Bill Text: FL S0792 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Chief Financial Officer
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Messages [S0792 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S0792-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Chief Financial Officer
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Messages [S0792 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S0792-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SJR 792 By Senator Lee 20-01007-18 2018792__ 1 Senate Joint Resolution 2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 3 of Article IV of the State Constitution to revise the 4 duties and responsibilities of the Chief Financial 5 Officer. 6 7 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article IV of 10 the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to 11 the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 12 general election or at an earlier special election specifically 13 authorized by law for that purpose: 14 ARTICLE IV 15 EXECUTIVE 16 SECTION 4. Cabinet.— 17 (a) There shall be a cabinet composed of an attorney 18 general, a chief financial officer, and a commissioner of 19 agriculture. In addition to the powers and duties specified 20 herein, they shall exercise such powers and perform such duties 21 as may be prescribed by law. In the event of a tie vote of the 22 governor and cabinet, the side on which the governor voted shall 23 be deemed to prevail. 24 (b) The attorney general shall be the chief state legal 25 officer. There is created in the office of the attorney general 26 the position of statewide prosecutor. The statewide prosecutor 27 shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to 28 prosecute violations of criminal laws occurring or having 29 occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a related 30 transaction, or when any such offense is affecting or has 31 affected two or more judicial circuits as provided by general 32 law. The statewide prosecutor shall be appointed by the attorney 33 general from not less than three persons nominated by the 34 judicial nominating commission for the supreme court, or as 35 otherwise provided by general law. 36 (c) The chief financial officer shall serve as the chief 37 fiscal officer of the state, and shall: 38 (1) Settle and approve accounts against the state;, and39shall40 (2) Keep all state funds and securities; 41 (3) Participate as a principal in consensus economic, 42 demographic, and revenue estimating conferences; and 43 (4) Review and certify state contracts proposed by or on 44 behalf of any state agency, entity, or officer of the executive 45 branch as defined by general law which require a payment or 46 aggregate payments in excess of ten million dollars from funds 47 appropriated to the state agency, entity, or officer before the 48 execution of any such contract. The chief financial officer 49 shall ensure that such a contract complies with state law as to 50 its procurement and content and that any payments required to be 51 made by the state agency, entity, or officer under the contract 52 in any fiscal year do not exceed the amount appropriated for 53 that fiscal year or the amount authorized by law for the purpose 54 of the contract. The ten-million-dollar threshold shall be 55 adjusted by general law every four years to reflect the rate of 56 inflation or deflation as indicated in the Consumer Price Index 57 for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, or a 58 successor index as calculated by the United States Department of 59 Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor agency. 60 (d) The commissioner of agriculture shall have supervision 61 of matters pertaining to agriculture except as otherwise 62 provided by law. 63 (e) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, and 64 the attorney general shall constitute the state board of 65 administration, which shall succeed to all the power, control, 66 and authority of the state board of administration established 67 pursuant to Article IX, Section 16 of the Constitution of 1885, 68 and which shall continue as a body at least for the life of 69 Article XII, Section 9(c). 70 (f) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the 71 attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall 72 constitute the trustees of the internal improvement trust fund 73 and the land acquisition trust fund as provided by law. 74 (g) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the 75 attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall 76 constitute the agency head of the Department of Law Enforcement. 77 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 78 placed on the ballot: 79 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 80 ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4 81 DUTIES OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Proposing an 82 amendment to the State Constitution to expand the duties of the 83 Chief Financial Officer to require that he or she participate as 84 a principal in consensus economic, demographic, and revenue 85 estimating conferences; review and certify certain state 86 contracts above a threshold dollar amount; and ensure that such 87 contracts comply with state law and do not require payments in 88 any fiscal year which exceed the amount appropriated or the 89 amount authorized by law.