to expend 247
369	369	their own funds for lodging expenses that exceed the 248
370	370	monetary caps; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending 249
371	371	for one fiscal year the authority of the Legislative 250
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384	384	Budget Commission to approve budget amen dments for 251
385	385	certain fixed capital outlay projects; amending s. 252
386	386	350.0614, F.S.; extending by 1 year provisions 253
387	387	governing the budget of the Office of Public Counsel; 254
388	388	requiring the presiding officers of the Legislature to 255
389	389	jointly approve the operating budget o f the office; 256
390	390	requiring the Public Counsel to submit an annual 257
391	391	budget request to the Legislature in a specified 258
392	392	manner; authorizing the Public Counsel to employ 259
393	393	specified personnel, subject to applicable provisions 260
394	394	of the Joint Policies and Procedures of t he Presiding 261
395	395	Officers; requiring certain input of the presiding 262
396	396	officers regarding administrative matters of the 263
397	397	office not addressed in the joint policies and 264
398	398	procedures; amending s. 216.292, F.S.; providing 265
399	399	requirements for certain transfers; providing 266
400	400	conditions under which the veto of certain 267
401	401	appropriations or proviso language in the General 268
402	402	Appropriations Act voids language that implements such 269
403	403	appropriation; providing for the continued operation 270
404	404	of certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal 271
405	405	or expiration provided by the act; providing 272
406	406	severability; subject to certain limitations providing 273
407	407	an effective date. 274
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421	421	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 276
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423	423	Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the 278
424	424	implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to 279
425	425	the General Appropriations Act for the 2023 -2024 fiscal year. 280
426	426	Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 281
427	427	5, 6, 80, and 81 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 282
428	428	the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for 283
429	429	the 2023-2024 fiscal year included in the document titled 284
430	430	"Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program 285
431	431	(FEFP) Fiscal Year 2023 -2024," dated March 24, 2023, and filed 286
432	432	with the Clerk of the House of Rep resentatives, are incorporated 287
433	433	by reference for the purpose of displaying the calculations used 288
434	434	by the Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state 289
435	435	law, in making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance 290
436	436	Program. This section expires July 1, 2024. 291
437	437	Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 292
438	438	197 through 223 and 539 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations 293
439	439	Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 294
440	440	Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in 295
441	441	consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget 296
442	442	amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 297
443	443	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 298
444	444	within and between agencies based on implementation of the 299
445	445	managed medical assis tance component of the Statewide Medicaid 300
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458	458	Managed Care program for the Children's Medical Services program 301
459	459	of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall 302
460	460	reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of 303
461	461	beneficiaries from fee -for-service to the capitated Children's 304
462	462	Medical Services network. The Agency for Health Care 305
463	463	Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget 306
464	464	authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of 307
465	465	Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statu tes. This 308
466	466	section expires July 1, 2024. 309
467	467	Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 310
468	468	197 through 223 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, and 311
469	469	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 312
470	470	Agency for Health Care Admi nistration may submit a budget 313
471	471	amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 314
472	472	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 315
473	473	within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address 316
474	474	projected surpluses and deficits within th e program and to 317
475	475	maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment 318
476	476	shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2023 -2024 fiscal 319
477	477	year only. This section expires July 1, 2024. 320
478	478	Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 321
479	479	176 through 181 and 539 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations 322
480	480	Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 323
481	481	Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration and the 324
482	482	Department of Health may each submit a budget amendment, subject 325
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495	495	to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 326
496	496	Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the Florida Kidcare 327
497	497	program appropriation categories, or to increase budget 328
498	498	authority in the Children's Medical Services network category, 329
499	499	to address projected su rpluses and deficits within the program 330
500	500	or to maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget 331
501	501	amendment must be submitted by each agency in the last quarter 332
502	502	of the 2023-2024 fiscal year only. This section expires July 1, 333
503	503	2024. 334
504	504	Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 335
505	505	490 through 498 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 336
506	506	subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended 337
507	507	to read: 338
508	508	381.986 Medical use of marijuana. — 339
509	509	(17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1, 340
510	510	2024 2023, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This 341
511	511	subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023. 342
512	512	Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 343
513	513	490 through 498 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 344
514	514	subsection (1) of section 14 of chapter 2017 -232, Laws of 345
515	515	Florida, as amended by section 18 of chapter 2022 -157, Laws of 346
516	516	Florida, is amended to read: 347
517	517	Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt 348
518	518	rules; cause of action. — 349
519	519	(1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING. — 350
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532	532	(a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards 351
533	533	shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida 352
534	534	Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986 353
535	535	Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule adopted under this 354
536	536	section is held to be unco nstitutional or an invalid exercise of 355
537	537	delegated legislative authority, and becomes void, the 356
538	538	department or the applicable boards may adopt an emergency rule 357
539	539	pursuant to this section to replace the rule that has become 358
540	540	void. If the emergency rule adopted t o replace the void 359
541	541	emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an invalid 360
542	542	exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes void, 361
543	543	the department and the applicable boards must follow the 362
544	544	nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrat ive 363
545	545	Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void. 364
546	546	(b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the 365
547	547	department and the applicable boards need not make the findings 366
548	548	required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules 367
549	549	adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 368
550	550	120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable 369
551	551	boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 370
552	552	120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the 371
553	553	applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019, held any public 372
554	554	workshops or hearings on the subj ect matter of the emergency 373
555	555	rules adopted under this subsection. Challenges to emergency 374
556	556	rules adopted under this subsection are subject to the time 375
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570	570	(c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt 377
571	571	from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and shall remain in 378
572	572	effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency 379
573	573	rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. 380
574	574	Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of 381
575	575	the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rules 382
576	576	adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 383
577	577	120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2024 2023, the department 384
578	578	and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency rulemaking 385
579	579	pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to replace all 386
580	580	emergency rules adopted under this section by publishing a 387
581	581	notice of rule development in the Florida Administrative 388
582	582	Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a), after July 1, 389
583	583	2024 2023, the department and applicable boards may not adopt 390
584	584	rules pursuant to the emergency rulemaking procedures provided 391
585	585	in this section. 392
586	586	Section 8. The amendments to section 14(1) of chapter 393
587	587	2017-232, Laws of Florida, as amended by this act expire July 1, 394
588	588	2024, and the text of that subsection shall revert to that in 395
589	589	existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments to such 396
590	590	text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and 397
591	591	continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not 398
592	592	dependent upon the portio ns of text which expire pursuant to 399
593	593	this section. 400
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606	606	Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 401
607	607	203, 206, and 210 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 402
608	608	the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 403
609	609	amendment pursuant t o chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 404
610	610	additional spending authority to implement the federally 405
611	611	approved Directed Payment Program for hospitals providing 406
612	612	inpatient and outpatient services to Medicaid managed care 407
613	613	enrollees and the Indirect Medical Edu cation (IME) Program. This 408
614	614	section expires July 1, 2024. 409
615	615	Section 10. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 410
616	616	197 through 214 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, and 411
617	617	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 412
618	618	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 413
619	619	amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 414
620	620	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to provide spending 415
621	621	authority to implement the low income pool component of the 416
622	622	Florida Managed Medical Ass istance demonstration up to the total 417
623	623	computable funds authorized by the federal Centers for Medicare 418
624	624	and Medicaid Services. 419
625	625	Section 11. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 420
626	626	281, 294, 306, 337 through 339, 345, and 366 of the 2023 -2024 421
627	627	General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 422
628	628	216.292, Florida Statutes, the Department of Children and 423
629	629	Families may submit a budget amendment, subject to the notice, 424
630	630	review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida 425
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643	643	Statutes, to realign f unding between appropriations categories 426
644	644	to support contracted staffing equivalents to sustain forensic 427
645	645	bed capacity and resident -to-workforce ratios at the state's 428
646	646	mental health treatment facilities. This section expires July 1, 429
647	647	2024. 430
648	648	Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 431
649	649	478 and 523 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, and 432
650	650	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 433
651	651	Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 434
652	652	the notice, review, and obj ection procedures of s. 216.177, 435
653	653	Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS 436
654	654	Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues 437
655	655	specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available 438
656	656	in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Th is section expires July 1, 2024. 439
657	657	Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 440
658	658	191 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, section 21 of 441
659	659	chapter 2021-37, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 26 of 442
660	660	chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, is reenacted and amended to 443
661	661	read: 444
662	662	Section 21. (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration 445
663	663	shall replace the current Florida Medicaid Management 446
664	664	Information System (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a 447
665	665	system that is modular, interoperable, and s calable for the 448
666	666	Florida Medicaid program that complies with all applicable 449
667	667	federal and state laws and requirements. The agency may not 450
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680	680	include in the project to replace the current FMMIS and fiscal 451
681	681	agent contract: 452
682	682	(a) Functionality that duplicates any o f the information 453
683	683	systems of the other health and human services state agencies; 454
684	684	or 455
685	685	(b) Procurement for agency requirements external to 456
686	686	Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid 457
687	687	technology infrastructure for other purposes without legis lative 458
688	688	appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these 459
689	689	requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection 460
690	690	(FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems 461
691	691	supporting Florida's Medicaid program; uniformity, consistency, 462
692	692	and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers 463
693	693	for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicaid Information 464
694	694	Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands 465
695	695	its functionality; or 466
696	696	(c) Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not 467
697	697	including staff augmentation services purchased off the 468
698	698	Department of Management Services Information Technology staff 469
699	699	augmentation state term contract that are not deliverables based 470
700	700	fixed price contracts . 471
701	701	(2) For purposes of replacing FMMIS and th e current 472
702	702	Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administration 473
703	703	shall: 474
704	704	(a) Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the 475
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717	717	current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the 476
718	718	current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize the need to ex tend 477
719	719	all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract. 478
720	720	(b) Comply with and not exceed the Centers for Medicare 479
721	721	and Medicaid Services funding authorizations for the FX system. 480
722	722	(c) Ensure compliance and uniformity with published MITA 481
723	723	framework and guidelines. 482
724	724	(d) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 483
725	725	specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies 484
726	726	for their review and input and approved by the executive 485
727	727	steering committee established in paragraph (g). 486
728	728	(e) Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor's 487
729	729	working group for interagency information technology integration 488
730	730	for the development of competitive solicitations that provide 489
731	731	for data interoperability and shared information technology 490
732	732	services across the state 's health and human services agencies. 491
733	733	(f) Implement a data governance structure for the project 492
734	734	to coordinate data sharing and interoperability across state 493
735	735	healthcare entities. 494
736	736	(g) Implement a project governance structure that includes 495
737	737	an executive steering committee composed of: 496
738	738	1. The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or the 497
739	739	executive sponsor of the project. 498
740	740	2. A representative of the Division of Operations of the 499
741	741	Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed by the 500
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755	755	3. Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid of 502
756	756	the Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed by the 503
757	757	Secretary of Health Care Administration. 504
758	758	4. A representative of the Division of Health Quality 505
759	759	Assurance of the Agency for Health Care Administration, 506
760	760	appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 507
761	761	5. A representative of the Florida Center for Health 508
762	762	Information and Transparency of the Agency for Health Care 509
763	763	Administration, appointed by the Secretar y of Health Care 510
764	764	Administration. 511
765	765	6. The Chief Information Officer of the Agency for Health 512
766	766	Care Administration, or his or her designee. 513
767	767	7. The state chief information officer, or his or her 514
768	768	designee. 515
769	769	8. Two representatives of the Department of Chi ldren and 516
770	770	Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families. 517
771	771	9. A representative of the Department of Health, appointed 518
772	772	by the State Surgeon General. 519
773	773	10. A representative of the Agency for Persons with 520
774	774	Disabilities, appointed by the direct or of the Agency for 521
775	775	Persons with Disabilities. 522
776	776	11. A representative from the Florida Healthy Kids 523
777	777	Corporation. 524
778	778	12. A representative from the Department of Elderly 525
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791	791	Affairs, appointed by the Secretary of Elderly Affairs. 526
792	792	13. A representative of the Department of Financial 527
793	793	Services who has experience with the state's financial processes 528
794	794	including development of the PALM system, appointed by the Chief 529
795	795	Financial Officer. 530
796	796	(3) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or the 531
797	797	executive sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the 532
798	798	executive steering committee, and the committee shall take 533
799	799	action by a vote of at least 10 affirmative votes with the chair 534
800	800	voting on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive 535
801	801	steering committee consists of at least 11 members. 536
802	802	(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 537
803	803	responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FMMIS 538
804	804	and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business 539
805	805	objectives and shall: 540
806	806	(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 541
807	807	Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 542
808	808	House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 543
809	809	implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fullest 544
810	810	extent possible, the state's healthcare data and business 545
811	811	processes. 546
812	812	(b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 547
813	813	schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 548
814	814	of subsections (1) and (2). 549
815	815	(c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughou t 550
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829	829	(d) Approve all major project deliverables. 552
830	830	(e) Review and verify that all procurement and contractual 553
831	831	documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS 554
832	832	and Medicaid fiscal agent align with the scope, schedul e, and 555
833	833	anticipated budget for the project. 556
834	834	(5) This section expires July 1, 2024 2023. 557
835	835	Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 558
836	836	203, 206, 207, 208 through 210, 355, 365, 482, 499 through 501, 559
837	837	and 507 of the 2023-2024 General Appropr iations Act, and 560
838	838	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 561
839	839	Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, 562
840	840	and the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit budget 563
841	841	amendments, subject to the notice, review, and ob jection 564
842	842	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 565
843	843	authority to support refugee programs administered by the 566
844	844	federal Office of Refugee Resettlement due to the ongoing 567
845	845	instability of federal immigration policy and the resulting 568
846	846	inability of the state to reasonably predict, with certainty, 569
847	847	the budgetary need of the state with respect to the number of 570
848	848	refugees relocated to the state as part of those federal 571
849	849	programs. The Department of Children and Families shall submit 572
850	850	quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the Governor, the 573
851	851	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 574
852	852	Representatives on the number of refugees entering the state, 575
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865	865	the nations of origin of such refugees, and current expenditure 576
866	866	projections based on the increa sed number of new arrivals and 577
867	867	the utilization of allowable services. This section expires July 578
868	868	1, 2024. 579
869	869	Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 580
870	870	197 through 223 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 581
871	871	paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section 409.967, Florida 582
872	872	Statutes, is amended to read: 583
873	873	409.967 Managed care plan accountability. — 584
874	874	(3) ACHIEVED SAVINGS REBATE. — 585
875	875	(f) Achieved savings rebates validated by the certified 586
876	876	public accountant are due within 30 days after the report i s 587
877	877	submitted. Except as provided in paragraph (h), the achieved 588
878	878	savings rebate is established by determining pretax income as a 589
879	879	percentage of revenues and applying the following income sharing 590
880	880	ratios: 591
881	881	1. One hundred percent of income up to and including 5 592
882	882	percent of revenue shall be retained by the plan. 593
883	883	2. Fifty percent of income above 5 percent and up to 10 594
884	884	percent shall be retained by the plan, and the other 50 percent 595
885	885	refunded to the state with the state share of the achieved 596
886	886	savings rebate being and transferred to the General Revenue 597
887	887	Fund, unallocated, and the federal share of the achieved savings 598
888	888	rebate being transferred to the Medical Care Trust Fund . 599
889	889	3. One hundred percent of income above 10 percent of 600
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902	902	revenue shall be refunded to the state with the state share of 601
903	903	the achieved savings rebate and transferred to the General 602
904	904	Revenue Fund, unallocated , and the federal share of the achieved 603
905	905	savings rebate transferred to the Medical Care Trust Fund . 604
906	906	Section 16. The amendments to s. 409.967(3)(f), Florida 605
907	907	Statutes, by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of that 606
908	908	paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, 607
909	909	except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 608
910	910	this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 609
911	911	extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 610
912	912	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 611
913	913	Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 612
914	914	202 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsections (6) 613
915	915	and (7) of section 4 09.909, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as 614
916	916	subsection (7) and (8), respectively, a new subsection (6) is 615
917	917	added to that section, and present subsection (7) of that 616
918	918	section is reenacted, to read: 617
919	919	409.909 Statewide Medicaid Residency Program. — 618
920	920	(6) The Slots for Doctors Program is established to 619
921	921	address the physician workforce shortage by increasing the 620
922	922	supply of highly trained physicians through the creation of new 621
923	923	resident positions which will increase access to care and 622
924	924	improve health outcomes for Medic aid recipients. The agency 623
925	925	shall allocate $100,000 to hospitals and qualifying institutions 624
926	926	for each newly created resident position that is accredited by 625
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940	940	Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Ins titution in an initial or 627
941	941	established accredited training program that is in a physician 628
942	942	specialty in statewide supply -and-demand deficit. This program 629
943	943	is designed to generate federal matching funds under Medicaid 630
944	944	and distribute the resulting funds to part icipating hospitals 631
945	945	and qualifying institutions on a quarterly basis in each fiscal 632
946	946	year for which an appropriation is made. 633
947	947	(a) For purposes of this subsection, physician specialties 634
948	948	and subspecialties, both adult and pediatric, in statewide 635
949	949	supply-and-demand deficit are those identified in the General 636
950	950	Appropriations Act. 637
951	951	(b) Funds allocated pursuant to this subsection may not be 638
952	952	used for resident positions that have previously received 639
953	953	funding pursuant to subsection (1). 640
954	954	(8)(7) The agency may adopt rules to administer this 641
955	955	section. 642
956	956	Section 18. The amendments to s. 409.909, Florida 643
957	957	Statutes, by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of that 644
958	958	section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, 645
959	959	except that any amendments to such text enac ted other than by 646
960	960	this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 647
961	961	extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 648
962	962	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 649
963	963	Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 650
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977	977	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 652
978	978	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 653
979	979	additional spending authority to implement a supplemental 654
980	980	payment plan for phys icians and subordinate licensed health care 655
981	981	practitioners employed with a medical or dental school, or a 656
982	982	public hospital. This section expires July 1, 2024. 657
983	983	Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 658
984	984	210 and 221 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, the 659
985	985	Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 660
986	986	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 661
987	987	additional spending authority to implement a certified 662
988	988	expenditure program for emergency medical transportatio n 663
989	989	services. This section expires July 1, 2024. 664
990	990	Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 665
991	991	203, 206, and 210 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 666
992	992	the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 667
993	993	amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 668
994	994	additional spending authority to implement a supplemental 669
995	995	payment program for Florida cancer hospitals. This section 670
996	996	expires July 1, 2024. 671
997	997	Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 672
998	998	469 and 471 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and 673
999	999	notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 674
1000	1000	Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 675
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1013	1013	the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 676
1014	1014	Florida Statutes, to i ncrease budget authority for the Special 677
1015	1015	Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 678
1016	1016	and the Child Care Food Program if additional federal revenues 679
1017	1017	will be expended in the 2023 -2024 fiscal year. This section 680
1018	1018	expires July 1, 2024. 681
1019	1019	Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 682
1020	1020	598 through 705 and 718 through 753 of the 2023 -2024 General 683
1021	1021	Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida 684
1022	1022	Statutes, is amended to read: 685
1023	1023	216.262 Authorized positions. — 686
1024	1024	(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter 687
1025	1025	relating to increasing the number of authorized positions, and 688
1026	1026	for the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, if the actual 689
1027	1027	inmate population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the 690
1028	1028	inmate population projectio ns of the February 13, 2023 January 691
1029	1029	13, 2022, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent 692
1030	1030	for 2 consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the 693
1031	1031	Executive Office of the Governor, with the approval of the 694
1032	1032	Legislative Budget Commission, shall immed iately notify the 695
1033	1033	Criminal Justice Estimating Conference, which shall convene as 696
1034	1034	soon as possible to revise the estimates. The Department of 697
1035	1035	Corrections may then submit a budget amendment requesting the 698
1036	1036	establishment of positions in excess of the number au thorized by 699
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1050	1050	general revenue sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed 701
1051	1051	capital improvements, and other resources to provide 702
1052	1052	classification, security, food services, health services, and 703
1053	1053	other variable expenses within the institutions to accommodate 704
1054	1054	the estimated increase in the inmate population. All actions 705
1055	1055	taken pursuant to this subsection are subject to review and 706
1056	1056	approval by the Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection 707
1057	1057	expires July 1, 2024 2023. 708
1058	1058	Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 709
1059	1059	3271 through 3337 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 710
1060	1060	subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended 711
1061	1061	to read: 712
1062	1062	215.18 Transfers between funds; limitati on.— 713
1063	1063	(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one 714
1064	1064	or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system 715
1065	1065	has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2023-2024 716
1066	1066	2022-2023 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice 717
1067	1067	accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the 718
1068	1068	chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing. 719
1069	1069	The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which 720
1070	1070	are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts 721
1071	1071	necessary to meet the just requirements of such last -mentioned 722
1072	1072	funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5 723
1073	1073	days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If 724
1074	1074	the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial 725
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1087	1087	Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds 726
1088	1088	from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid 727
1089	1089	by the end of the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year. This 728
1090	1090	subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023. 729
1091	1091	Section 25. In order to implement Specific App ropriations 730
1092	1092	1132 through 1143 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act: 731
1093	1093	(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to 732
1094	1094	review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that 733
1095	1095	counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s. 734
1096	1096	985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile 735
1097	1097	Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations, 736
1098	1098	the department shall direct the Department of Revenue to deduct 737
1099	1099	the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the 738
1100	1100	funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes. 739
1101	1101	The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to 740
1102	1102	the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. 741
1103	1103	(2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 742
1104	1104	before July 1, 2023, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 743
1105	1105	218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund 744
1106	1106	such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded 745
1107	1107	and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each 746
1108	1108	fiscal year, the amount a vailable for distribution to a county 747
1109	1109	shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to 748
1110	1110	any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department 749
1111	1111	of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an 750
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1125	1125	pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of 752
1126	1126	distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the 753
1127	1127	timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds 754
1128	1128	and the amount necessary to comply with any covena nt under the 755
1129	1129	bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of 756
1130	1130	the bonds. If a reduction to a county's monthly distribution 757
1131	1131	must be decreased in order to comply with this section, the 758
1132	1132	Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenil e 759
1133	1133	Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of 760
1134	1134	Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to 761
1135	1135	the affected county. 762
1136	1136	(3) This section expires July 1, 2024. 763
1137	1137	Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 764
1138	1138	763 through 784, 932 through 1075, and 1096 through 1131 of the 765
1139	1139	2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1), paragraph 766
1140	1140	(a) of subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and 767
1141	1141	subsections (5), (6), and (7) of section 27.40, Florida 768
1142	1142	Statutes, are reenacted to read: 769
1143	1143	27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum 770
1144	1144	requirements; appointment by court. — 771
1145	1145	(1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual 772
1146	1146	in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court -appointed 773
1147	1147	counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized 774
1148	1148	by general law. The court shall appoint a public defender to 775
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1161	1161	represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The office 776
1162	1162	of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be 777
1163	1163	appointed to represent pers ons in those cases in which provision 778
1164	1164	is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public 779
1165	1165	defender has certified to the court in writing that the public 780
1166	1166	defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict 781
1167	1167	of interest or is not authori zed to provide representation. The 782
1168	1168	public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the specific 783
1169	1169	basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a 784
1170	1170	quarterly basis, the public defender shall submit this 785
1171	1171	information to the Justice Administrative Commission. 786
1172	1172	(2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent 787
1173	1173	persons in those cases in which provision is made for court -788
1174	1174	appointed counsel but only after the office of criminal conflict 789
1175	1175	and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certifi ed 790
1176	1176	to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil 791
1177	1177	regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a 792
1178	1178	conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional 793
1179	1179	counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of 794
1180	1180	all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly 795
1181	1181	basis, the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall 796
1182	1182	submit this information to the Justice Administrative 797
1183	1183	Commission. 798
1184	1184	(3) In using a registry: 799
1185	1185	(a) The chief judge of the circuit shal l compile a list of 800
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1198	1198	attorneys in private practice, by county and by category of 801
1199	1199	cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each 802
1200	1200	county. The chief judge of the circuit may restrict the number 803
1201	1201	of attorneys on the general registry list. To be includ ed on a 804
1202	1202	registry, an attorney must certify that he or she: 805
1203	1203	1. Meets any minimum requirements established by the chief 806
1204	1204	judge and by general law for court appointment; 807
1205	1205	2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases 808
1206	1206	requiring court appointment of private counsel; and 809
1207	1207	3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the contract for 810
1208	1208	services, s. 27.5304, and this section. 811
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1210	1210	To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a 813
1211	1211	contract for services with the Justice Administrative 814
1212	1212	Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for 815
1213	1213	services may result in termination of the contract and removal 816
1214	1214	from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsible 817
1215	1215	for notifying the clerk of the court and the Justice 818
1216	1216	Administrative Commission of a ny change in his or her status. 819
1217	1217	Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termination 820
1218	1218	of the contract for services and removal from the registry until 821
1219	1219	the requirement is fulfilled. 822
1220	1220	(5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve 823
1221	1221	uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of 824
1222	1222	private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms 825
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1235	1235	for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for 826
1236	1236	attorney's fees, costs, and related expenses to demonstrate the 827
1237	1237	attorney's completion of specified duties. Such uniform 828
1238	1238	contracts and forms for use in billing must be consistent with 829
1239	1239	s. 27.5304, s. 216.311, and the General Appropriations Act and 830
1240	1240	must contain the following statement: "The State of Florida's 831
1241	1241	performance and oblig ation to pay under this contract is 832
1242	1242	contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature." 833
1243	1243	(6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately 834
1244	1244	file a notice of appearance with the court indicating acceptance 835
1245	1245	of the appointment to represent t he defendant and of the terms 836
1246	1246	of the uniform contract as specified in subsection (5). 837
1247	1247	(7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the 838
1248	1248	registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as 839
1249	1249	provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection 840
1250	1250	(1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by the 841
1251	1251	court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under 842
1252	1252	s. 27.5304 only if the court finds in the order of appointment 843
1253	1253	that there were no registry attorneys available for 844
1254	1254	representation for that case and only if the requirements of 845
1255	1255	subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. 846
1256	1256	(b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 847
1257	1257	General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by the court to be 848
1258	1258	sufficient compensation. The attor ney shall maintain appropriate 849
1259	1259	documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly 850
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1272	1272	accounting of time spent representing the client. If the 851
1273	1273	attorney fails to maintain such contemporaneous and detailed 852
1274	1274	hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek 853
1275	1275	compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 854
1276	1276	and the General Appropriations Act. These records and documents 855
1277	1277	are subject to review by the Justice Administrative Commission 856
1278	1278	and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorne y-client 857
1279	1279	privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall 858
1280	1280	maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the 859
1281	1281	attorney to redact any information subject to a privilege in 860
1282	1282	order to facilitate the commission's review of the records and 861
1283	1283	documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact 862
1284	1284	information from the records and documents only to the extent 863
1285	1285	necessary to comply with the privilege. The Justice 864
1286	1286	Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall 865
1287	1287	contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 866
1288	1288	payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the 867
1289	1289	Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to 868
1290	1290	claims for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by 869
1291	1291	the court unless the court de termines, in writing, that 870
1292	1292	competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming 871
1293	1293	the presumption. 872
1294	1294	2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit 873
1295	1295	the commission or the Auditor General to review documentation 874
1296	1296	for a case as provided in th is paragraph, the attorney waives 875
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1309	1309	the right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation 876
1310	1310	in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 877
1311	1311	General Appropriations Act for that case. 878
1312	1312	3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has wa ived 879
1313	1313	the right to seek compensation in excess of the flat fee 880
1314	1314	established in s. 27.5304 and the General Appropriations Act, as 881
1315	1315	provided in this paragraph, shall be presumed to be correct, 882
1316	1316	unless the court determines, in writing, that competent and 883
1317	1317	substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 884
1318	1318	presumption. 885
1319	1319	Section 27. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 886
1320	1320	(6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 887
1321	1321	2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act expires July 1, 2024, and 888
1322	1322	the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, 889
1323	1323	shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that 890
1324	1324	any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 891
1325	1325	be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 892
1326	1326	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 893
1327	1327	expire pursuant to this section. 894
1328	1328	Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 895
1329	1329	763 through 784, 932 through 1075, and 1096 through 1131 of the 896
1330	1330	2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsectio n (13) of section 897
1331	1331	27.5304, Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended, and 898
1332	1332	subsections (1), (3), (7), and (11), and paragraphs (a) through 899
1333	1333	(e) of subsection (12) of that section are reenacted, to read: 900
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1347	1347	notice.— 902
1348	1348	(1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the 903
1349	1349	manner prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be compensated 904
1350	1350	by the Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in 905
1351	1351	this section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees 906
1352	1352	prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The 907
1353	1353	specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established 908
1354	1354	annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also 909
1355	1355	shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expens es in 910
1356	1356	accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a 911
1357	1357	defendant charged with more than one offense in the same case, 912
1358	1358	the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the 913
1359	1359	most serious offense for which he or she represented the 914
1360	1360	defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee 915
1361	1361	limits established by this section. 916
1362	1362	(3) The court retains primary authority and responsibility 917
1363	1363	for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney 918
1364	1364	fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutory 919
1365	1365	limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court -920
1366	1366	appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final 921
1367	1367	disposition of a case. 922
1368	1368	(7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation from the 923
1369	1369	state for representation pursuant to court appointment made in 924
1370	1370	accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a 925
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1383	1383	proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter 926
1384	1384	393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, chapter 927
1385	1385	744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensat ion not to exceed the 928
1386	1386	limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such 929
1387	1387	compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7). 930
1388	1388	(11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat 931
1389	1389	fees prescribed under this section and the General 932
1390	1390	Appropriations Act comprise the full and complete compensation 933
1391	1391	for private court-appointed counsel. It is further the intent of 934
1392	1392	the Legislature that the fees in this section are prescribed for 935
1393	1393	the purpose of providing counsel with notice of the limit on the 936
1394	1394	amount of compensation for representation in particular 937
1395	1395	proceedings and the sole procedure and requirements for 938
1396	1396	obtaining payment for the same. 939
1397	1397	(a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to 940
1398	1398	the full performance of his or her duties through the completion 941
1399	1399	of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not 942
1400	1400	entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under 943
1401	1401	this section and the General Appropriations Act. 944
1402	1402	(b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from 945
1403	1403	representation prior to the full performance of his or her 946
1404	1404	duties through the completion of the case and the court appoints 947
1405	1405	a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial 948
1406	1406	and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee 949
1407	1407	established under this section and the General Appropriations 950
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1420	1420	Act, except as provided in subsection (12). 951
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1422	1422	This subsection constitutes notice to any subsequently appointed 953
1423	1423	attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat 954
1424	1424	fee. 955
1425	1425	(12) The Legislature recognize s that on rare occasions an 956
1426	1426	attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and 957
1427	1427	unusual effort. 958
1428	1428	(a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits 959
1429	1429	prescribed by law, he or she must file a motion with the chief 960
1430	1430	judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess 961
1431	1431	of these limits. 962
1432	1432	1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a 963
1433	1433	copy of the intended billing, together with supporting 964
1434	1434	affidavits and all other necessary documentation, to the Justice 965
1435	1435	Administrative Commission . 966
1436	1436	2. The Justice Administrative Commission shall review the 967
1437	1437	billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and 968
1438	1438	compliance with contractual and statutory requirements and shall 969
1439	1439	contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 970
1440	1440	payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission 971
1441	1441	objects to any portion of the proposed billing, the objection 972
1442	1442	and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the 973
1443	1443	private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file 974
1444	1444	his or her motion, which must specify whether the commission 975
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1457	1457	objects to any portion of the billing or the sufficiency of 976
1458	1458	documentation, and shall attach the commission's letter stating 977
1459	1459	its objection. 978
1460	1460	(b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee 979
1461	1461	limits, the chief judge or a single designee shall hold an 980
1462	1462	evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge 981
1463	1463	per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this 982
1464	1464	subsection, except multicounty circuits and the eleventh circuit 983
1465	1465	may have up to two desi gnees. 984
1466	1466	1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must 985
1467	1467	prove by competent and substantial evidence that the case 986
1468	1468	required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or 987
1469	1469	single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of 988
1470	1470	witnesses, the complexity of the factual and legal issues, and 989
1471	1471	the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a 990
1472	1472	case does not, by itself, constitute competent substantial 991
1473	1473	evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal 992
1474	1474	case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number 993
1475	1475	of work hours does not exceed 75 or the number of the state's 994
1476	1476	witnesses deposed does not exceed 20. 995
1477	1477	2. Objections by or on behalf of the Justice 996
1478	1478	Administrative Commission to records or documents or to cla ims 997
1479	1479	for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by the 998
1480	1480	court unless the court determines, in writing, that competent 999
1481	1481	and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 1000
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1495	1495	written order detailing his or her findings and identifying the 1002
1496	1496	extraordinary nature of the time and efforts of the attorney in 1003
1497	1497	the case which warrant exceeding the flat fee established by 1004
1498	1498	this section and the General Appropriations Act. 1005
1499	1499	(c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be served 1006
1500	1500	on the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 business 1007
1501	1501	days before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative 1008
1502	1502	Commission has standing to appear before the court, and may 1009
1503	1503	appear in person or telephonically, incl uding at the hearing 1010
1504	1504	under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order 1011
1505	1505	approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses 1012
1506	1506	and may participate in a hearing on the motion by use of 1013
1507	1507	telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice 1014
1508	1508	Administrative Commission may contract with other public or 1015
1509	1509	private entities or individuals to appear before the court for 1016
1510	1510	the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving 1017
1511	1511	payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact 1018
1512	1512	that the Justice Administrative Commission has not objected to 1019
1513	1513	any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the 1020
1514	1514	documentation is not binding on the court. 1021
1515	1515	(d) If the chief judge or a single designee finds that 1022
1516	1516	counsel has proved by competent and substantial e vidence that 1023
1517	1517	the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief 1024
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1532	1532	depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary e ffort 1027
1533	1533	required. The percentage must be only the rate necessary to 1028
1534	1534	ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law. 1029
1535	1535	The percentage may not exceed 200 percent of the established 1030
1536	1536	flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat 1031
1537	1537	fee in the case would be confiscatory. If the chief judge or 1032
1538	1538	single designee determines that 200 percent of the flat fee 1033
1539	1539	would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of 1034
1540	1540	compensation using an hourly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for 1035
1541	1541	a noncapital case and $100 per hour for a capital case. However, 1036
1542	1542	the compensation calculated by using the hourly rate shall be 1037
1543	1543	only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fees paid 1038
1544	1544	are not confiscatory, subject to the requirements of s. 1039
1545	1545	27.40(7). 1040
1546	1546	(e) Any order granting relief under this subsection must 1041
1547	1547	be attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the 1042
1548	1548	Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the 1043
1549	1549	requirements of subparagraph (b)2. 1044
1550	1550	(13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in 1045
1551	1551	subsection (5) and for the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, 1046
1552	1552	the compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may 1047
1553	1553	not exceed the following: 1048
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1570	1570	(c) For life felonies represented at the trial level: 1053
1571	1571	$15,000. 1054
1572	1572	(d) For capital cases represented at the trial level: 1055
1573	1573	$25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a "capital case" is any 1056
1574	1574	offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state 1057
1575	1575	has not waived seeking the death penalty. 1058
1576	1576	(e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 1059
1577	1577	(f) This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1060
1578	1578	Section 29. The text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7), (11), and 1061
1579	1579	(12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1062
1580	1580	19-116, Laws of Florida and the amendment to s. 27.5304(13), 1063
1581	1581	Florida Statutes, by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text 1064
1582	1582	of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, shall revert 1065
1583	1583	to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any 1066
1584	1584	amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be 1067
1585	1585	preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1068
1586	1586	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1069
1587	1587	expire pursuant to this section . 1070
1588	1588	Section 30. In order to implement appropriations used to 1071
1589	1589	pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess 1072
1590	1590	of 2,000 square feet in the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations 1073
1591	1591	Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation 1074
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1608	1608	2026, in order to reduce costs in f uture years. The department 1079
1609	1609	shall incorporate this initiative into its 2023 master leasing 1080
1610	1610	report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and may 1081
1611	1611	use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of 1082
1612	1612	collocating office or storage space, to rev iew the space needs 1083
1613	1613	of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential 1084
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1615	1615	report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of 1086
1616	1616	the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Repr esentatives by 1087
1617	1617	November 1, 2023, which lists each lease contract for private 1088
1618	1618	office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the 1089
1619	1619	savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2024. 1090
1620	1620	Section 31. In order to implement appropriations 1091
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1622	1622	center services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida 1093
1623	1623	Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data 1094
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1626	1626	Section 32. In order to implement the appropriation of 1097
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1645	1645	on the estimated costs for data processing services for the 1104
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1647	1647	Section 33. In order to implement the appropriation of 1106
1648	1648	funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Risk 1107
1649	1649	Management Insurance" in the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations 1108
1650	1650	Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1109
1651	1651	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1110
1652	1652	of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category 1111
1653	1653	between departments in order to align the budget authority 1112
1654	1654	granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk 1113
1655	1655	management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2024. 1114
1656	1656	Section 34. In order to implement the appropriation of 1115
1657	1657	funds in the appropriation category "Special Categories -Transfer 1116
1658	1658	to Department of Management Services -Human Resources Services 1117
1659	1659	Purchased per Statewide Contract" in the 2023 -2024 General 1118
1660	1660	Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and 1119
1661	1661	objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the 1120
1662	1662	Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated 1121
1663	1663	in that category between departments i n order to align the 1122
1664	1664	budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid 1123
1665	1665	by each agency to the Department of Management Services for 1124
1666	1666	human resource management services. This section expires July 1, 1125
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1680	1680	Section 35. In order to implement Sp ecific Appropriation 1127
1681	1681	2871 in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act in the Building 1128
1682	1682	Relocation appropriation category from the Architects Incidental 1129
1683	1683	Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, and in 1130
1684	1684	accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes, the Department of 1131
1685	1685	Management Services: 1132
1686	1686	(1) Upon the final disposition of a state -owned building, 1133
1687	1687	the department may use up to 5 percent of facility disposition 1134
1688	1688	funds from the Architects Incidental Trust Fund to defer, 1135
1689	1689	offset, or otherwise pay for all o r a portion of relocation 1136
1690	1690	expenses, including furniture, fixtures, and equipment for state 1137
1691	1691	agencies impacted by of the disposition of the department's 1138
1692	1692	managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool. The extent of 1139
1693	1693	the financial assistance provided to imp acted state agencies 1140
1694	1694	shall be determined by the department. 1141
1695	1695	(2) The Department of Management Services may submit 1142
1696	1696	budget amendments for an increase in appropriation if necessary 1143
1697	1697	for the implementation of this section pursuant to the 1144
1698	1698	provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments 1145
1699	1699	for an increase in appropriation shall include a detailed plan 1146
1700	1700	providing all estimated costs and relocation proposals. 1147
1701	1701	(3) This section expires July 1, 2024. 1148
1702	1702	Section 36. In order to implement Specific Appropri ation 1149
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1717	1717	Services, notwithstanding s. 253.025, Florida Statutes, and in 1152
1718	1718	accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes, the Department of 1153
1719	1719	Management Services may acquire additional state -owned office 1154
1720	1720	buildings, as defined in s. 255.248, Florida Statutes, or 1155
1721	1721	property for inclusion in the Florida Facilities Pool as created 1156
1722	1722	in s. 255.505, Florida Statutes. This section expires July 1, 1157
1723	1723	2024. 1158
1724	1724	Section 37. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1159
1725	1725	2449 through 2452 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 1160
1726	1726	section 72 of chapter 2020 -114, Laws of Florida, as amended by 1161
1727	1727	section 52 of chapter 2022 -157, Laws of Florida, is reenacted 1162
1728	1728	and amended to read: 1163
1729	1729	Section 72. (1) The Department of Financial Services 1164
1730	1730	shall replace the four main components of the Florida Accounting 1165
1731	1731	Information Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central 1166
1732	1732	FLAIR, departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehou se, 1167
1733	1733	and shall replace the cash management and accounting management 1168
1734	1734	components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an 1169
1735	1735	integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize, 1170
1736	1736	define, and standardize its financial management business 1171
1737	1737	processes and that complies with ss. 215.90 -215.96, Florida 1172
1738	1738	Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of 1173
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1740	1740	(a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other 1175
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1758	1758	System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1181
1759	1759	(2) For purposes of replacing FLAI R and CMS, the 1182
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1761	1761	(a) Take into consideration the cost and implementation 1184
1762	1762	data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31, 1185
1763	1763	2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study, 1186
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1765	1765	(b) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 1188
1766	1766	specifications have been provided to all state agencies for 1189
1767	1767	their review and input and approved by the executive steering 1190
1768	1768	committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to 1191
1769	1769	these documents. 1192
1770	1770	(c) Implement a project governance structure that includes 1193
1771	1771	an executive steering committee composed of: 1194
1772	1772	1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of 1195
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1793	1793	Auditing of the Departm ent of Financial Services, appointed by 1204
1794	1794	the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience 1205
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1796	1796	compose FLAIR. 1207
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1798	1798	Governor, appointed by the Governor. One employee must have 1209
1799	1799	experience relating to the Legislative Appropriations 1210
1800	1800	System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1211
1801	1801	6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed 1212
1802	1802	by the executive director, who has experience using or 1213
1803	1803	maintaining the department's finance and accounting systems. 1214
1804	1804	7. Two employees from the Department of Management 1215
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1806	1806	employee must have experience relating to the department's 1217
1807	1807	personnel information subsystem and one employee must have 1218
1808	1808	experience relating to the department's purchasing subsystem. 1219
1809	1809	8. A state agency administrative services director, 1220
1810	1810	appointed by the Governor. 1221
1811	1811	9. The executive sponsor of the Florida Health Care 1222
1812	1812	Connection (FX) System or his o r her designee, appointed by the 1223
1813	1813	Secretary of Health Care Administration. 1224
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1829	1829	reports to the Executive Steering Committee pursuant to the 1228
1830	1830	oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes. 1229
1831	1831	11. One employee from the Department of Business and 1230
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1833	1833	accounting and FLAIR, ap pointed by the Secretary of the 1232
1834	1834	Department of Business and Professional Regulation. 1233
1835	1835	12. One employee from the Florida Fish and Wildlife 1234
1836	1836	Conservation Commission who has experience using or maintaining 1235
1837	1837	the commission's finance and accounting systems, appoi nted by 1236
1838	1838	the Chair of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1237
1839	1839	Commission. 1238
1840	1840	13. The budget director of the Department of Education, or 1239
1841	1841	his or her designee. 1240
1842	1842	(3)(a) The Chief Financial Officer or the executive 1241
1843	1843	sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the executive 1242
1844	1844	steering committee, and the committee shall take action by a 1243
1845	1845	vote of at least eight affirmative votes with the Chief 1244
1846	1846	Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of the project voting 1245
1847	1847	on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive steerin g 1246
1848	1848	committee consists of at least 10 members. 1247
1849	1849	(b) No later than 14 days before a meeting of the 1248
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1865	1865	(c) The chair shall establ ish, by July 31, 2022, a working 1252
1866	1866	group consisting of FLAIR users, state agency technical staff 1253
1867	1867	who maintain applications that integrate with FLAIR, and no less 1254
1868	1868	than four state agency finance and accounting or budget 1255
1869	1869	directors. The working group shall meet at least monthly to 1256
1870	1870	review PALM functionality, assess project impacts to state 1257
1871	1871	financial business processes and agency staff, and develop 1258
1872	1872	recommendations to the Executive Steering Committee for 1259
1873	1873	improvements. The chair shall request input from the working 1260
1874	1874	group on agenda items for each scheduled meeting. The PALM 1261
1875	1875	project team shall dedicate a staff member to the group and 1262
1876	1876	provide system demonstrations and any project documentation, as 1263
1877	1877	needed, for the group to fulfill its duties. 1264
1878	1878	(4) The executive steering committee has the overall 1265
1879	1879	responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR 1266
1880	1880	and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall: 1267
1881	1881	(a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 1268
1882	1882	Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Spea ker of the 1269
1883	1883	House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 1270
1884	1884	implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to 1271
1885	1885	the fullest extent possible, the state's financial management 1272
1886	1886	business processes. 1273
1887	1887	(b) Review and approve any changes to the project's scope, 1274
1888	1888	schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 1275
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1902	1902	(c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 1277
1903	1903	all phases of the project. 1278
1904	1904	(d) Approve all major project deliverables and any cost 1279
1905	1905	changes to each deliverable over $250,000. 1280
1906	1906	(e) Approve contract amendments and changes to all 1281
1907	1907	contract-related documents associated with the replacement of 1282
1908	1908	FLAIR and CMS. 1283
1909	1909	(f) Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311, 1284
1910	1910	216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287.058, Florida Statutes. 1285
1911	1911	(5) This section expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1286
1912	1912	Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1287
1913	1913	2995 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) 1288
1914	1914	of section 282.709, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1289
1915	1915	282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 1290
1916	1916	interoperability network. — 1291
1917	1917	(3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1292
1918	1918	law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature 1293
1919	1919	finds that there is an immediate danger to the public hea lth, 1294
1920	1920	safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the 1295
1921	1921	state to continue partnering with the system's current operator. 1296
1922	1922	The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to 1297
1923	1923	supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other p ublic 1298
1924	1924	safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of 1299
1925	1925	interoperability between users requires emergency action and is 1300
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1939	1939	communicate and respond to various disasters and events. 1302
1940	1940	(a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(10), shall 1303
1941	1941	enter into a 15-year contract with the entity that was operating 1304
1942	1942	the statewide radio communications system on January 1, 2021. 1305
1943	1943	The contract must include: 1306
1944	1944	1. The purchase of radios; 1307
1945	1945	2. The upgrade to th e Project 25 communications standard; 1308
1946	1946	3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for 1309
1947	1947	system users; 1310
1948	1948	4. Operations, maintenance, and support at a fixed annual 1311
1949	1949	rate; 1312
1950	1950	5. The conveyance of communications towers to the 1313
1951	1951	department; and 1314
1952	1952	6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the 1315
1953	1953	department. 1316
1954	1954	(b) The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust 1317
1955	1955	Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges 1318
1956	1956	collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 328.72. Upon 1319
1957	1957	appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the 1320
1958	1958	department to acquire the equipment, software, and engineering, 1321
1959	1959	administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, 1322
1960	1960	operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the 1323
1961	1961	trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs 1324
1962	1962	of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the 1325
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1975	1975	trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the 1326
1976	1976	recurring maintenance costs of the system. 1327
1977	1977	Section 39. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, 1328
1978	1978	as carried forward from chapters 2021 -37, Laws of Florida, by 1329
1979	1979	this act, expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that subsection 1330
1980	1980	shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that 1331
1981	1981	any amendments to such text enacted other than by this a ct shall 1332
1982	1982	be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1333
1983	1983	amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1334
1984	1984	expire pursuant to this section. 1335
1985	1985	Section 40. In order to implement appropriations relating 1336
1986	1986	to the purchase of equipment a nd services related to the 1337
1987	1987	Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as authorized in 1338
1988	1988	the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 1339
1989	1989	287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible 1340
1990	1990	users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management 1341
1991	1991	Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and services. 1342
1992	1992	This section expires July 1, 2024. 1343
1993	1993	Section 41. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1344
1994	1994	2889 through 2900 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 1345
1995	1995	and notwithstanding rule 60A -1.031, Florida Administrative Code, 1346
1996	1996	the transaction fee as identified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Florida 1347
1997	1997	Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement 1348
1998	1998	system and is 0.7 percent for the 2023 -2024 fiscal year only. 1349
1999	1999	This section expires July 1, 2024. 1350
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2013	2013	and reversion of the amendments made to paragraph (i) of 1352
2014	2014	subsection (9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, pursuant to 1353
2015	2015	section 18 of chapter 2022 -157, Laws of Florida, and in order to 1354
2016	2016	implement Specific Appropriations 2800 through 2824 of the 2023 -1355
2017	2017	2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (i) of subsection (9) 1356
2018	2018	of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1357
2019	2019	24.105 Powers and duties of department. —The department 1358
2020	2020	shall: 1359
2021	2021	(9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 1360
2022	2022	of the state lottery, including: 1361
2023	2023	(i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers , 1362
2024	2024	except for the 2023-2024 fiscal year only, effective July 1, 1363
2025	2025	2023, the commission for Florida L ottery ticket sales shall be 6 1364
2026	2026	percent of the purchase price of each ticket sold or issued as a 1365
2027	2027	prize by a retailer. Any additional retailer compensation is 1366
2028	2028	limited to the Florida Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program 1367
2029	2029	appropriated in Specific Appropria tion 2820 of the 2023 -2024 1368
2030	2030	General Appropriations Act . 1369
2031	2031	Section 43. The amendment to s. 24.105, Florida Statutes, 1370
2032	2032	made by this act expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that 1371
2033	2033	subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, 1372
2034	2034	except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1373
2035	2035	this act shall be preserv ed and continue to operate to the 1374
2036	2036	extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1375
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2050	2050	Section 44. Effective upon becoming law, in order to 1377
2051	2051	implement Specific Appropriations 2441 through 2448 of the 2023-1378
2052	2052	2024 General Appropriations Act, section 717.123, Florida 1379
2053	2053	Statutes, is amended to read: 1380
2054	2054	717.123 Deposit of funds. — 1381
2055	2055	(1) All funds received under this chapter, including the 1382
2056	2056	proceeds from the sale of unclaimed property under s. 717.122, 1383
2057	2057	shall forthwith be deposited by the department in the Unclaimed 1384
2058	2058	Property Trust Fund. The department shall retain, from funds 1385
2059	2059	received under this chapter, an amount not exceeding $65 $15 1386
2060	2060	million from which the department shall make prompt payment of 1387
2061	2061	claims allowed by the department and shall pay the costs 1388
2062	2062	incurred by the department in administering and enforcing this 1389
2063	2063	chapter. All remaining funds received by the department under 1390
2064	2064	this chapter shall be deposited by the department into the State 1391
2065	2065	School Fund. 1392
2066	2066	(2) The department shall record the name and last known 1393
2067	2067	address of each person appearing from the holder's reports to be 1394
2068	2068	entitled to the unclaimed property in the total amounts of $5 or 1395
2069	2069	greater; the name and the last known address of each insured 1396
2070	2070	person or annuitant; and with respect to each policy or contract 1397
2071	2071	listed in the report of an insurance corporation, its number, 1398
2072	2072	the name of the corporation, and the amount due. 1399
2073	2073	Section 45. The amendment to s. 717.123, Florida Statutes, 1400
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2087	2087	subsection shall revert to that in existence on January 1, 2023, 1402
2088	2088	except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1403
2089	2089	this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1404
2090	2090	extent that such amendments are not dependen t upon the portions 1405
2091	2091	of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1406
2092	2092	Section 46. (1) In order to implement section 8 of the 1407
2093	2093	2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, beginning July 1, 2023, 1408
2094	2094	and on the first of each month thereafter, the Department of 1409
2095	2095	Management Services shall assess an administrative health 1410
2096	2096	assessment to each state agency equal to the employer's cost of 1411
2097	2097	individual employee health care coverage for each vacant 1412
2098	2098	position within such agency eligible for coverage through the 1413
2099	2099	Division of State Gro up Insurance. As used in this section, the 1414
2100	2100	term "state agency" means an agency within the State Personnel 1415
2101	2101	System, the Department of Lottery, the Justice Administrative 1416
2102	2102	Commission and all entities administratively housed in the 1417
2103	2103	Justice Administrative Commis sion, and the state courts system. 1418
2104	2104	(2) Each state agency shall remit the assessed 1419
2105	2105	administrative health assessment under subsection (1) to the 1420
2106	2106	State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund, from currently 1421
2107	2107	allocated monies for salaries and benefits, within 30 days of 1422
2108	2108	receipt of the assessment from the Department of Management 1423
2109	2109	Services. Should any state agency become more than 60 days 1424
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2124	2124	the amount due and the Chief Financial Officer shall transfer 1427
2125	2125	the amount due to the Department of Management Services. 1428
2126	2126	(3) The administrative health assessment shall not apply 1429
2127	2127	to positions for which funding, or a portion of funding, is paid 1430
2128	2128	for with federal funds. Each state agency shall provide the 1431
2129	2129	Department of Management Services a complete list of position 1432
2130	2130	numbers that are funded, or partially funded, with federal 1433
2131	2131	funding no later than July 31, 2023, and shall update the list 1434
2132	2132	on the last day of each m onth thereafter. For federally funded 1435
2133	2133	positions, or partially funded positions, each state agency 1436
2134	2134	shall immediately take steps to include the administrative 1437
2135	2135	health assessment in their indirect cost plan for 2024 -2025 1438
2136	2136	fiscal year and each year thereafter. A state agency shall 1439
2137	2137	notify the Department of Management Services upon approval of 1440
2138	2138	the updated indirect cost plan. If the state agency is not able 1441
2139	2139	to obtain approval from their federal awarding agency, they must 1442
2140	2140	notify the Department of Management Services no later than 1443
2141	2141	January 16, 2024. 1444
2142	2142	(4) Pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1445
2143	2143	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1446
2144	2144	of the Governor may transfer budget authority appropriated in 1447
2145	2145	the Salaries and Benefits appropriation categ ory between 1448
2146	2146	agencies in order to align the appropriations granted with the 1449
2147	2147	assessments that must be paid by each agency to the Department 1450
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2161	2161	This section expires July 1, 2024. 1452
2162	2162	Section 47. In order to implement specific appropriations 1453
2163	2163	from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of 1454
2164	2164	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 1455
2165	2165	Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish 1456
2166	2166	and Wildlife Conservation Commis sion, which are contained in the 1457
2167	2167	2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 1458
2168	2168	215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1459
2169	2169	215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation. — 1460
2170	2170	(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect 1461
2171	2171	to a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of 1462
2172	2172	Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 1463
2173	2173	Environmental Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish 1464
2174	2174	and Wildlife Conservation Commission, whenever there is a 1465
2175	2175	deficiency in a land acquisition tr ust fund which would render 1466
2176	2176	that trust fund temporarily insufficient to meet its just 1467
2177	2177	requirements, including the timely payment of appropriations 1468
2178	2178	from that trust fund, and other trust funds in the State 1469
2179	2179	Treasury have moneys that are for the time being or otherwise in 1470
2180	2180	excess of the amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, 1471
2181	2181	including appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, 1472
2182	2182	the Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one 1473
2183	2183	or more of the other trust funds to a land acquisitio n trust 1474
2184	2184	fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 1475
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2198	2198	or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action 1477
2199	2199	proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the no tice, 1478
2200	2200	review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor 1479
2201	2201	shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the 1480
2202	2202	effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that 1481
2203	2203	during July 2023 2022, notice of such action shall be provided 1482
2204	2204	at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless 1483
2205	2205	such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the 1484
2206	2206	Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a 1485
2207	2207	land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and 1486
2208	2208	Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, 1487
2209	2209	the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1488
2210	2210	Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the 1489
2211	2211	moneys were loaned by the end of the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal 1490
2212	2212	year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the 1491
2213	2213	other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 1492
2214	2214	trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 1493
2215	2215	Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the 1494
2216	2216	Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1495
2217	2217	Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of 1496
2218	2218	the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys 1497
2219	2219	from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 1498
2220	2220	trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in 1499
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2235	2235	Section 48. (1) In order to implement specific 1502
2236	2236	appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the 1503
2237	2237	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department 1504
2238	2238	of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the 1505
2239	2239	Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained 1506
2240	2240	in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, the Department of 1507
2241	2241	Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land 1508
2242	2242	Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land 1509
2243	2243	acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1510
2244	2244	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1511
2245	2245	Wildlife Conservation Commi ssion, as provided in this section. 1512
2246	2246	As used in this section, the term "department" means the 1513
2247	2247	Department of Environmental Protection. 1514
2248	2248	(2) After subtracting any required debt service payments, 1515
2249	2249	the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each 1516
2250	2250	land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the 1517
2251	2251	appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for 1518
2252	2252	the 2023-2024 fiscal year by the total appropriations from the 1519
2253	2253	Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land 1520
2254	2254	acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1521
2255	2255	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1522
2256	2256	Wildlife Conservation Commission for the 2023 -2024 fiscal year. 1523
2257	2257	The department shall transfer the proportionate share of the 1524
2258	2258	revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the 1525
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2272	2272	acquisition trust funds within t he Department of Agriculture and 1527
2273	2273	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1528
2274	2274	Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its 1529
2275	2275	proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition 1530
2276	2276	Trust Fund within the department. Total distribu tions to a land 1531
2277	2277	acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and 1532
2278	2278	Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1533
2279	2279	Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total 1534
2280	2280	appropriations from such trust fund for the 2023 -2024 fiscal 1535
2281	2281	year. 1536
2282	2282	(3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the 1537
2283	2283	Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds 1538
2284	2284	within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 1539
2285	2285	Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1540
2286	2286	Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts 1541
2287	2287	appropriated in chapter 2022 -156, Laws of Florida, to the 1542
2288	2288	department's Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land 1543
2289	2289	acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred 1544
2290	2290	between those trust funds during the 2022 -2023 fiscal year. 1545
2291	2291	(4) The department may advance funds from the beginning 1546
2292	2292	unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to 1547
2293	2293	the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife 1548
2294	2294	Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a 1549
2295	2295	detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts 1550
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2309	2309	Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30, 1552
2310	2310	2024. 1553
2311	2311	(5) This section expires Jul y 1, 2024. 1554
2312	2312	Section 49. In order to implement appropriations from the 1555
2313	2313	Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Department of 1556
2314	2314	Environmental Protection in the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations 1557
2315	2315	Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 375.041, Florida 1558
2316	2316	Statutes, is amended to read: 1559
2317	2317	375.041 Land Acquisition Trust Fund. — 1560
2318	2318	(3) Funds distributed into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund 1561
2319	2319	pursuant to s. 201.15 shall be applied: 1562
2320	2320	(b) Of the funds remaining after the payments required 1563
2321	2321	under paragraph (a), but bef ore funds may be appropriated, 1564
2322	2322	pledged, or dedicated for other uses: 1565
2323	2323	1. A minimum of the lesser of 25 percent or $200 million 1566
2324	2324	shall be appropriated annually for Everglades projects that 1567
2325	2325	implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan as set 1568
2326	2326	forth in s. 373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning 1569
2327	2327	Project subject to Congressional authorization; the Long -Term 1570
2328	2328	Plan as defined in s. 373.4592(2); and the Northern Everglades 1571
2329	2329	and Estuaries Protection Program as set forth in s. 373.4595. 1572
2330	2330	From these funds, $32 million shall be distributed each fiscal 1573
2331	2331	year through the 2023 -2024 fiscal year to the South Florida 1574
2332	2332	Water Management District for the Long -Term Plan as defined in 1575
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2346	2346	under this subparagra ph, from the funds remaining, a minimum of 1577
2347	2347	the lesser of 76.5 percent or $100 million shall be appropriated 1578
2348	2348	each fiscal year through the 2025 -2026 fiscal year for the 1579
2349	2349	planning, design, engineering, and construction of the 1580
2350	2350	Comprehensive Everglades Restorati on Plan as set forth in s. 1581
2351	2351	373.470, including the Central Everglades Planning Project, the 1582
2352	2352	Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir Project, the Lake 1583
2353	2353	Okeechobee Watershed Project, the C -43 West Basin Storage 1584
2354	2354	Reservoir Project, the Indian River Lagoon -South Project, the 1585
2355	2355	Western Everglades Restoration Project, and the Picayune Strand 1586
2356	2356	Restoration Project. The Department of Environmental Protection 1587
2357	2357	and the South Florida Water Management District shall give 1588
2358	2358	preference to those Everglades restoration projec ts that reduce 1589
2359	2359	harmful discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee to the St. 1590
2360	2360	Lucie or Caloosahatchee estuaries in a timely manner. For the 1591
2361	2361	purpose of performing the calculation provided in this 1592
2362	2362	subparagraph, the amount of debt service paid pursuant to 1593
2363	2363	paragraph (a) for bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the 1594
2364	2364	purposes set forth under this paragraph shall be added to the 1595
2365	2365	amount remaining after the payments required under paragraph 1596
2366	2366	(a). The amount of the distribution calculated shall then be 1597
2367	2367	reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to 1598
2368	2368	paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the 1599
2369	2369	purposes set forth under this subparagraph. 1600
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2382	2382	2. A minimum of the lesser of 7.6 percent or $50 million 1601
2383	2383	shall be appropriated annually for spring restorat ion, 1602
2384	2384	protection, and management projects. For the purpose of 1603
2385	2385	performing the calculation provided in this subparagraph, the 1604
2386	2386	amount of debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) for bonds 1605
2387	2387	issued after July 1, 2016, for the purposes set forth under this 1606
2388	2388	paragraph shall be added to the amount remaining after the 1607
2389	2389	payments required under paragraph (a). The amount of the 1608
2390	2390	distribution calculated shall then be reduced by an amount equal 1609
2391	2391	to the debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) on bonds 1610
2392	2392	issued after July 1, 2016, for the purposes set forth under this 1611
2393	2393	subparagraph. 1612
2394	2394	3. The sum of $5 million shall be appropriated annually 1613
2395	2395	each fiscal year through the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to the St. 1614
2396	2396	Johns River Water Management District for projects dedicated to 1615
2397	2397	the restoration of Lake Apopka. This distribution shall be 1616
2398	2398	reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to 1617
2399	2399	paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2016, for the 1618
2400	2400	purposes set forth in this subparagraph. 1619
2401	2401	4. The sum of $64 million is appropriated an d shall be 1620
2402	2402	transferred to the Everglades Trust Fund for the 2018 -2019 1621
2403	2403	fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, for the EAA 1622
2404	2404	reservoir project pursuant to s. 373.4598. Any funds remaining 1623
2405	2405	in any fiscal year shall be made available only for Phase II of 1624
2406	2406	the C-51 reservoir project or projects identified in 1625
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2419	2419	subparagraph 1. and must be used in accordance with laws 1626
2420	2420	relating to such projects. Any funds made available for such 1627
2421	2421	purposes in a fiscal year are in addition to the amount 1628
2422	2422	appropriated under subparagrap h 1. This distribution shall be 1629
2423	2423	reduced by an amount equal to the debt service paid pursuant to 1630
2424	2424	paragraph (a) on bonds issued after July 1, 2017, for the 1631
2425	2425	purposes set forth in this subparagraph. 1632
2426	2426	5. The sum of $50 million shall be appropriated annually 1633
2427	2427	to the South Florida Water Management District for the Lake 1634
2428	2428	Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project in accordance with s. 1635
2429	2429	373.4599. This distribution must be reduced by an amount equal 1636
2430	2430	to the debt service paid pursuant to paragraph (a) on bonds 1637
2431	2431	issued after July 1, 2021, for the purposes set forth in this 1638
2432	2432	subparagraph. 1639
2433	2433	6. Notwithstanding subparagraph 3., for the 2023-2024 1640
2434	2434	2022-2023 fiscal year, funds shall be appropriated as provided 1641
2435	2435	in the General Appropriations Act. This subparagraph expires 1642
2436	2436	July 1, 2024 2023. 1643
2437	2437	Section 50. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1644
2438	2438	1757 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and 1645
2439	2439	notwithstanding the expiration date in section 66 of chapter 1646
2440	2440	2022-157, Laws of Florida, paragraph (g) of subsection (15) of 1647
2441	2441	section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1648
2442	2442	376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 1649
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2456	2456	(15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES. —The 1651
2457	2457	department shall pay, pursuant to this subsection, up to $10 1652
2458	2458	million each fiscal year from the fund for the costs of labor 1653
2459	2459	and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems 1654
2460	2460	that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended 1655
2461	2461	with ethanol or biodiesel, or for preventive measures to reduce 1656
2462	2462	the potential for such damage. 1657
2463	2463	(g) Payments may not be made for the following: 1658
2464	2464	1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the 1659
2465	2465	application and required documentation; 1660
2466	2466	2. Certified public accountant costs; 1661
2467	2467	3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in 1662
2468	2468	excess of the amount approved by the department under paragraph 1663
2469	2469	(b) or which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase 1664
2470	2470	order; 1665
2471	2471	4. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or 1666
2472	2472	ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or 1667
2473	2473	replaced for which costs have been paid under this section; 1668
2474	2474	5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department 1669
2475	2475	storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been 1670
2476	2476	resolved; or 1671
2477	2477	6. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage 1672
2478	2478	systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the 1673
2479	2479	storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel. 1674
2480	2480	Section 51. The amendment to s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida 1675
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2493	2493	Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2020 -114, Laws of 1676
2494	2494	Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 202 4, and the text of that 1677
2495	2495	paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2020, 1678
2496	2496	except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1679
2497	2497	this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1680
2498	2498	extent that such amendments are not dependent upo n the portion 1681
2499	2499	of text which expires pursuant to this section. 1682
2500	2500	Section 52. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1683
2501	2501	1641 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (n) 1684
2502	2502	is added to subsection (3) of section 259.105, Florida Statutes, 1685
2503	2503	to read: 1686
2504	2504	259.105 The Florida Forever Act. — 1687
2505	2505	(3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding 1688
2506	2506	reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the 1689
2507	2507	proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this 1690
2508	2508	section shall be deposited into the Flo rida Forever Trust Fund 1691
2509	2509	created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the 1692
2510	2510	Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner: 1693
2511	2511	(n) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) -(j) and for the 2023 - 1694
2512	2512	2024 fiscal year, the amount of $2,200,000 t o only the Division 1695
2513	2513	of State Lands within the Department of Environmental Protection 1696
2514	2514	for the Board of Trustees Florida Forever Priority List land 1697
2515	2515	acquisition projects. This paragraph expires July 1, 2024. 1698
2516	2516	Section 53. In order to implement appropriation s in 1699
2517	2517	section 95, subsection (22) of section 161.101, Florida 1700
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2531	2531	161.101 State and local participation in authorized 1702
2532	2532	projects and studies relating to beach management and erosion 1703
2533	2533	control.— 1704
2534	2534	(22) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (15), and (16), and 1705
2535	2535	for the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year, for beaches located in 1706
2536	2536	Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, Indian 1707
2537	2537	River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, St. Johns, St. 1708
2538	2538	Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties, impacte d by Hurricane Ian 1709
2539	2539	or Hurricane Nicole, the department may waive or reduce the 1710
2540	2540	match requirements for local governments. This subsection 1711
2541	2541	expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1712
2542	2542	Section 54. In order to implement section 96 of the 2023 -1713
2543	2543	2024 General Appropriations Act , section 10 of chapter 2022 -272, 1714
2544	2544	Laws of Florida is amended to read: 1715
2545	2545	Section 10. Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant 1716
2546	2546	Program.— 1717
2547	2547	(1) There is hereby created within the Department of 1718
2548	2548	Environmental Protection the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursemen t 1719
2549	2549	Grant Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance 1720
2550	2550	to mitigate coastal beach erosion for coastal homeowners whose 1721
2551	2551	property was significantly impacted by Hurricane Ian or 1722
2552	2552	Hurricane Nicole in 2022. The department is authorized to 1723
2553	2553	provide financial assistance grants to eligible recipients 1724
2554	2554	located in Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, 1725
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2568	2568	Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, and Volusia Counties. 1727
2569	2569	(2) The department may provid e grants to property owners 1728
2570	2570	to mitigate for coastal beach erosion caused by Hurricane Ian or 1729
2571	2571	Hurricane Nicole during 2022. Grant funding may only be used to 1730
2572	2572	reimburse a property owner for construction costs: 1731
2573	2573	(a) Related to sand placement and temporary or permanent 1732
2574	2574	coastal armoring construction projects to mitigate coastal beach 1733
2575	2575	erosion and may not be used for the repair of residential 1734
2576	2576	structures. 1735
2577	2577	(b) Incurred as a result of preparation for or damage 1736
2578	2578	sustained from Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole in 20 22. 1737
2579	2579	(c) Incurred after September 23, 2022. 1738
2580	2580	(d) Related to a project that has been permitted, is 1739
2581	2581	exempt from permitting requirements, or is otherwise authorized 1740
2582	2582	by law. 1741
2583	2583	(3) Financial assistance grants may only be provided to 1742
2584	2584	mitigate damage to propert y located in Brevard, Broward, 1743
2585	2585	Charlotte, Collier, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, 1744
2586	2586	Martin, Nassau, Palm Beach, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, 1745
2587	2587	and Volusia Counties that is a: 1746
2588	2588	(a) Residential property that meets the following 1747
2589	2589	requirements: 1748
2590	2590	1. The parcel must be a single -family, site-built, 1749
2591	2591	residential property; and 1750
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2605	2605	exemption on the home under chapter 196, Florida Statutes; 1752
2606	2606	(b) Residential condominium, as defined in chapter 718, 1753
2607	2607	Florida Statutes; or 1754
2608	2608	(c) Cooperative, as defined in chapter 719, Florida 1755
2609	2609	Statutes. 1756
2610	2610	(4)(a) The department shall cost -share with $1 provided by 1757
2611	2611	the property owner for every $1 provided by the state with a 1758
2612	2612	maximum of $150,000 in state funding toward the a ctual cost of 1759
2613	2613	an eligible project. The department shall prioritize applicants 1760
2614	2614	who are low-income or moderate-income persons, as defined in s. 1761
2615	2615	420.0004, Florida Statutes. Grants will be awarded to property 1762
2616	2616	owners for eligible projects following the receipt of a 1763
2617	2617	completed application on a first -come, first-served basis until 1764
2618	2618	funding is exhausted. 1765
2619	2619	1. Applications may be submitted beginning February 1, 1766
2620	2620	2023. 1767
2621	2621	2. Applicants must include evidence that the project meets 1768
2622	2622	the criteria in subsections (2) and (3). 1769
2623	2623	(b) If the department determines that an application meets 1770
2624	2624	the requirements of this section, the department shall enter 1771
2625	2625	into a cost-share grant agreement with the applicant consistent 1772
2626	2626	with this section. 1773
2627	2627	(c) The department shall disburse grant funds on a 1774
2628	2628	reimbursement basis. In order to receive reimbursement, property 1775
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2642	2642	1. If applicable, the permit issued under chapter 161, 1777
2643	2643	Florida Statutes, or applicable statute, and evidence that the 1778
2644	2644	project complies with all permittin g requirements. 1779
2645	2645	2. All invoices and payment receipts for eligible 1780
2646	2646	projects. 1781
2647	2647	3. If applicable, documentation that the eligible project 1782
2648	2648	was completed by a licensed professional or contractor. 1783
2649	2649	(5) No later than January 31, 2023, the department shall 1784
2650	2650	adopt emergency rules prescribing the procedures, 1785
2651	2651	administration, and criteria for approving the applications for 1786
2652	2652	the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program. The 1787
2653	2653	department is authorized, and all conditions are deemed met, to 1788
2654	2654	adopt emergency rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54(4), 1789
2655	2655	Florida Statutes, to implement this section. The Legislature 1790
2656	2656	finds that such emergency rulemaking authority is necessary to 1791
2657	2657	address critical shoreline erosion which may result in the loss 1792
2658	2658	of property by homeowners in tho se areas of the state that 1793
2659	2659	sustained damage due to Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole during 1794
2660	2660	2022. Such rules shall remain effective for 6 months after the 1795
2661	2661	date of adoption. 1796
2662	2662	(6) This section expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1797
2663	2663	Section 55. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1798
2664	2664	2722 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) 1799
2665	2665	of subsection (3) and subsection (5) of section 321.04, Florida 1800
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2679	2679	321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank 1802
2680	2680	classifications; probation ary status of new patrol officers; 1803
2681	2681	subsistence; special assignments. — 1804
2682	2682	(3) 1805
2683	2683	(b) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, upon the 1806
2684	2684	request of the Governor, the Department of Highway Safety and 1807
2685	2685	Motor Vehicles shall assign one or more patrol officers to the 1808
2686	2686	office of the Lieutenant Governor for security services. This 1809
2687	2687	paragraph expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1810
2688	2688	(5) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, the 1811
2689	2689	assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a 1812
2690	2690	Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State 1813
2691	2691	Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in 1814
2692	2692	response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet 1815
2693	2693	member. This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1816
2694	2694	Section 56. In order to implement section 131 of the 202 3-1817
2695	2695	2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 1818
2696	2696	288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1819
2697	2697	288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund. — 1820
2698	2698	(3) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year, funds shall 1821
2699	2699	be used for the Rebuild Florida Revolving L oan Fund program to 1822
2700	2700	provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael 1823
2701	2701	as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection 1824
2702	2702	expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1825
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2715	2715	Section 57. In order to implement section 152 of the 2023 -1826
2716	2716	2024 General Appropri ations Act, subsection (4) of section 1827
2717	2717	339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1828
2718	2718	339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund. — 1829
2719	2719	(4) Notwithstanding any other law, and for the 2023-2024 1830
2720	2720	2022-2023 fiscal year only, funds are appropriated to the State 1831
2721	2721	Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue Fund as 1832
2722	2722	provided in the General Appropriations Act. The department is 1833
2723	2723	not required to deplete the resources transferred from the 1834
2724	2724	General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year as required in s. 1835
2725	2725	339.135(3)(b), and the funds may not be used in calculating the 1836
2726	2726	required quarterly cash balance of the trust fund as required in 1837
2727	2727	s. 339.135(6)(b). The department shall track and account for 1838
2728	2728	such appropriated funds as a separate funding source for 1839
2729	2729	eligible projects on the State Highway System and grants to 1840
2730	2730	Florida ports. This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1841
2731	2731	Section 58. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1842
2732	2732	1992 through 2005, 2015, 2016, 2024 through 2027, 2031 through 1843
2733	2733	2035, 2037 through 2045, and 2080 through 2093 of the 2023 -2024 1844
2734	2734	General Appropriations Act, paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of 1845
2735	2735	section 339.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1846
2736	2736	339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; 1847
2737	2737	definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.— 1848
2738	2738	(7) AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM. — 1849
2739	2739	(h)1. Any work program amendment that also adds a new 1850
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2753	2753	of $3 million is subject to approval by the Legislative Budget 1852
2754	2754	Commission. Any work program amendment submitted under this 1853
2755	2755	paragraph must include, as supplemental information, a list of 1854
2756	2756	projects, or phases thereof, in the current 5 -year adopted work 1855
2757	2757	program which are eligible for the funds within the 1856
2758	2758	appropriation category being u sed for the proposed amendment. 1857
2759	2759	The department shall provide a narrative with the rationale for 1858
2760	2760	not advancing an existing project, or phase thereof, in lieu of 1859
2761	2761	the proposed amendment. 1860
2762	2762	2. If the department submits an amendment to the 1861
2763	2763	Legislative Budget Co mmission and the commission does not meet 1862
2764	2764	or consider the amendment within 30 days after its submittal, 1863
2765	2765	the chair and vice chair of the commission may authorize the 1864
2766	2766	amendment to be approved pursuant to s. 216.177. This 1865
2767	2767	subparagraph expires July 1, 2024 2023. 1866
2768	2768	Section 59. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1867
2769	2769	2687 through 2696 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 1868
2770	2770	and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, 1869
2771	2771	the Division of Emergency Management may submit budget 1870
2772	2772	amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 1871
2773	2773	procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 1872
2774	2774	authority for projected expenditures due to reimbursements from 1873
2775	2775	federally declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2024. 1874
2776	2776	Section 60. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1875
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2790	2790	of subsection (4) of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, is 1877
2791	2791	amended to read: 1878
2792	2792	112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, 1879
2793	2793	employees, and authorized persons; statewide travel management 1880
2794	2794	system.— 1881
2795	2795	(4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS. —The official headquarters of an 1882
2796	2796	officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the city or 1883
2797	2797	town in which the office is located except that: 1884
2798	2798	(d) A Lieutenant Governor who permanently resides outside 1885
2799	2799	of Leon County, may, if he or she so requests, have an 1886
2800	2800	appropriate facility in his or her county designated as his or 1887
2801	2801	her official headquarters for purposes of this section. This 1888
2802	2802	official headquarters may o nly serve as the Lieutenant 1889
2803	2803	Governor's personal office. The Lieutenant Governor may not use 1890
2804	2804	state funds to lease space in any facility for his or her 1891
2805	2805	official headquarters. 1892
2806	2806	1. A Lieutenant Governor for whom an official headquarters 1893
2807	2807	is established in his or her county of residence pursuant to 1894
2808	2808	this paragraph is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be 1895
2809	2809	established by the Governor for each day or partial day that the 1896
2810	2810	Lieutenant Governor is at the State Capitol to conduct official 1897
2811	2811	state business. In addition t o the subsistence allowance, a 1898
2812	2812	Lieutenant Governor is eligible for reimbursement for 1899
2813	2813	transportation expenses as provided in subsection (7) for travel 1900
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2826	2826	between the Lieutenant Governor's official headquarters and the 1901
2827	2827	State Capitol to conduct state business. 1902
2828	2828	2. Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for 1903
2829	2829	transportation between a Lieutenant Governor's official 1904
2830	2830	headquarters and the State Capitol shall be made to the extent 1905
2831	2831	appropriated funds are available, as determined by the Governor. 1906
2832	2832	3. This paragraph exp ires July 1, 2024 2023. 1907
2833	2833	Section 61. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1908
2834	2834	2787 and 2788 of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, and 1909
2835	2835	notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized 1910
2836	2836	salaries for members of the Legislature for t he 2023-2024 fiscal 1911
2837	2837	year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010. 1912
2838	2838	This section expires July 1, 2024. 1913
2839	2839	Section 62. In order to implement the transfer of funds 1914
2840	2840	from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2023 -2024 1915
2841	2841	General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of 1916
2842	2842	section 215.32, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1917
2843	2843	215.32 State funds; segregation. — 1918
2844	2844	(2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as 1919
2845	2845	follows: 1920
2846	2846	(b)1. The trust funds shall consist of mone ys received by 1921
2847	2847	the state which under law or under trust agreement are 1922
2848	2848	segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or 1923
2849	2849	branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys 1924
2850	2850	is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law. 1925
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2863	2863	Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state 1926
2864	2864	government responsible for the administration of the trust fund, 1927
2865	2865	the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the 1928
2866	2866	trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper 1929
2867	2867	accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief 1930
2868	2868	Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only 1931
2869	2869	upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at 1932
2870	2870	the level of the account. 1933
2871	2871	2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the 1934
2872	2872	extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds 1935
2873	2873	as described in this subparagraph for day -to-day operations: 1936
2874	2874	a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a 1937
2875	2875	depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by 1938
2876	2876	program revenues, with the exception of administrative 1939
2877	2877	activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a 1940
2878	2878	proprietary fund. 1941
2879	2879	b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a 1942
2880	2880	depository for client services funded by third -party payors. 1943
2881	2881	c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for 1944
2882	2882	funds to be used for management activities that are departmental 1945
2883	2883	in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments 1946
2884	2884	against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the 1947
2885	2885	requirement of using a n administrative trust fund. 1948
2886	2886	d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a 1949
2887	2887	depository for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor 1950
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2900	2900	agreement activities funded by restricted contractual revenue 1951
2901	2901	from private and public nonfederal sources. 1952
2902	2902	e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a 1953
2903	2903	depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272. 1954
2904	2904	f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for 1955
2905	2905	funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful 1956
2906	2906	recipients. 1957
2907	2907	g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for 1958
2908	2908	funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by 1959
2909	2909	restricted program revenues from federal sources. 1960
2910	2910	1961
2911	2911	To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal 1962
2912	2912	accounting to use existing trust funds consiste nt with the 1963
2913	2913	requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have 1964
2914	2914	trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such 1965
2915	2915	adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the 1966
2916	2916	necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next 1967
2917	2917	scheduled review of the agency's trust funds pursuant to s. 1968
2918	2918	215.3206. 1969
2919	2919	3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended 1970
2920	2920	in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they 1971
2921	2921	were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216 1972
2922	2922	relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable 1973
2923	2923	laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the 1974
2924	2924	State Treasury. 1975
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2937	2937	4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the 1976
2938	2938	use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated c ash 1977
2939	2939	balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the 1978
2940	2940	Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and 1979
2941	2941	General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. 1980
2942	2942	b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds 1981
2943	2943	required by federal p rograms or mandates; trust funds 1982
2944	2944	established for bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose 1983
2945	2945	revenues are legally pledged by the state or public body to meet 1984
2946	2946	debt service or other financial requirements of any debt 1985
2947	2947	obligations of the state or any publ ic body; the Division of 1986
2948	2948	Licensing Trust Fund in the Department of Agriculture and 1987
2949	2949	Consumer Services; the State Transportation Trust Fund; the 1988
2950	2950	trust fund containing the net annual proceeds from the Florida 1989
2951	2951	Education Lotteries; the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; 1990
2952	2952	trust funds under the management of the State Board of Education 1991
2953	2953	or the Board of Governors of the State University System, where 1992
2954	2954	such trust funds are for auxiliary enterprises, self -insurance, 1993
2955	2955	and contracts, grants, and donations, as those ter ms are defined 1994
2956	2956	by general law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or 1995
2957	2957	accounts for the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; 1996
2958	2958	trust funds that account for assets held by the state in a 1997
2959	2959	trustee capacity as an agent or fiduciary for individuals, 1998
2960	2960	private organizations, or other governmental units; and other 1999
2961	2961	trust funds authorized by the State Constitution. 2000
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2974	2974	Section 63. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes, 2001
2975	2975	as carried forward from chapter 2011 -47, Laws of Florida, by 2002
2976	2976	this act, expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that paragraph 2003
2977	2977	shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that 2004
2978	2978	any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2005
2979	2979	be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2006
2980	2980	amendments are not depende nt upon the portions of text which 2007
2981	2981	expire pursuant to this section. 2008
2982	2982	Section 64. In order to implement appropriations in the 2009
2983	2983	2023-2024 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2010
2984	2984	the funds appropriated to each state agency which may be used 2011
2985	2985	for travel by state employees are limited during the 2023 -2024 2012
2986	2986	fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each 2013
2987	2987	state agency's mission. Funds may not be used for travel by 2014
2988	2988	state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences, 2015
2989	2989	staff training activities, or other administrative functions 2016
2990	2990	unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such 2017
2991	2991	activities are critical to the agency's mission. The agency head 2018
2992	2992	shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of 2019
2993	2993	electronic communicat ion to meet the needs of the proposed 2020
2994	2994	activity before approving mission -critical travel. This section 2021
2995	2995	does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military 2022
2996	2996	purposes, emergency management activities, or public health 2023
2997	2997	activities. This section expir es July 1, 2024. 2024
2998	2998	Section 65. In order to implement appropriations in the 2025
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3011	3011	2023-2024 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel 2026
3012	3012	and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, costs for 2027
3013	3013	lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or conven tion 2028
3014	3014	organized or sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency or 2029
3015	3015	the judicial branch may not exceed $225 per day. An employee may 2030
3016	3016	expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess 2031
3017	3017	of $225 per day. For purposes of this section, a meeting do es 2032
3018	3018	not include travel activities for conducting an audit, 2033
3019	3019	examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities 2034
3020	3020	related to a litigation or emergency response. This section 2035
3021	3021	expires July 1, 2024. 2036
3022	3022	Section 66. In order to implement the appropriati ons and 2037
3023	3023	reappropriations authorized in the 2023 -2024 General 2038
3024	3024	Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section 2039
3025	3025	216.181, Florida Statutes, is amended, to read: 2040
3026	3026	216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital 2041
3027	3027	outlay.— 2042
3028	3028	(11) 2043
3029	3029	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), 2044
3030	3030	and for the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, the 2045
3031	3031	Legislative Budget Commission may approve budget amendments for 2046
3032	3032	new fixed capital outlay projects or increase the amounts 2047
3033	3033	appropriated to state a gencies for fixed capital outlay 2048
3034	3034	projects. This paragraph expires July 1, 2024 2023. 2049
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3048	3048	The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and 2051
3049	3049	objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177. 2052
3050	3050	Section 67. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2053
3051	3051	2792 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) 2054
3052	3052	of section 350.0614, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2055
3053	3053	350.0614 Public Counsel; compensation and expenses. — 2056
3054	3054	(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the operating budget, 2057
3055	3055	as approved jointly by the President of the Senate and the 2058
3056	3056	Speaker of the House of Representatives from the moneys 2059
3057	3057	appropriated to the Public Counsel by the Legislature, 2060
3058	3058	constitutes the allocation under which the Public Counsel will 2061
3059	3059	manage the duties of his or her office. The Public Counsel: 2062
3060	3060	(a) Shall submit an annual budget request to the 2063
3061	3061	Legislature in the format, detail, and schedule determined by 2064
3062	3062	the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 2065
3063	3063	Representatives. 2066
3064	3064	(b) May employ technical and clerical perso nnel and retain 2067
3065	3065	additional counsel and experts, including expert witnesses. In 2068
3066	3066	employing such personnel, retaining additional counsel and 2069
3067	3067	experts, and exercising all other administrative duties of the 2070
3068	3068	office, the Public Counsel must follow applicable provi sions of 2071
3069	3069	the most recent version of the Joint Policies and Procedures of 2072
3070	3070	the Presiding Officers. Any guidance for administrative issues 2073
3071	3071	not addressed by the Joint Policies and Procedures of the 2074
3072	3072	Presiding Officers requires consultation and joint agreement o f 2075
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3085	3085	the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 2076
3086	3086	Representatives. 2077
3087	3087	2078
3088	3088	This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023. 2079
3089	3089	Section 68. In order to implement the salaries and 2080
3090	3090	benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted 2081
3091	3091	services, special cate gories, and operating capital outlay 2082
3092	3092	categories of the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act, 2083
3093	3093	paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida 2084
3094	3094	Statutes, is amended to read: 2085
3095	3095	216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. — 2086
3096	3096	(2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by 2087
3097	3097	the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 2088
3098	3098	Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed 2089
3099	3099	conditions: 2090
3100	3100	(a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical 2091
3101	3101	funding sources, exce pt appropriations for fixed capital outlay, 2092
3102	3102	and the transfer of amounts included within the total original 2093
3103	3103	approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as 2094
3104	3104	furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows: 2095
3105	3105	1. Between categories of appr opriations within a budget 2096
3106	3106	entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2097
3107	3107	decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2098
3108	3108	or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2099
3109	3109	this subsection. 2100
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3122	3122	2. Between budget entities w ithin identical categories of 2101
3123	3123	appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2102
3124	3124	decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2103
3125	3125	or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2104
3126	3126	this subsection. 2105
3127	3127	3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant 2106
3128	3128	to s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be 2107
3129	3129	authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2. 2108
3130	3130	in the subsequent fiscal year. 2109
3131	3131	4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. a nd 2110
3132	3132	2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and 2111
3133	3133	the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least 2112
3134	3134	3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an 2113
3135	3135	opportunity for review. The review shall be limited to ensurin g 2114
3136	3136	that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this 2115
3137	3137	paragraph. 2116
3138	3138	5. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the review shall ensure 2117
3139	3139	that transfers proposed pursuant to this paragraph comply with 2118
3140	3140	this chapter, maximize the use of available and appropr iate 2119
3141	3141	trust funds, and are not contrary to legislative policy and 2120
3142	3142	intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2024. 2121
3143	3143	Section 69. Any section of this act which implements a 2122
3144	3144	specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 2123
3145	3145	language in the 2023 -2024 General Appropriations Act is void if 2124
3146	3146	the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 2125
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3158	3158
3159	3159	language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements 2126
3160	3160	more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of 2127
3161	3161	specifically identified provis o language in the 2023 -2024 2128
3162	3162	General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific 2129
3163	3163	appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso 2130
3164	3164	language are vetoed. 2131
3165	3165	Section 70. If any other act passed during the 2023 2132
3166	3166	Regular Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is 2133
3167	3167	substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that 2134
3168	3168	removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied 2135
3169	3169	to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the 2136
3170	3170	provision in the other act takes prec edence and continues to 2137
3171	3171	operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. 2138
3172	3172	Section 71. If any provision of this act or its 2139
3173	3173	application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 2140
3174	3174	invalidity does not affect other provisions or appli cations of 2141
3175	3175	the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision 2142
3176	3176	or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 2143
3177	3177	severable. 2144
3178	3178	Section 72. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 2145
3179	3179	act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 2146
3180	3180	this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2147
3181	3181	2023, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that 2148
3182	3182	date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate 2149
3183	3183	retroactively to July 1, 2023. 2150