Bill Text: FL H0975 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Duties of the Chief Financial Officer

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0975 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0975-Introduced.html

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HJR 975

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 of
3	Article IV of the State Constitution, relating to the
4	duties of the Chief Financial Officer.
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6	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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8	That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article IV of
9	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
10	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
11	general election or at an earlier special election specifically
12	authorized by law for that purpose:
13	ARTICLE IV
14	EXECUTIVE
15	SECTION 4.  Cabinet.-
16	(a)  There shall be a cabinet composed of an attorney
17	general, a chief financial officer, and a commissioner of
18	agriculture. In addition to the powers and duties specified
19	herein, they shall exercise such powers and perform such duties
20	as may be prescribed by law. In the event of a tie vote of the
21	governor and cabinet, the side on which the governor voted shall
22	be deemed to prevail.
23	(b)  The attorney general shall be the chief state legal
24	officer. There is created in the office of the attorney general
25	the position of statewide prosecutor. The statewide prosecutor
26	shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to
27	prosecute violations of criminal laws occurring or having
28	occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a related
29	transaction, or when any such offense is affecting or has
30	affected two or more judicial circuits as provided by general
31	law. The statewide prosecutor shall be appointed by the attorney
32	general from not less than three persons nominated by the
33	judicial nominating commission for the supreme court, or as
34	otherwise provided by general law.
35	(c)  The chief financial officer shall serve as the chief
36	fiscal officer of the state, and shall settle and approve
37	accounts against the state, and shall keep all state funds and
38	securities. It is a paramount duty of the state to collect,
39	maintain, and make available accurate, verifiable, and auditable
40	state and local government financial information. Accordingly,
41	the chief financial officer shall:
42	(1)  Establish and maintain uniform accounting of funds for
43	the legislative and judicial branches and all state agencies,
44	state universities, state and community colleges, school
45	districts, water management districts, other local governments,
46	and all statutorily authorized governmental entities; and
47	(2)  Supervise matters pertaining to the accounting of
48	funds, except as otherwise provided by law. Enforcement
49	mechanisms involving financial or budgetary restrictions that
50	ensure compliance with accounting procedures and financial
51	requirements may be imposed as provided by general law.
52	(d)  The commissioner of agriculture shall have supervision
53	of matters pertaining to agriculture except as otherwise
54	provided by law.
55	(e)  The governor as chair, the chief financial officer,
56	and the attorney general shall constitute the state board of
57	administration, which shall succeed to all the power, control,
58	and authority of the state board of administration established
59	pursuant to Article IX, Section 16 of the Constitution of 1885,
60	and which shall continue as a body at least for the life of
61	Article XII, Section 9(c).
62	(f)  The governor as chair, the chief financial officer,
63	the attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall
64	constitute the trustees of the internal improvement trust fund
65	and the land acquisition trust fund as provided by law.
66	(g)  The governor as chair, the chief financial officer,
67	the attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall
68	constitute the agency head of the Department of Law Enforcement.
69	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
70	placed on the ballot:
71	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
72	ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4
73	DUTIES OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.-Proposing an
74	amendment to the State Constitution to require the Chief
75	Financial Officer to establish and maintain uniform accounting
76	of funds for the legislative and judicial branches and all
77	governmental entities and supervise such accounting, and to
78	authorize the enforcement of financial and budgetary
79	restrictions provided by law which ensure compliance with
80	accounting procedures and financial requirements.

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