Bill Amendment: FL S1632 | 2014 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Special Districts

Status: 2014-05-14 - Chapter No. 2014-22 [S1632 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S1632-Senate_Committee_Amendment_861298_to_Amendment_666098_.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1632
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (666098) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 2449 - 2486
    5  and insert:
    6         (2) The chair or equivalent of the local general-purpose
    7  government may convene a public hearing on the issue of
    8  noncompliance, as well as general oversight of the special
    9  district as provided in s. 189.068, within 6 months after
   10  receipt of notice of noncompliance from the Legislative Auditing
   11  Committee.
   12         (3) Before the public hearing regarding the special
   13  district’s noncompliance, the local general-purpose government
   14  may request the following information from the special district:
   15         (a) The special district’s annual financial report for the
   16  previous fiscal year.
   17         (b) The special district’s audit report for the previous
   18  fiscal year.
   19         (c) An annual report for the previous fiscal year, which
   20  must provide a detailed review of the performance of the special
   21  district and include the following information:
   22         1. The purpose of the special district.
   23         2. The sources of funding for the special district.
   24         3. A description of the major activities, programs, and
   25  initiatives the special district undertook in the most recently
   26  completed fiscal year and the benchmarks or criteria under which
   27  the success or failure of the special district was determined by
   28  its governing body.
   29         4. Any challenges or obstacles faced by the special
   30  district in fulfilling its purpose and related responsibilities.
   31         5. Ways the special district believes it could better
   32  fulfill its purpose and related responsibilities and a
   33  description of the actions that it intends to take during the
   34  ensuing fiscal year.
   35         6. Proposed changes to the ordinance that established the
   36  special district and justification for such changes.
   37         7. Any other information reasonably required to provide the
   38  reviewing entity with an accurate understanding of the purpose
   39  for which the special district exists and how it is fulfilling
   40  its responsibilities to accomplish that purpose.
   41         8. Any reasons for the special district’s noncompliance.
   42         9. Whether the special district is currently in compliance.
   43         10. Plans to correct any recurring issues of noncompliance.
   44         11. Efforts to promote transparency, including maintenance
   45  of the special district’s website in accordance with s. 189.069.
   46         (4) The local general-purpose government shall report the
   47  findings of any public hearing conducted under this section to
   48  the department and the Legislative Auditing Committee within 6
   49  months after the completion of such hearing.
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   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete lines 3342 - 3355
   54  and insert:
   55         Auditing Committee and the chair or equivalent of a
   56         local general-purpose government to convene a public
   57         hearing on the issue of a special district’s
   58         noncompliance and general oversight of the special
   59         district; requiring a special district to provide
   60         certain information to the Legislative Auditing
   61         Committee before a public hearing upon request;
   62         authorizing a local general-purpose government to
   63         request certain information from a special district
   64         created by local ordinance before a public hearing;
   65         requiring a local general-purpose government to report
   66         the findings of a public hearing to the department and
   67         the Legislative Auditing Committee; creating s.
   68         189.055, F.S.; requiring