Bill Text: FL S1848 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Nongovernmental Organizations that Receive State Funds

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability [S1848 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S1848-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1848
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-01271-12                                           20121848__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to nongovernmental organizations that
    3         receive state funds; creating s. 11.063, F.S.;
    4         requiring that a nongovernmental organization that
    5         receives state funds in excess of a certain amount
    6         provide a detailed report of its expenditures;
    7         prescribing the items that must be reported; requiring
    8         that the information be submitted electronically and
    9         posted on a state website; specifying that an agency
   10         contract must include a provision that the
   11         nongovernmental organization must comply with the
   12         reporting requirements; providing an effective date.
   13  
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 11.063, Florida Statutes, is created to
   17  read:
   18         11.063 Nongovernmental organization reporting
   19  requirements.—
   20         (1) Any nongovernmental organization providing services,
   21  excluding those organizations providing Medicaid services
   22  pursuant to chapter 409 or services relating to transportation
   23  projects pursuant to chapter 339, must, by June 30 of any fiscal
   24  year in which the organization received in excess of $100,000 in
   25  state funds, provide a detailed report of the organization’s
   26  total actual expenditures for the fiscal year in which the funds
   27  were received, including:
   28         (a) A detailed list of salaries and compensation for each
   29  employee.
   30         (b) Expenditures made for vehicles, travel, educational
   31  development, media outreach, technology, and other operating and
   32  capital expenditures.
   33         (c) A narrative description of the manner in which the
   34  state appropriation was utilized detailing the specific
   35  expenditures made to achieve the service provided.
   36         (2) The report required by this section shall be submitted
   37  electronically and posted on the Florida Fiscal Portal website
   38  in the form and manner prescribed jointly by the President of
   39  the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   40         (3) Each state agency shall include in any contract for
   41  services with a nongovernmental organization that receives in
   42  excess of $100,000 in state funds as provided in this section a
   43  requirement that the nongovernmental organization comply with
   44  the reporting requirements of this section.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.