Bill Text: FL S1502 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Information About Counties and Municipalities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Rules [S1502 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1502-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                   SJR 1502
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-01766-20                                           20201502__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4
    3         of Article IV of the State Constitution to require the
    4         Chief Financial Officer, as prescribed by general law,
    5         to annually provide information about counties and
    6         municipalities to residents in a manner that allows
    7         residents to compare economic and noneconomic factors
    8         of each local government.
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   10  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article IV of
   13  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   14  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   15  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   16  authorized by law for that purpose:
   17                             ARTICLE IV                            
   18                              EXECUTIVE                            
   19         SECTION 4. Cabinet.—
   20         (a) There shall be a cabinet composed of an attorney
   21  general, a chief financial officer, and a commissioner of
   22  agriculture. In addition to the powers and duties specified
   23  herein, they shall exercise such powers and perform such duties
   24  as may be prescribed by law. In the event of a tie vote of the
   25  governor and cabinet, the side on which the governor voted shall
   26  be deemed to prevail.
   27         (b) The attorney general shall be the chief state legal
   28  officer. There is created in the office of the attorney general
   29  the position of statewide prosecutor. The statewide prosecutor
   30  shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to
   31  prosecute violations of criminal laws occurring or having
   32  occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a related
   33  transaction, or when any such offense is affecting or has
   34  affected two or more judicial circuits as provided by general
   35  law. The statewide prosecutor shall be appointed by the attorney
   36  general from not less than three persons nominated by the
   37  judicial nominating commission for the supreme court, or as
   38  otherwise provided by general law.
   39         (c) The chief financial officer shall serve as the chief
   40  fiscal officer of the state, and shall:
   41         (1) Settle and approve accounts against the state;, and
   42  shall
   43         (2) Keep all state funds and securities; and
   44         (3) As prescribed by general law, annually provide
   45  information about counties and municipalities to residents in a
   46  manner that allows residents to compare economic and noneconomic
   47  factors of each local government.
   48         (d) The commissioner of agriculture shall have supervision
   49  of matters pertaining to agriculture except as otherwise
   50  provided by law.
   51         (e) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, and
   52  the attorney general shall constitute the state board of
   53  administration, which shall succeed to all the power, control,
   54  and authority of the state board of administration established
   55  pursuant to Article IX, Section 16 of the Constitution of 1885,
   56  and which shall continue as a body at least for the life of
   57  Article XII, Section 9(c).
   58         (f) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the
   59  attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall
   60  constitute the trustees of the internal improvement trust fund
   61  and the land acquisition trust fund as provided by law.
   62         (g) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the
   63  attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture shall
   64  constitute the agency head of the Department of Law Enforcement.
   65  The Office of Domestic Security and Counterterrorism is created
   66  within the Department of Law Enforcement. The Office of Domestic
   67  Security and Counterterrorism shall provide support for
   68  prosecutors and federal, state, and local law enforcement
   69  agencies that investigate or analyze information relating to
   70  attempts or acts of terrorism or that prosecute terrorism, and
   71  shall perform any other duties that are provided by law.
   72         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   73  placed on the ballot:
   74                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   75                        ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4                      
   76         DUTIES OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Proposing an
   77  amendment to the State Constitution to require the Chief
   78  Financial Officer, as prescribed by general law, to annually
   79  provide information about counties and municipalities to
   80  residents in a manner that allows residents to compare economic
   81  and noneconomic factors of each local government.