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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.179 - Reinstatement of Vetoed Appropriations by Administrative Means Prohibited.

216.179 Reinstatement of vetoed appropriations by administrative means prohibited.—After the Governor has vetoed a specific appropriation for an agency or the judicial branch, neither the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, nor a state agency, in their various statutory and constitutional roles, may authorize expenditures for or implementation in any manner of the programs that were authorized by the vetoed appropriation.
History.—s. 18, ch. 91-109; s. 59, ch. 92-142; s. 22, ch. 2000-371.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.1811 - Approved Operating Budgets and Appropriations for the Legislative Branch.

216.1811 Approved operating budgets and appropriations for the legislative branch.—
(1) The Governor and the Chief Financial Officer shall each make changes to the original approved operating budgets for operational and fixed capital expenditures relating to the legislative branch as directed by the presiding officers of the legislative branch.
(2) The Governor and the Chief Financial Officer shall each ensure that any balances of appropriations made to the legislative branch are carried forward as directed by the presiding officers of the legislative branch.
History.—s. 31, ch. 2006-122.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.1815 - Agency Incentive and Savings Program.

216.1815 Agency incentive and savings program.—
(1) In order to provide an incentive for agencies and the judicial branch to re-engineer business processes and otherwise increase operating efficiency, it is the intent of the Legislature to allow agencies and the judicial branch to retain a portion of the savings produced by internally generated agency or judicial branch program efficiencies and cost reductions.
(2) To be eligible to retain funds, an agency or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court must submit a plan and an associated request to amend its approved operating budget to the Legislative Budget Commission specifying:
(a) The modifications to approved programs resulting in efficiencies and cost savings;
(b) The amount and source of the funds and positions saved;
(c) The specific positions, rate, amounts, and sources of funds the agency or the judicial branch wishes to include in its incentive expenditures;
(d) How the agency or the judicial branch will meet the goals and objectives established in its long-range program plan;
(e) How the agency or the judicial branch will meet performance standards, including those in its long-range program plan; and
(f) Any other incentive expenditures which the agency or the judicial branch believes will enhance its performance.
(3) Notwithstanding the 14-day notice requirement contained in s. 216.177(2)(a), all plans and budget amendments submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to this section shall be delivered at least 30 days prior to the date of the commission meeting at which the request will be considered.
(4) In determining the amount the agency or the judicial branch will be allowed to retain, the commission shall consider the actual savings projected for the current budget year and the annualized savings.
(5) The amount to be retained by the agency or the judicial branch shall be no less than 5 percent and no more than 25 percent of the annual savings and may be used by the agency or the judicial branch for salary increases or other expenditures specified in the agency’s or the judicial branch’s plan if the salary increases or other expenditures do not create a recurring cost to the state in excess of the recurring savings achieved by the agency or the judicial branch in the plan.
(6) Each agency or judicial branch allowed to retain funds pursuant to this section shall submit in its next legislative budget request a schedule showing how it used such funds.
History.—s. 8, ch. 2001-56; s. 32, ch. 2006-122.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.182 - Approval of Fixed Capital Outlay Program Plan.

216.182 Approval of fixed capital outlay program plan.—
(1) The Executive Office of the Governor shall have the authority to approve the program plan of fixed capital outlay projects to assure that each is consistent with legislative policies for operations, including approved operational standards related to program and utilization and reasonable continuing operating costs.
(2) Any department under the direct supervision of a member of the Cabinet or of a board consisting of the Governor and members of the Cabinet which contends that the determination of the program plan by the Executive Office of the Governor pursuant to subsection (1) is contrary to the orderly implementation of legislative authorization shall have the right to have the issue reviewed by the Administration Commission, which shall decide such issue by majority vote. The appropriations committees of the Legislature may advise the Administration Commission on the issue.
History.—s. 4, ch. 75-243; s. 12, ch. 77-352; s. 9, ch. 81-169.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.1826 - Activity-Based Planning and Budgeting.

216.1826 Activity-based planning and budgeting.—Agencies are directed to work in consultation with the Executive Office of the Governor and the appropriations and appropriate substantive committees of the Legislature, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is directed to work with the appropriations and appropriate substantive committees of the Legislature, to identify and reach consensus on the appropriate services and activities for activity-based budgeting. It is the intent of the Legislature that all dollars within an agency or the judicial branch be allocated to the appropriate activity for budgeting purposes. Additionally, agencies or the judicial branch shall examine approved performance measures and recommend any changes so that outcomes are clearly delineated for each service or program, as appropriate, and outputs are aligned with activities. Output measures should be capable of being used to generate a unit cost for each activity resulting in a true accounting of what the state should spend on each activity it provides and what the state should expect to accomplish with those funds.
History.—s. 9, ch. 2001-56.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.195 - Impoundment of Funds; Restricted.

216.195 Impoundment of funds; restricted.—The Executive Office of the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, any member of the Cabinet, or any state agency shall not impound any appropriation except as necessary to avoid or eliminate a deficit pursuant to the provisions of s. 216.221. As used in this section, the term “impoundment” means the omission of any appropriation or part of an appropriation in the approved operating plan prepared pursuant to s. 216.181 or in the schedule of releases prepared pursuant to s. 216.192 or the failure of any state agency or the judicial branch to spend an appropriation for the stated purposes authorized in the approved operating budget. The Governor or either house of the Legislature may seek judicial review of any action or proposed action which violates this section.
History.—s. 11, ch. 89-51; s. 20, ch. 91-109; s. 62, ch. 92-142; s. 27, ch. 2000-371; s. 31, ch. 2005-152.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.201 - Services of Executive Office of the Governor to Be Available to Legislature.

216.201 Services of Executive Office of the Governor to be available to Legislature.—The services of the Executive Office of the Governor shall be available to the Legislature for procuring such fiscal or other data as the Legislature may require.
History.—s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 14, ch. 71-354; s. 11, ch. 81-169; s. 16, ch. 83-49.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.216 - Court Settlement Funds Negotiated by the State.

216.216 Court settlement funds negotiated by the state.—In any court settlement in which a state agency or officer or any other counsel representing the interests of the state negotiates settlement amounts to be expended by the judicial branch or the executive branch, such funds may not be expended unless the Legislature has appropriated funds to the agency in the appropriate category or the Legislative Budget Commission has approved a budget amendment for such funds. In either instance, the funding source identified must be sufficient to cover both the anticipated program costs and the amount of the settlement, the settlement must not be contrary to the intent of the Legislature, and, if the settlement amount is substantial, good reason must exist for entering into the settlement prior to the next legislative session and no significant amount of recurring funding shall be committed. When a state agency or officer settles an action in which the state will receive moneys, the funds shall be placed in the General Revenue Fund or in the trust fund that is associated with the agency’s or officer’s authority to pursue the legal action. The provisions of this section are subject to the notice and review procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
History.—s. 29, ch. 2000-371; s. 11, ch. 2001-56.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.241 - Initiation or Commencement of New Programs; Approval; Expenditure of Certain Revenues.

216.241 Initiation or commencement of new programs; approval; expenditure of certain revenues.—
(1) A state agency or the judicial branch may not initiate or commence any new program, including any new federal program or initiative, or make changes in its current programs, as provided for in the appropriations act, that require additional financing unless funds have been specifically appropriated by the Legislature or unless the Legislative Budget Commission expressly approves such new program or changes.
(2) Changes that are inconsistent with the approved budget may not be made to existing programs unless such changes are recommended to the Legislative Budget Commission by the Governor or the Chief Justice and the Legislative Budget Commission expressly approves such program changes. This subsection is subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
(3) Any revenues generated by any tax or fee imposed by amendment to the State Constitution after October 1, 1999, shall not be expended by any agency, as defined in s. 120.52(1), except pursuant to appropriation by the Legislature.
History.—s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 18, ch. 79-190; s. 19, ch. 83-49; s. 12, ch. 89-51; s. 66, ch. 92-142; s. 4, ch. 99-377; s. 35, ch. 2005-152.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.271 - Revolving Funds.

216.271 Revolving funds.—
(1) No revolving fund may be established or increased in amount pursuant to s. 17.58(2), unless approved by the Chief Financial Officer. The purpose and uses of a revolving fund may not be changed without the prior approval of the Chief Financial Officer. As used in this section, the term “revolving fund” means a cash fund maintained within or outside the State Treasury and established from an appropriation, to be used by an agency or the judicial branch in making authorized expenditures.
(2) When the Chief Financial Officer approves a revolving or petty cash fund for making refunds or other payments, such fund shall be established from an account within the appropriate fund to be known as “payments for revolving funds from funds not otherwise appropriated.” Reimbursements made from revolving or petty cash funds shall be made in strict accordance with the provisions of s. 215.26(2). The Chief Financial Officer may restrict the types of uses of any revolving fund established pursuant to this section.
(3) Vouchers for reimbursement of expenditures from revolving funds established under this section shall be presented in a routine manner to the Chief Financial Officer for approval and payment, the proceeds of which shall be returned to the revolving or petty cash fund involved.
(4) The revolving or petty cash fund authorized herein shall be properly maintained and accounted for by the agency or by the judicial branch requesting the fund and, upon the expiration of the need therefor, shall be returned in the amount originally established to the appropriate fund for credit to the payments for revolving funds account therein.
(5) Reimbursement to the revolving fund for uninsured losses and theft may be made from the fund in which the responsible operating department is budgeted. Such reimbursement shall be submitted consistent with procedures specified by the Chief Financial Officer.
History.—s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 17, ch. 71-354; s. 17, ch. 77-352; s. 99, ch. 79-190; s. 1, ch. 80-380; s. 12, ch. 83-132; s. 22, ch. 91-109; s. 69, ch. 92-142; s. 7, ch. 96-310; s. 33, ch. 2000-371; s. 247, ch. 2003-261.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.272 - Working Capital Trust Funds.

216.272 Working Capital Trust Funds.—
(1) There are hereby created Working Capital Trust Funds for the purpose of providing sufficient funds for the operation of data processing centers, which may include the creation of a reserve account within the Working Capital Trust Fund to pay for future information technology resource acquisitions as appropriated by the Legislature. Such funds shall be created from moneys budgeted for data processing services and equipment by those agencies to be served by the data processing center.
(2) The funds so allocated shall be in an amount sufficient to finance the center’s operation; however, each agency served by the center shall contribute an amount equal to its proportionate share of cost of operating such data processing center. Each agency utilizing the services of the data processing center shall pay such moneys into the appropriate Working Capital Trust Fund on a quarterly basis or such other basis as may be determined by the Executive Office of the Governor.
History.—s. 9, ch. 67-253; ss. 2, 3, ch. 67-371; ss. 22, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 78, ch. 79-190; s. 7, ch. 83-92; s. 70, ch. 92-142; s. 4, ch. 93-278; s. 2, ch. 98-388.
Note.—Former s. 23.029.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.273 - Administered Funds Trust Fund.

216.273 Administered Funds Trust Fund.—
(1) The Administered Funds Trust Fund is created within the Executive Office of the Governor.
(2) The trust fund shall be used for the purpose of allocating to various agencies those appropriations that are made under the administered funds budget entity. The trust fund is a clearing account to be used solely for the distribution of budget authority and is not intended to receive or distribute cash.
(3) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, the trust fund, as a clearing account, is exempt from the automatic termination provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2002-166.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.275 - Clearing Accounts.

216.275 Clearing accounts.—No clearing account may be established outside the State Treasury pursuant to s. 17.58(2) unless approved by the Chief Financial Officer during the fiscal year. Each agency, or the judicial branch, desiring to maintain a clearing account outside the State Treasury shall submit a written request to do so to the Chief Financial Officer in accordance with the format and manner prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall maintain a listing of all clearing accounts approved during the fiscal year.
History.—s. 1, ch. 75-91; s. 18, ch. 77-352; s. 1, ch. 80-39; s. 23, ch. 91-109; s. 71, ch. 92-142; s. 248, ch. 2003-261.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.311 - Unauthorized Contracts in Excess of Appropriations; Penalty.

216.311 Unauthorized contracts in excess of appropriations; penalty.—
(1) No agency or branch of state government shall contract to spend, or enter into any agreement to spend, any moneys in excess of the amount appropriated to such agency or branch unless specifically authorized by law, and any contract or agreement in violation of this chapter shall be null and void.
(2) Any person who willfully contracts to spend, or enters into an agreement to spend, any money in excess of the amount appropriated to the agency or branch for whom the contract or agreement is executed is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—ss. 15, 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 19, ch. 71-354; s. 66, ch. 73-333; s. 20, ch. 77-352; s. 100, ch. 79-190; s. 106, ch. 79-222; s. 26, ch. 91-224; s. 74, ch. 92-142.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.313 - Contract Appropriation; Requirements.

216.313 Contract appropriation; requirements.—An executive or judicial branch public officer or employee may not enter into any contract or agreement on behalf of the state or judicial branch which binds the state or its executive agencies or the judicial branch for the purchase of services or tangible personal property in excess of $5 million unless the contract identifies the specific appropriation of state funds from which the state will make payment under the contract in the first year of the contract, unless the Legislature expressly authorizes the agency or the judicial branch to enter into such contract absent a specific appropriation of funds.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2011-45.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.321 - Construction of Chapter 216 as Unauthorized Expenditures and Disbursements.

216.321 Construction of chapter 216 as unauthorized expenditures and disbursements.—Nothing contained in any legislative budget or operating budget shall be construed to be an administrative or legislative construction affirming the existence then of the lawful authority to make an expenditure or disbursement for any purpose not otherwise authorized by laws of the particular agency, judicial branch, or legislative branch and the general laws relating to the expenditure or disbursement of public funds.
History.—s. 31, ch. 69-106; s. 75, ch. 92-142.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.345 - Professional or Other Organization Membership Dues; Payment.

216.345 Professional or other organization membership dues; payment.—
(1) A state department, agency, bureau, commission, or other component of state government, or the judicial branch, upon approval by the head or the designated agent thereof, may utilize state funds for the purpose of paying dues for membership in a professional or other organization only when such membership is essential to the statutory duties and responsibilities of the state agency.
(2) Upon certification by a professional or other organization that it does not accept institutional memberships, the agency or branch may authorize the use of state funds for the payment of individual membership dues when such membership is essential to the statutory duties and responsibilities of the state agency or judicial branch by which the individual is employed. However, approval shall not be granted to pay membership dues for maintenance of an individual’s professional or trade status in any association or organization, except in those instances where agency or branch membership is necessary and purchase of an individual membership is more economical.
(3) Each agency and the judicial branch shall promulgate specific criteria to be used to determine justification for payment of such membership dues.
(4) Payments for membership dues are exempt from the provisions of part I of chapter 287.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-91; s. 1, ch. 77-39; s. 101, ch. 79-190; s. 5, ch. 88-384; s. 76, ch. 92-142; s. 1174, ch. 95-147; s. 19, ch. 95-196.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.347 - Disbursement of Grants and AIDS Appropriations for Lobbying Prohibited.

216.347 Disbursement of grants and aids appropriations for lobbying prohibited.—A state agency, a water management district, or the judicial branch may not authorize or make any disbursement of grants and aids appropriations pursuant to a contract or grant to any person or organization unless the terms of the grant or contract prohibit the expenditure of funds for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature, the judicial branch, or a state agency. The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of s. 11.062 and any other law prohibiting the use of state funds for lobbying purposes. However, for the purposes of this section and s. 11.062, the payment of funds for the purpose of registering as a lobbyist shall not be considered a lobbying purpose.
History.—s. 27, ch. 91-109; s. 77, ch. 92-142.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 216 - Planning and Budgeting › 216.3475 - Maximum Rate of Payment for Services Funded Under General Appropriations Act or Awarded on a Noncompetitive Basis.

216.3475 Maximum rate of payment for services funded under General Appropriations Act or awarded on a noncompetitive basis.—A person or entity that is designated by the General Appropriations Act, or that is awarded funding on a noncompetitive basis, to provide services for which funds are appropriated by that act may not receive a rate of payment in excess of the competitive prevailing rate for those services unless expressly authorized in the General Appropriations Act. Each agency shall maintain records to support a cost analysis, which includes a detailed budget submitted by the person or entity awarded funding and the agency’s documented review of individual cost elements from the submitted budget for allowability, reasonableness, and necessity.
History.—s. 28, ch. 91-109; s. 9, ch. 2010-151.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.001 - Permanent State Plan of Operation for Receipt of Federal Surplus Property.

217.001 Permanent state plan of operation for receipt of federal surplus property.—The Plan of Operation of the Federal Surplus Property Donation Program, approved by the Governor in Executive Order Number 77-36 and by the General Services Administration on October 17, 1977, is adopted as the permanent state plan of operation.
History.—s. 1, ch. 83-31.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.01 - Purpose.

217.01 Purpose.—The purpose of this chapter is to provide authority to a designated state agency for the procurement and distribution of federal surplus personal property for public agencies; for eligible nonprofit, tax-exempt educational and health organizations; and for eligible nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that assist the homeless.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; s. 9, ch. 83-334; s. 161, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.02 - Definitions.

217.02 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Management Services.
(2) “Surplus property” means any federal property which has been declared excess by a federal agency, including the Department of Defense, and made available for procurement and distribution in the state in compliance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and subsequent amendments thereto, or any other federal law provided for the procurement and distribution of federal excess and surplus property.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 49, ch. 71-377; s. 162, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 30, ch. 94-226.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.03 - Authority to Contract With Federal Agencies.

217.03 Authority to contract with federal agencies.—The state is granted authority to enter into any contract with the United States or any other owner or disposal agency thereof for the lease, purchase, or other procurement of any equipment, supplies, materials or other property real or personal offered for lease or disposal, or to accept donations from such federal agencies as provided for under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and subsequent amendments thereto, or any other federal law provided for the procurement and distribution of federal surplus property.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.04 - Department of Management Services as State Agency to Negotiate With Federal Agency.

217.04 Department of Management Services as state agency to negotiate with federal agency.—The Department of Management Services is designated the official agency of the state to negotiate with any federal agency in accordance and compliance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and subsequent amendments thereto, and any other federal law or regulation providing for the procurement and distribution of federal surplus personal property.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 64, ch. 77-104; s. 163, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.045 - Department of Management Services; Assistance to State Agencies.

217.045 Department of Management Services; assistance to state agencies.—The Department of Management Services may follow whatever procedure is considered necessary to enable state agencies to take advantage of surplus property allocated to the state by the Federal Government or by its disposal agencies.
History.—s. 2, ch. 77-112; s. 164, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 31, ch. 94-226; s. 7, ch. 98-279.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.05 - Continuation of Commitments Made by Development Commission.

217.05 Continuation of commitments made by Development Commission.—Any legal commitments, contracts or other obligations heretofore entered into or assumed by the commission in connection with its procurement and distribution of surplus property pursuant to state and federal laws outstanding on the effective date of this law are charged to and shall be performed by the department.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.07 - Transfer of Surplus Property Assets to Department.

217.07 Transfer of surplus property assets to department.—The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to transfer to the department any funds unexpended in the Surplus Property Revolving Trust Fund account in the State Treasury. This revolving fund shall remain in existence as a separate trust fund as long as the surplus property program exists. Upon termination of the program any remaining funds shall be disposed of as provided by federal law.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 68, ch. 73-333; s. 330, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 251, ch. 2003-261.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.11 - Authority for Warehouses and Other Facilities.

217.11 Authority for warehouses and other facilities.—The department is authorized to construct and maintain such warehouses and other facilities necessary for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 75-70; s. 32, ch. 85-349; s. 8, ch. 98-279.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.12 - Departmental Authority Relative to Additional Restrictions.

217.12 Departmental authority relative to additional restrictions.—The department, when deemed necessary, may impose additional state restrictions on any equipment or surplus property other than the federal restrictions imposed under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.13 - Officers and Employees.

217.13 Officers and employees.—The department is authorized to appoint or employ such agents, officers or employees as it shall deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 70, ch. 73-333.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.15 - Assembly and Distribution of Information.

217.15 Assembly and distribution of information.—The department is authorized to secure, gather and assemble from the United States, or any owning or disposal agency thereof, information relating to the lease, sale or procurement and distribution of any equipment, supplies, materials or other property, real or personal, offered for procurement or distribution under the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, or any amendments thereto, or any other law providing for the disposal of surplus property. The department shall distribute and disseminate such information to the several boards, commissions, departments, state agencies and officers of the state, and the several counties of the state, boards of county commissioners, school boards, and other county agencies and officers, and municipalities of the state, and officers thereof, authorized by law to make purchases of material, supplies, and equipment or other property, real or personal, for state, county or municipal uses or purposes. The department may act as agent for any board, commission, department, state agency or officer of the state, or any of the several counties of the state, boards of county commissioners, school boards, and any other county agency and officer, or municipality of the state, and officers thereof, to enter a bid or bids in its or their behalf for any surplus property, real or personal, offered for lease, sale or other disposal by the United States, or any owning or disposal agency thereof, and as such agent to make any down payment or payment in full required in connection with such bidding.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-300.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.16 - Authority Granted to Other Public Entities of the State.

217.16 Authority granted to other public entities of the state.—The authority granted to the state by s. 217.03, pertaining to surplus property is also granted to the following public entities of the state:
(1) Every county of the state, boards of county commissioners, school boards, or other county agency, and every county officer authorized by law to make purchases of material, supplies and equipment or other property, real or personal, for county use or purposes.
(2) Every municipality of the state, and every officer thereof, authorized by law to make purchases of material, supplies and equipment or other property, real or personal, for municipal use or purposes.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; s. 1, ch. 69-300.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.17 - Designation of Officers or Employees in Connection With Bids and Payment of Moneys.

217.17 Designation of officers or employees in connection with bids and payment of moneys.—The department and any public entity listed in s. 217.16, may designate by appropriate resolution or order any officer, employee or agency to enter a bid or bids in its or their behalf for any surplus property, real or personal, offered for lease, sale or other disposal by the United States, or any owning or disposal agency thereof, and may authorize such officer, employee or agency to make any down payment, or payment in full, required in connection with such bidding.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.18 - Exemption From Compliance With Laws Relative to Sealed Bids.

217.18 Exemption from compliance with laws relative to sealed bids.—The authority granted by ss. 217.03 and 217.16, may be exercised by the grantees of such authority without reference to the requirements of any general or special law, charter or ordinance, providing for advertising for sealed bids, inviting or receiving competitive bids, or the letting of contracts to the lowest and best bidder, and with respect to, and to the extent of, the contracts herein authorized, all general or special laws, charters or ordinances relating to advertising for sealed bids, inviting or receiving competitive bids, or the letting of contracts to the lowest and best bidder, are hereby abrogated, in order to effectuate the purposes of this law.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.19 - Terms for Contracts Pursuant to Ss. 217.03 and 217.16.

217.19 Terms for contracts pursuant to ss. 217.03 and 217.16.—The contracts authorized by ss. 217.03 and 217.16, may be entered into for cash, or upon such credit terms or plan not in conflict with organic law, and as may be deemed advisable or expedient; any general or special law, charter or ordinance to the contrary is hereby modified to the extent of permitting entering into the contracts herein authorized, in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 217 - Surplus Property › 217.20 - Construction of Ch. 65-173.

217.20 Construction of ch. 65-173.—No provisions of ss. 217.01-217.19 shall be construed as in anywise repealing, altering, modifying or qualifying any general or special law, charter or ordinance, relating to advertising for sealed bids, inviting or receiving competitive bids, or the letting of contracts to the lowest and best bidder, or purchasing of property on credit terms, except to the extent herein provided.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-173.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.01 - Authority to accept benefits of bankruptcy acts.

218.01 Authority to accept benefits of bankruptcy acts.—For the purpose of rendering effective the privilege and benefits of any amendments to the bankruptcy laws of the United States that may be enacted for the relief of municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions, the state represented by its legislative body gives its assent to, and accepts the provisions of any such bankruptcy laws that may be enacted by the Congress of the United States for the benefit and relief of municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions and its several municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions, at the discretion of the governing authorities thereof, may institute and conduct and carry out, by any appropriate bankruptcy procedure that may be enacted into the laws of the United States for the purpose of conferring upon municipalities, taxing districts and political subdivisions, relief by proceedings in bankruptcy in the federal courts.
History.—s. 1, ch. 15878, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1365(2).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.02 - Disposition of unused funds relating to the refunding of bonds.

218.02 Disposition of unused funds relating to the refunding of bonds.—
(1) All funds heretofore or hereafter raised or created by any county or taxing district for the purpose of applying toward the payment of interest or principal of refunding bonds of such county or taxing district, when such refunding bonds are not issued and such funds not otherwise lawfully disposed of, shall revert back to the county or special taxing district to be used by the governing body or board of such county or taxing district for such general and lawful purposes of the county or taxing district raising such funds as in the judgment and discretion of such governing body or board shall seem to the best interest of the county or taxing district.
(2) For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this section, every officer or board, now or hereafter having the custody of any of the said funds shall transmit and return the same to the governing body or board of the county or taxing district, taking receipt therefor from such governing body or board.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 15907, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1365(4).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.03 - Creation of political subdivisions validated.

218.03 Creation of political subdivisions validated.—The creation, organization and existence of all cities, towns, counties, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts and all other districts in this state which have heretofore issued or taken proceedings toward the issuance of any bonds for the purpose of financing or aiding in financing any work, undertaking or project financed or to be financed in whole or in part by a loan or grant heretofore made or agreed to be made to such public body by the United States acting through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works are validated, ratified, approved and confirmed.
History.—s. 2, ch. 17750, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 1365(44).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.04 - Proceedings relating to certain bonds sold, etc., to Federal Government validated.

218.04 Proceedings relating to certain bonds sold, etc., to Federal Government validated.—All proceedings heretofore taken in connection with the authorization or issuance of any issue of bonds, all or a part of which have heretofore been purchased by the United States through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, or an agreement for the purchase of all or a part of which has heretofore been entered into by the United States through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, issued or to be issued for the purpose of financing or aiding in the financing of any work, undertaking or project by any public body are validated, ratified, approved and confirmed notwithstanding any lack of power of such public body, or the governing board, council, commission or officers thereof, to authorize such bonds, or to execute the same, and notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in such proceedings or in such sale, execution or delivery, and all bonds heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to such proceedings shall constitute binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such public body.
History.—s. 3, ch. 17750, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 1365(45).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.05 - Certain bonds sold to Federal Government, etc., validated.

218.05 Certain bonds sold to Federal Government, etc., validated.—
(1) All bonds heretofore issued for the purpose of financing or aiding in financing any work, undertaking or project by any public body to which any loan or grant has heretofore been made or agreed to be made by the United States through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works for the purpose of financing or aiding in financing of such work, undertaking or project, including all proceedings for the authorization and issuance of such bonds and the sale, execution and delivery thereof, are validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, notwithstanding any lack of power of such public body or the governing board, council or commission or officers thereof, to authorize and issue such bonds, or to sell, execute or deliver the same, and notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in such proceedings, or in such sale, execution or delivery; and such bonds are and shall be binding, legal, valid and enforceable obligations of such public body.
(2) The term “bonds” includes bonds, notes, warrants, debentures, certificates of indebtedness, revenue certificates and all instruments or obligations evidencing or representing indebtedness, or evidencing or representing the borrowing of money or evidencing or representing a charge, lien, or encumbrance on specific revenues, income or property of a public body, including all instruments or obligations payable from a special fund.
History.—ss. 1, 4, ch. 17750, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 1365(43),(45).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.06 - Transfer of funds by county commissioners with relation to public works grants.

218.06 Transfer of funds by county commissioners with relation to public works grants.—
(1) Boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state, whenever it may be necessary to meet the requirements of the United States Government with reference to obtaining grants of federal funds in connection with the program of the Public Works Administration, may by resolution of such board, transfer and expend such sums of money as may be necessary to obtain said grant, from any fund to such other fund as may be necessary to meet said requirements and carry out the intent and purposes of the said transfer; provided, however, that no such transfer may be made by any county of the state without first having obtained the approval of the Department of Financial Services thereto, and in the counties of the state where there is provision for a budget commission, without first having also obtained the approval of said budget commission to said transfer.
(2) The Department of Financial Services and the budget commissions of the several counties of the state in which there are provisions for such budget commissions, may approve such transfers whenever in their opinion such transfers are necessary and proper.
History.—s. 1, ch. 18023, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 1373(73); ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 252, ch. 2003-261.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.075 - Reduction or waiver of permit processing fees.

218.075 Reduction or waiver of permit processing fees.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Environmental Protection and the water management districts shall reduce or waive permit processing fees for counties with a population of 50,000 or less on April 1, 1994, until such counties exceed a population of 75,000 and municipalities with a population of 25,000 or less, or for an entity created by special act, local ordinance, or interlocal agreement of such counties or municipalities, or for any county or municipality not included within a metropolitan statistical area. Fee reductions or waivers shall be approved on the basis of fiscal hardship or environmental need for a particular project or activity. The governing body must certify that the cost of the permit processing fee is a fiscal hardship due to one of the following factors:
(1) Per capita taxable value is less than the statewide average for the current fiscal year;
(2) Percentage of assessed property value that is exempt from ad valorem taxation is higher than the statewide average for the current fiscal year;
(3) Any condition specified in s. 218.503(1) which results in the county or municipality being in a state of financial emergency;
(4) Ad valorem operating millage rate for the current fiscal year is greater than 8 mills; or
(5) A financial condition that is documented in annual financial statements at the end of the current fiscal year and indicates an inability to pay the permit processing fee during that fiscal year.
The permit applicant must be the governing body of a county or municipality or a third party under contract with a county or municipality or an entity created by special act, local ordinance, or interlocal agreement and the project for which the fee reduction or waiver is sought must serve a public purpose. If a permit processing fee is reduced, the total fee shall not exceed $100.
History.—s. 1, ch. 94-278; s. 8, ch. 98-258; s. 25, ch. 2004-305; s. 4, ch. 2012-205.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.076 - Reduction or waiver of certain permit processing fees.

218.076 Reduction or waiver of certain permit processing fees.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Environmental Protection shall waive processing fees for renewals of exemptions from the Class G-II ground water standards for sodium, odor, chloride, color, and total dissolved solids issued to any county, municipality, or independent special district, with reclaimed water land application facilities for wastewater effluent disposal when such exemptions were granted by the department by final agency action based upon findings that:
(1) The public will benefit from the land application due to the augmentation of the shallow water aquifer for irrigation use; and
(2) Compliance with the Class G-II ground water standard for sodium, chloride, color, and total dissolved solids is unnecessary for the protection of present and future potable water supplied; and
(3) The receiving water for the discharge is the local surficial aquifer used only for irrigation and allowed discharge will not impair such use; and
(4) The constituents for which the exemptions are granted are not expected to cause health-related problems at the projected discharge concentrations; and
(5) There is no reasonable relationship between economic, social, and environmental cost of compliance with the Class G-II ground water standards for sodium, chloride, odor, color, and total dissolved solids, and the economic, social, and environmental benefits of compliance; and
(6) The State of Florida provided the majority of the funds required to construct the wastewater treatment facility creating the discharge effluent; and
(7) The potential benefit of compliance is minor; and
(8) The applicant for the permit renewal has complied with all of the terms and conditions of the exemptions previously approved and which is (are) the subject of the renewal application.
History.—s. 9, ch. 98-258.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XIV - Taxation and Finance › Chapter 218 - Financial Matters Pertaining to Political Subdivisions › Part I - General Financial Provisions Relating to Political Subdivisions (Ss. 218.01-218.135) › 218.078 - Minimum wage establishment by tribal governments.

218.078 Minimum wage establishment by tribal governments.—This act shall not prohibit a federally authorized and recognized tribal government from establishing a minimum wage in excess of the federal minimum wage for natural persons employed within any territory over which the tribe has jurisdiction.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2003-87.