Bill Amendment: FL S2502 | 2017 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Implementing the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act
Status: 2017-06-05 - Chapter No. 2017-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70) [S2502 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S2502-Senate_Floor_Amendment_798510.html
Bill Title: Implementing the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act
Status: 2017-06-05 - Chapter No. 2017-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70) [S2502 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S2502-Senate_Floor_Amendment_798510.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2502 Ì798510ÊÎ798510 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Brandes moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 1840 - 1895 4 and insert: 5 Section 57. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6 1869 through 1882, 1888 through 1891, 1905 through 1908, 1910 7 through 1925, and 1964 through 1976 of the 2017-2018 General 8 Appropriations Act, paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) are added to 9 subsection (5) of section 339.135, Florida Statutes, to read: 10 339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; 11 definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.— 12 (5) ADOPTION OF THE WORK PROGRAM.— 13 (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department 14 maintain fiscal solvency and make prudent use of all available 15 fiscal resources to minimize any project, or a phase thereof, 16 from being deferred within the work program. It is further the 17 intent of the Legislature that the department, to the maximum 18 extent feasible, reduce financial projects not programmed for 19 contract letting as identified with a work program contract 20 class code 8 and the box code RV to add projects to the 2017 21 2018 work program which are identified by a specific 22 appropriation in the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act. This 23 paragraph expires July 1, 2018. 24 (e) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year only, the department is 25 authorized to realign budget authority among appropriation 26 categories to support the implementation of the 2017-2018 27 General Appropriations Act. The notice, review, and objection 28 procedures under s. 216.177 apply only when projects, or a phase 29 thereof, are not deferred or deleted from the work program. The 30 request to realign budget authority among work program 31 categories must be supported by documented production and 32 financial goals within the parameters of finance, available 33 cash, and total authorized budget. This paragraph expires July 34 1, 2018. 35 (f) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year only, if the department 36 submits a work program amendment to realign work program 37 categories to the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act that 38 defers or deletes any project, or a phase thereof, the work 39 program amendment is subject to approval by the Legislative 40 Budget Commission. The department shall provide to the 41 Legislative Budget Commission the documents specified in 42 subparagraphs 1.–8. when submitting the department’s work 43 program amendment to request approval to realign the work 44 program appropriation categories to the 2017-2018 General 45 Appropriations Act. In addition, any work program amendment 46 submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission which results in 47 a reduced project commitment level for the 2017-2018 fiscal year 48 must include the following documents: 49 1. A proposed finance plan, as balanced to the requested 50 work program amendment to realign the work program categories to 51 the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act, or any other 52 amendments that reduce work program commitments; 53 2. A proposed cash forecast, as balanced to the requested 54 work program amendment to realign the work program categories to 55 the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act, or any other 56 amendments that reduce work program commitments; 57 3. An adopted finance plan, as of July 1, 2017; 58 4. An adopted cash forecast, as of July 1, 2017; 59 5. A complete list of projects, or phases thereof, deferred 60 or deleted from the impact of the projects identified by a 61 specific appropriation in the 2017-2018 General Appropriations 62 Act for the 2017-2018 through 2021-2022 work program; 63 6. The department’s methodology for identifying projects, 64 or phases thereof, for deferral or deletion for the 2017-2018 65 through 2021-2022 work program; 66 7. A letter of concurrence or nonoccurrence from the 67 affected metropolitan planning organization or, for 68 nonmetropolitan areas, the board of county commissioners with 69 impacted project selections; and 70 8. A complete list of financial projects not programmed for 71 contract letting as identified with a work program contract 72 class code 8 and the box code RV included in fiscal years 2017 73 2018 through 2021-2022, as of July 1, 2017. 74 75 This paragraph expires July 1, 2018. 76 77 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 78 And the title is amended as follows: 79 Delete line 295 80 and insert: 81 Department of Transportation’s work program; 82 authorizing the Department of Transportation to 83 realign budget authority under specified 84 circumstances; specifying requirements; requiring