Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H7007 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to county constitutional officer 2
16	16	budget processes; amending s. 129.201, F.S.; 3
17	17	authorizing a supervisor of elections to file a budget 4
18	18	appeal to the Administration Commission in a specified 5
19	19	manner; requiring the Executive Office of the Governor 6
20	20	to conduct a budget hearing in a specified manner and 7
21	21	make findings and recommendations to the 8
22	22	Administration Commission; requiring the commission to 9
23	23	take specified actions relating to the budget; 10
24	24	amending s. 218.35, F.S.; authorizing specified 11
25	25	commissions to take certain actions relating to the 12
26	26	proposed budget of the clerk of the circuit court; 13
27	27	requiring such commissions to provide a certain 14
28	28	notice; authorizing a clerk of the circuit court to 15
29	29	file a budget appeal in a specified manner; requiring 16
30	30	the Executive Office of the Governor to conduct a 17
31	31	budget hearing in a specified manner and make findings 18
32	32	and recommendations to the Administration Commission; 19
33	33	requiring the commission to take specified actions 20
34	34	relating to the budget; providing an effective date. 21
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36	36	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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38	38	Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 129.201, Florida 25
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51	51	Statutes, is amended to read: 26
52	52	129.201 Budget of supervisor of elections; manner and time 27
53	53	of preparation and presentation. — 28
54	54	(4) The board or commission, as appropriate, may require 29
55	55	the supervisor of elections to correct mathematical, mechanical, 30
56	56	factual, and clerical errors and errors of f orm in the proposed 31
57	57	budget. At the hearings held pursuant to s. 200.065, the board 32
58	58	or commission may amend, modify, increase, or reduce any or all 33
59	59	items of expenditure in the proposed budget as submitted under 34
60	60	subsections (1) and (2); and, as amended, modi fied, increased, 35
61	61	or reduced, such budget shall be approved by the board or 36
62	62	commission, which must provide written notice of its action to 37
63	63	specific items amended, modified, increased, or reduced. 38
64	64	(a) The supervisor of elections, within 30 days after 39
65	65	receiving written notice of such action by the board or 40
66	66	commission, in person or in his or her office, may file an 41
67	67	appeal by petition to the Administration Commission. The 42
68	68	petition must set forth the budget proposed by the supervisor of 43
69	69	elections, in the form a nd manner prescribed by the Executive 44
70	70	Office of the Governor and approved by the Administration 45
71	71	Commission, and the budget as approved by the board of county 46
72	72	commissioners or the budget commission and shall contain the 47
73	73	reasons or grounds for the appeal. Su ch petition shall be filed 48
74	74	with the Executive Office of the Governor, and a copy served 49
75	75	upon the board or commission from the decision of which appeal 50
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88	88	is taken by delivering the same to the chair or president 51
89	89	thereof or to the clerk of the circuit court. 52
90	90	(b) The board or commission shall have 5 days following 53
91	91	delivery of a copy of such petition to file a reply with the 54
92	92	Executive Office of the Governor, and shall deliver a copy of 55
93	93	such reply to the supervisor of elections. 56
94	94	(c) Upon receipt of the petitio n, the Executive Office of 57
95	95	the Governor shall provide for a budget hearing at which the 58
96	96	matters presented in the petition and the reply shall be 59
97	97	considered. A report of the findings and recommendations of the 60
98	98	Executive Office of the Governor thereon shall be promptly 61
99	99	submitted to the Administration Commission, which, within 30 62
100	100	days, shall either approve the action of the board or commission 63
101	101	as to each separate item, or approve the budget as proposed by 64
102	102	the supervisor of elections as to each separate item, o r amend 65
103	103	or modify the budget as to each separate item within the limits 66
104	104	of the proposed board of expenditures and the expenditures as 67
105	105	approved by the board of county commissioners or the budget 68
106	106	commission, as the case may be. The budget as approved, amende d, 69
107	107	or modified by the Administration Commission shall be final. 70
108	108	Section 2. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of 71
109	109	section 218.35, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections 72
110	110	(5), (6), and (7), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is 73
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112	112	218.35 County fee officers; financial matters. — 75
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126	126	the clerk of the circuit court to correct mathematical, 77
127	127	mechanical, factual, and clerical errors and errors of form in 78
128	128	the proposed budget. At the hearings held pursuant to s. 79
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130	130	reduce any or all items of expenditure in the proposed budget as 81
131	131	submitted under paragraph (2)(b); and, as amended, modified, 82
132	132	increased, or reduced, such budget shall be approved by the 83
133	133	board or commission, which must provide written notice of its 84
134	134	action to specific items amended, modified, increased, or 85
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136	136	(a) The clerk of the circuit court, within 30 days after 87
137	137	receiving written notic e of such action by the board or 88
138	138	commission, in person or in his or her office, may file an 89
139	139	appeal by petition to the Administration Commission. The 90
140	140	petition must set forth the budget proposed by the clerk of the 91
141	141	circuit court, in the form and manner presc ribed by the 92
142	142	Executive Office of the Governor and approved by the 93
143	143	Administration Commission, and the budget as approved by the 94
144	144	board of county commissioners or the budget commission and shall 95
145	145	contain the reasons or grounds for the appeal. Such petition 96
146	146	shall be filed with the Executive Office of the Governor, and a 97
147	147	copy served upon the board or commission from the decision of 98
148	148	which appeal is taken by delivering the same to the chair or 99
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163	163	delivery of a copy of such petition to file a reply with the 102
164	164	Executive Office of the Governor, and shall deliver a copy of 103
165	165	such reply to the clerk of the circuit court. 104
166	166	(c) Upon receipt of the petition, the Executive Office of 105
167	167	the Governor shall pro vide for a budget hearing at which the 106
168	168	matters presented in the petition and the reply shall be 107
169	169	considered. A report of the findings and recommendations of the 108
170	170	Executive Office of the Governor thereon shall be promptly 109
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173	173	as to each separate item, or approve the budget as proposed by 112
174	174	the clerk of the circuit court as to each separate item, or 113
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177	177	expenditures as approved by the board of county commissioners or 116
178	178	the budget commission, as the case may be. The budget as 117
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181	181	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 120