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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to county constitutional officer 2
budget processes; amending s. 129.201, F.S.; 3
authorizing a supervisor of elections to file a budget 4
appeal to the Administration Commission in a specified 5
manner; requiring the Executive Office of the Governor 6
to conduct a budget hearing in a specified manner and 7
make findings and recommendations to the 8
Administration Commission; requiring the commission to 9
take specified actions relating to the budget; 10
amending s. 218.35, F.S.; authorizing specified 11
commissions to take certain actions relating to the 12
proposed budget of the clerk of the circuit court; 13
requiring such commissions to provide a certain 14
notice; authorizing a clerk of the circuit court to 15
file a budget appeal in a specified manner; requiring 16
the Executive Office of the Governor to conduct a 17
budget hearing in a specified manner and make findings 18
and recommendations to the Administration Commission; 19
requiring the commission to take specified actions 20
relating to the budget; providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 129.201, Florida 25
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Statutes, is amended to read: 26
129.201 Budget of supervisor of elections; manner and time 27
of preparation and presentation. — 28
(4) The board or commission, as appropriate, may require 29
the supervisor of elections to correct mathematical, mechanical, 30
factual, and clerical errors and errors of f orm in the proposed 31
budget. At the hearings held pursuant to s. 200.065, the board 32
or commission may amend, modify, increase, or reduce any or all 33
items of expenditure in the proposed budget as submitted under 34
subsections (1) and (2); and, as amended, modi fied, increased, 35
or reduced, such budget shall be approved by the board or 36
commission, which must provide written notice of its action to 37
specific items amended, modified, increased, or reduced. 38
(a) The supervisor of elections, within 30 days after 39
receiving written notice of such action by the board or 40
commission, in person or in his or her office, may file an 41
appeal by petition to the Administration Commission. The 42
petition must set forth the budget proposed by the supervisor of 43
elections, in the form a nd manner prescribed by the Executive 44
Office of the Governor and approved by the Administration 45
Commission, and the budget as approved by the board of county 46
commissioners or the budget commission and shall contain the 47
reasons or grounds for the appeal. Su ch petition shall be filed 48
with the Executive Office of the Governor, and a copy served 49
upon the board or commission from the decision of which appeal 50
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is taken by delivering the same to the chair or president 51
thereof or to the clerk of the circuit court. 52
(b) The board or commission shall have 5 days following 53
delivery of a copy of such petition to file a reply with the 54
Executive Office of the Governor, and shall deliver a copy of 55
such reply to the supervisor of elections. 56
(c) Upon receipt of the petitio n, the Executive Office of 57
the Governor shall provide for a budget hearing at which the 58
matters presented in the petition and the reply shall be 59
considered. A report of the findings and recommendations of the 60
Executive Office of the Governor thereon shall be promptly 61
submitted to the Administration Commission, which, within 30 62
days, shall either approve the action of the board or commission 63
as to each separate item, or approve the budget as proposed by 64
the supervisor of elections as to each separate item, o r amend 65
or modify the budget as to each separate item within the limits 66
of the proposed board of expenditures and the expenditures as 67
approved by the board of county commissioners or the budget 68
commission, as the case may be. The budget as approved, amende d, 69
or modified by the Administration Commission shall be final. 70
Section 2. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of 71
section 218.35, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections 72
(5), (6), and (7), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is 73
added to that section, to read: 74
218.35 County fee officers; financial matters. — 75
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(4) The board or commission, as appropriate, may require 76
the clerk of the circuit court to correct mathematical, 77
mechanical, factual, and clerical errors and errors of form in 78
the proposed budget. At the hearings held pursuant to s. 79
200.065, the board or commission may amend, modify, increase, or 80
reduce any or all items of expenditure in the proposed budget as 81
submitted under paragraph (2)(b); and, as amended, modified, 82
increased, or reduced, such budget shall be approved by the 83
board or commission, which must provide written notice of its 84
action to specific items amended, modified, increased, or 85
reduced. 86
(a) The clerk of the circuit court, within 30 days after 87
receiving written notic e of such action by the board or 88
commission, in person or in his or her office, may file an 89
appeal by petition to the Administration Commission. The 90
petition must set forth the budget proposed by the clerk of the 91
circuit court, in the form and manner presc ribed by the 92
Executive Office of the Governor and approved by the 93
Administration Commission, and the budget as approved by the 94
board of county commissioners or the budget commission and shall 95
contain the reasons or grounds for the appeal. Such petition 96
shall be filed with the Executive Office of the Governor, and a 97
copy served upon the board or commission from the decision of 98
which appeal is taken by delivering the same to the chair or 99
president thereof. 100
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(b) The board or commission shall have 5 days follo wing 101
delivery of a copy of such petition to file a reply with the 102
Executive Office of the Governor, and shall deliver a copy of 103
such reply to the clerk of the circuit court. 104
(c) Upon receipt of the petition, the Executive Office of 105
the Governor shall pro vide for a budget hearing at which the 106
matters presented in the petition and the reply shall be 107
considered. A report of the findings and recommendations of the 108
Executive Office of the Governor thereon shall be promptly 109
submitted to the Administration Commi ssion, which, within 30 110
days, shall either approve the action of the board or commission 111
as to each separate item, or approve the budget as proposed by 112
the clerk of the circuit court as to each separate item, or 113
amend or modify the budget as to each separa te item within the 114
limits of the proposed board of expenditures and the 115
expenditures as approved by the board of county commissioners or 116
the budget commission, as the case may be. The budget as 117
approved, amended, or modified by the Administration Commissio n 118
shall be final. 119
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 120