Long-range Program Plans

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1442

By
Senator Brodeur

10-01057C-26 20261442__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to long-range program plans; amending
3 s. 216.013, F.S.; revising the purpose of long-range
4 program plans; requiring that plans of state agencies
5 be based on statutorily established policies and
6 driven by priorities and outcomes to achieve certain
7 goals, objectives, and policies; requiring that the
8 plans of the judicial branch be policy based, priority
9 driven, accountable, and developed through careful
10 examination and justification of programs and
11 activities; requiring that such plans provide the
12 framework for development of legislative budget
13 requests; requiring that plans identify specified
14 performance measures, trends and conditions relevant
15 to the performance measures and state goals, agency
16 programs implementing statutorily established
17 policies, and the judicial branch programs
18 implementing state policy; requiring that such plans
19 include certain information regarding the
20 implementation status of enacted laws; requiring that
21 such information also include laws enacted in
22 specified years; requiring that the implementation
23 status information include specified information;
24 requiring that long-range program plans remain in
25 effect until replaced or adjusted as provided by
26 specified provisions; deleting a requirement that
27 written notice be provided to the Governor and
28 Legislature upon the publishing of such plans on the
29 agency or judicial branch website; requiring state
30 agencies and the judicial branch annually, by a
31 specified date, to submit their long-range program
32 plans to the Legislative Budget Commission for
33 approval; providing that if a state agency or the
34 judicial branch receives a certain notification of
35 failure to comply, such agency or the judicial branch
36 is prohibited from submitting amendments to or
37 otherwise making changes to its approved budget for
38 certain expenditures until compliance is achieved;
39 deleting obsolete language; amending s. 216.1827,
40 F.S.; requiring state agencies and the judicial branch
41 to maintain performance measures, outcomes, and
42 standards; requiring state agencies to adopt specified
43 and applicable performance measures, outcomes, and
44 standards; requiring state agencies to develop and
45 adopt a certain number of additional specified
46 performance measures, outcomes, and standards;
47 requiring state agencies to consider specified factors
48 when developing such additional performance measures,
49 outcomes, and standards; requiring the judicial branch
50 to adopt certain performance measures, outcomes, and
51 standards established by the Supreme Court; requiring
52 state agencies and the judicial branch to maintain
53 justifications for and sources of data to be used for
54 each performance measure adopted; requiring that the
55 long-range program plans contain performance measures
56 in a specified form, manner, and timeframe; requiring
57 that such plans provide specified information and
58 data; requiring state agencies and the judicial branch
59 to submit performance measures, outcomes, standards,
60 and certain information to the Office of Program
61 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability upon
62 request; requiring that certain performance measures
63 be adopted by the Legislative Budget Commission;
64 authorizing the submission of requests to delete or
65 amend performance measures, outcomes, and standards to
66 the Legislative Budget Commission; requiring that such
67 requests include the justification for the deletion,
68 amendment, or addition; providing that such deletions,
69 amendments, or additions are subject to review and
70 approval by the Legislative Budget Commission;
71 requiring state agencies and the judicial branch to
72 make appropriate adjustments to their performance
73 measures, outcomes, and standards to be consistent
74 with certain enacted legislation; providing that state
75 agencies and the judicial branch have a specified
76 timeframe to make such adjustments; deleting obsolete
77 language; requiring new state agencies created by the
78 Legislature to establish initial performance measures,
79 outcomes, and standards that are subject to review and
80 approval by the Legislative Budget Commission;
81 requiring state agencies and the judicial branch to
82 submit to the Legislative Budget Commission new
83 performance measures, outcomes, and standards and
84 specified information by a specified date; providing
85 for the scheduled repeal of such provision; amending
86 s. 20.055, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
87 by the act; amending s. 186.021, F.S.; revising
88 requirements for state agencies’ long-range program
89 plans; amending s. 420.0003, F.S.; providing that a
90 certain long-range plan is from the Florida Housing
91 Finance Corporation and not from the Department of
92 Commerce; conforming provisions to changes made by the
93 act; amending s. 420.511, F.S.; replacing references
94 to a “long-range program plan” with references to a
95 “long-range plan”; deleting a requirement that such
96 plan be developed in coordination with the Department
97 of Commerce; deleting a provision relating to the
98 Secretary of Commerce, or his or her designee, serving
99 as the Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s liaison
100 for a specified purpose; reenacting ss. 216.011(1)(ee)
101 and 402.56(5)(d), F.S., relating to the definition of
102 the term “long-range program plan” and the duty of the
103 Children and Youth Cabinet to design and implement a
104 long-range program plan, respectively, to incorporate
105 the amendment made to s. 216.013, F.S., in references
106 thereto; providing an effective date.
107
108 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
109
110 Section 1. Section 216.013, Florida Statutes, is amended to
111 read:
112 216.013 Long-range program
plans

plan
.—State agencies and
113 the judicial branch shall develop long-range program plans to
114 achieve state goals
and objectives
using an interagency planning
115 process
that includes the development of integrated agency

116
program service outcomes
. The plans
of state agencies must

shall

117 be
policy
based
on statutorily established policies;
,

priority

118 driven
by priorities and outcomes to achieve state goals,

119
objectives, and policies;
,
accountable
;
,
and developed through
120 careful examination and justification of all agency and judicial
121 branch programs
and activities
.
The plans of the judicial branch

122
must be policy based, including consideration of any statutory

123
policy; driven by priorities and outcomes to achieve state

124
goals, objectives, and policies; accountable; and developed

125
through careful examination and justification of all judicial

126
branch programs and activities.

127 (1) Long-range program plans
must

shall
provide the
128 framework for the development of
legislative
budget requests
.

129
(2)

Long-range program plans must

and shall
identify
or

130
update
:
131 (a) The mission of the agency or judicial branch.
132 (b) The
performance measures required pursuant to s.

133
216.1827

goals established to accomplish the mission
.
134 (c)
The objectives developed to achieve state goals.

135
(d)
The trends and conditions relevant to the mission,
the

136
performance measures, and the state
goals
,
and objectives.
137
(d)
(e)
The
state
agency
or judicial branch
programs that
138 will be used to implement
statutorily established

state
policy
,

139
or the judicial branch programs that will be used to implement

140
state policy,
and achieve state goals and objectives.
141
(f) The program outcomes and standards to measure progress

142
toward program objectives.

143
(g) Information regarding performance measurement, which

144
includes, but is not limited to, how data is collected, the

145
methodology used to measure a performance indicator, the

146
validity and reliability of a measure, the appropriateness of a

147
measure, and whether, in the case of agencies, the agency

148
inspector general has assessed the reliability and validity of

149
agency performance measures, pursuant to s. 20.055(2).

150
(h) Legislatively approved output and outcome performance

151
measures. Each performance measure must identify the associated

152
activity contributing to the measure from those identified in

153
accordance with s. 216.023(4)(b).

154
(i) Performance standards for each performance measure and

155
justification for the standards and the sources of data to be

156
used for measurement. Performance standards must include

157
standards for each affected activity and be expressed in terms

158
of the associated unit of activity.

159
(j) Prior-year performance data on approved performance

160
measures and an explanation of deviation from expected

161
performance. Performance data must be assessed for reliability

162
in accordance with s. 20.055.

163
(k) Proposed performance incentives and disincentives.

164
(3)(a)1.

Long-range program plans must include information

165
about the implementation status of any law enacted in the

166
previous legislative session. The implementation status must be

167
provided until all provisions of the law related to the agency

168
have been fully implemented.

169
2.

For purposes of initial implementation of this

170
subsection, in addition to laws enacted pursuant to the 2026

171
Regular Session, an agency must also provide information on

172
recently enacted laws for the 2024 and 2025 Regular Sessions

173
which have provisions not fully implemented. This subparagraph

174
expires on June 30, 2027.

175
(b)

Implementation status information must include, at a

176
minimum, all of the following:

177
1.

Actions or steps taken to implement the law, and actions

178
or steps planned for implementation, including, but not limited

179
to, all of the following, as applicable:

180
a.

Administrative rules proposed for implementation.

181
b.

Procurements required.

182
c.

Contracts executed to assist the agency in

183
implementation.

184
d.

Contracts executed to implement or administer the law.

185
e.

Programs started, offices established, or other

186
organizational administrative changes made, including personnel

187
changes.

188
f.

Federal waivers requested.

189
2.

The status of any required appointments and all

190
scheduled board, commission, or related public meetings.

191
3.

A description of the agency programs, outputs, and

192
activities implemented or changed related to the law.

193
4.

All expenditures made that were directly related to the

194
implementation.

195
5.

Any provisions remaining to be implemented.

196
6.

A description of any impediment or delay in the

197
implementation, including, but not limited to, challenges of

198
administrative rules or identification of any policy issue that

199
needs to be resolved by the Legislature to ensure timely and

200
effective implementation.

201
7.

Information related to any litigation related to the law

202
which is not provided under subparagraph 6.

203
8.

Any performance measure developed and the specific data

204
identified, including data regarding enrollments, participants,

205
loans, and other data elements of programs, outputs, and

206
activities.

207
(4)
(2)

Each
Long-range program
plans must

plan shall
cover
208 a period of 5 fiscal years
, be revised annually,
and remain in
209 effect until replaced or
adjusted as provided in this section

210
revised
.
211
(5)
(3)
Long-range program plans or revisions
must

shall
be
212 presented by state agencies and the judicial branch in a form,
213 manner, and timeframe prescribed in written instructions
214 prepared by the Executive Office of the Governor in consultation
215 with the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees.
216
(6)
(4)
Each state executive agency and the judicial branch
217 shall post their long-range program plans on their
Internet

218 websites not later than September
30

30th
of each year
, and

219
provide written notice to the Governor and the Legislature that

220
the plans have been posted
.
221
(7)
(5)

Each state agency

The state agencies
and the
222 judicial branch shall make appropriate adjustments to their
223 long-range program plans, excluding adjustments to performance
224 measures
, outcomes,
and standards, to be consistent with the
225 appropriations in the General Appropriations Act
,

and

226 legislation implementing the General Appropriations Act
, and

227
other enacted legislation
. Agencies and the judicial branch have
228 30 days subsequent to the effective date of the General
229 Appropriations Act and implementing legislation to make
230 adjustments to their plans as posted on their Internet websites.
231
(8)

Annually, no later than September 15, each state agency

232
and the judicial branch shall submit their long-range program

233
plans
to the Legislative Budget Commission
for approval,

234
including any update on meeting their plans’ approved

235
performance measures and any deviation from expected performance

236
measures.

237
(9)

If the chairs of the legislative appropriations

238
committees notify a state agency or the judicial branch that the

239
agency or the judicial branch has failed to comply with this

240
section or s. 216.1827, the agency or the judicial branch may

241
not submit amendments or otherwise make changes to its approved

242
budget for operations and fixed capital outlay pursuant to s.

243
216.181 until the agency or the judicial branch has corrected

244
its deficiency.

245
(10)
(6)
Long-range program plans developed pursuant to this
246 chapter are not rules and, therefore, are not subject to the
247 provisions of chapter 120.
248
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, each

249
state executive agency and the judicial branch are not required

250
to develop or post a long-range program plan by September 30,

251
202
5
, for the 202
6
-202
7
fiscal year, except in circumstances

252
outlined in any updated written instructions prepared by the

253
Executive Office of the Governor in consultation with the chairs

254
of the legislative appropriations committees. This subsection

255
expires July 1, 202
6
.

256 Section 2. Section 216.1827, Florida Statutes, is amended
257 to read:
258 216.1827 Requirements for performance measures
, outcomes,

259 and standards.—
260 (1)
Each state agency

Agencies
and the judicial branch
261 shall maintain
a comprehensive performance accountability system

262
containing, at a minimum, a list of
performance measures
,

263
outcomes,
and standards
a
s required by

that are adopted by the

264
Legislature and subsequently amended pursuant to
this section.
265
(2)

Each state agency shall adopt the following performance

266
measures, outcomes, and standards:

267
(a)

Administrative costs as a percentage of total agency

268
costs, including salaries and benefits and excluding fixed

269
capital outlay.

270
(b)

Percentage of vacant positions filled within 180 days

271
after becoming vacant.

272
(c)

Total dollar amount of salary increases awarded,

273
delineated by the subtotal dollar amount of the increases

274
specifically authorized in the General Appropriations Act or

275
other law and the subtotal dollar amount of the increases

276
awarded without specific legislative authorization.

277
(d)

Percentage of corrective actions taken within 6 months

278
after receipt of audit findings and management letters issued to

279
resolve such findings or letters from financial and operational

280
audits conducted pursuant to s. 11.45.

281
(e)

Private attorney service costs dollar amounts, by case

282
and as a percentage of total agency legal costs; legal costs

283
paid to the Attorney General’s office, by case and as a

284
percentage of total agency legal costs; and total agency legal

285
costs as a percentage of total agency budget.

286
(f)

Total dollar amount of expenditures by state term

287
contract as defined in s. 287.012, contracts procured using

288
alternative purchasing methods as authorized pursuant to s.

289
287.042(16), and agency procurements through request for

290
proposal, invitation to negotiate, invitation to bid, single

291
source, and emergency purchases.

292
(g)

If applicable, the number of complete applications

293
received and the average number of days to complete a permit,

294
licensure, registration, or certification process, from the date

295
of the receipt of initial application to final agency action,

296
for each permit, license, registration, or certification issued

297
by the agency or judicial branch.

298
(h)

If applicable, the total number of required

299
inspections, total number of inspections completed, and

300
percentage of required inspections completed.

301
(i)

If applicable, the average number of calendar days to

302
award and contract for noncompetitive projects or grant programs

303
for state or federal funds from the date of receipt of funds by

304
the agency or receipt of budget authority, whichever is later.

305
(3)

In addition to the performance measures, outcomes, and

306
standards required by subsection (2), each agency shall develop

307
and adopt at least five additional performance measures,

308
outcomes, and standards. Additional performance measures,

309
outcomes, and standards must include key state agency functions.

310
When developing the additional performance measures, outcomes,

311
and standards, each state agency shall take all of the following

312
into consideration:

313
(a)

The mission of the agency, state goals and objectives,

314
and statutory policy.

315
(b)

Programs, outputs, and activities that are key agency

316
functions.

317
(c)

Selection of data elements that best and most

318
accurately measure progress toward state goals and objectives,

319
including facilitating analysis of any deviation from expected

320
performance.

321
(4)

The judicial branch shall adopt performance measures,

322
outcomes, and standards established by the Supreme Court, which

323
must be substantially similar to the measures, outcomes, and

324
standards in subsection (2) and the considerations outlined in

325
subsection (3).

326
(5)

Each state agency and the judicial branch shall

327
maintain the justification for each performance measure,

328
outcome, or standard, and the sources of data to be used.

329
(6)
(2)(a)

Each
state
agency

Agencies
and the judicial
330 branch shall submit
long-range program plans with performance

331
measures in the form, manner, and timeframe

output and outcome

332
measures and standards, as well as historical baseline and

333
performance data
pursuant to s. 216.013.
The long-range program

334
plan must provide:

335
(a)

Information regarding measurement of the performance

336
measures, including how the data is collected, baseline data,

337
the methodology used for measurement, the reason for the

338
measurement, and the validity and reliability of the

339
measurement; and

340 (b)
Data for the previous 5 years related to the

341
performance measures, outcomes, and standards and an explanation

342
of deviation from expected performance.

343
(7
)

Each
state
agency

Agencies
and the judicial branch
344 shall
also
submit performance
data,
measures,
outcomes,
and
345 standards
, including any information required by this section,

346 to the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
347 Accountability upon request
for review of the adequacy of the

348
legislatively approved measures and standards
.
349
(8)

For each state agency and the judicial branch,

350
performance measures, outcomes, and standards, including any

351
amendments thereto, must be adopted by the Legislative Budget

352
Commission.

353
(3)
(a)
A
t least 30 days before the scheduled annual

354
legislative session, a state

an
agency
or the Chief Justice of

355
the Supreme Court
may submit requests to delete or amend
its

356
existing approved
performance measures
,
outcomes,
and standards
357
or activities, including alignment of activities to performance

358
measures
, or submit requests to create additional performance
359 measures
,
outcomes,
and standards or activities to the
360
Legislature

Executive Office of the Governor for review and

361
approval
. The request
must

shall
document the justification for
362 the change and ensure that the
revision,
deletion,
amendment,
or
363 addition is consistent with legislative intent.
Such deletion,

364
amendment, or addition is subject to review and approval by the

365
Legislative Budget Commission

Revisions or deletions to or

366
additions of performance measures and standards approved by the

367
Executive Office of the Governor are subject to the review and

368
objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177
.
369 (b)
Each
state
agency and the judicial branch shall make

370
appropriate adjustments to their performance measures
,
outcomes
,

371
and standards to be consistent with the appropriations in the

372
General Appropriations Act, legislation implementing the General

373
Appropriations Act,
and
other enacted legislation.
State

374
a
gencies and the judicial branch have 30 days after the

375
effective date of the General Appropriations Act or
other

376
enacted
legislation to propose adjustments to their plans for

377
review and approval by the Legislative Budget Commission

The

378
Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court may submit deletions or

379
amendments of the judicial branch’s existing approved

380
performance measures and standards or may submit additional

381
performance measures and standards to the Legislature

382
accompanied with justification for the change and ensure that

383
the revision, deletion, or addition is consistent with

384
legislative intent. Revisions or deletions to, or additions of

385
performance measures and standards submitted by the Chief

386
Justice of the Supreme Court are subject to the review and

387
objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177
.
388
(4)(a) The Legislature may create, amend, and delete

389
performance measures and standards. The Legislature may confer

390
with the Executive Office of the Governor for state agencies and

391
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the judicial branch

392
prior to any such action.

393
(b) The Legislature may require state agencies to submit

394
requests for revisions, additions, or deletions to approved

395
performance measures and standards to the Executive Office of

396
the Governor for review and approval, subject to the review and

397
objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177.

398 (c)
The Legislature may require the judicial branch to

399
submit revisions, additions, or deletions to approved

400
performance measures and standards to the Legislature, subject

401
to the review and objection procedure set forth in s. 216.177.

402
(d)
Any new
state
agency created by the Legislature
shall

403
establish

is subject to the
initial performance measures
,

404
outcomes,
and standards
thereof, subject to review and approval

405
by the Legislative Budget Commission

established by the

406
Legislature. The Legislature may require state agencies and the

407
judicial branch to provide any information necessary to create

408
initial performance measures and standards
.
409
(d)

Each state agency and the judicial branch shall submit

410
new performance measures, outcomes, and standards, including the

411
information required by this section, to the Legislative Budget

412
Commission by December 1, 2026. This paragraph expires on

413
December 31, 2027.

414 Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of
415 section 20.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
416 20.055 Agency inspectors general.—
417 (2) An office of inspector general is established in each
418 state agency to provide a central point for coordination of and
419 responsibility for activities that promote accountability,
420 integrity, and efficiency in government. It is the duty and
421 responsibility of each inspector general, with respect to the
422 state agency in which the office is established, to:
423 (a) Advise in the development of performance measures,
424
outcomes,
standards, and procedures for the evaluation of state
425 agency programs.
426
(b)
Assess the reliability and validity of the information

427
provided by the state agency on performance measures and

428
standards, and make recommendations for improvement, if

429
necessary, before submission of such information pursuant to s.

430
216.1827.

431 Section 4. Section 186.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to
432 read:
433 186.021 Long-range program plans.—Pursuant to s. 216.013,
434 each state agency shall develop a long-range program plan
on an

435
annual basis
. The plan
must

shall
provide the framework and
436 context for designing and interpreting the agency budget
437 request. The plan
must

will
be developed through careful
438 examination and justification of agency functions
and their

439
associated costs
.
An agency shall use the long-range program

440
plan

It shall be used by the agency
to implement the state’s
441 goals and objectives.
The agency shall also develop performance

442
measures, outcomes, and standards to measure programs, outputs,

443
Indicators shall be developed to measure service
and activity
444 performance.
445 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
446 420.0003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
447 420.0003 State housing strategy.—
448 (3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The state, in carrying out the strategy
449 articulated in this section, shall have the following duties:
450 (b) The long-range
program
plan of the
corporation

451
department
must include specific
performance measures,
goals,
452
and
objectives
, and strategies
that implement the housing
453 policies in this section.
454 Section 6. Section 420.511, Florida Statutes, is amended to
455 read:
456 420.511 Strategic business plan; long-range
program
plan;
457 annual report; audited financial statements.—
458 (1) The corporation shall develop a strategic business plan
459 for the provision of affordable housing for the state. The plan
460 must be consistent with the long-range
program
plan prepared
461 pursuant to subsection (2) and
must

shall
contain performance
462 measures and specific performance targets for the following:
463 (a) The ability of low-income and moderate-income
464 Floridians to access housing that is decent and affordable.
465 (b) The continued availability and affordability of housing
466 financed by the corporation to target populations.
467 (c) The availability of affordable financing programs,
468 including equity and debt products, and programs that reduce
469 gaps in conventional financing in order to increase individual
470 access to housing and stimulate private production of affordable
471 housing.
472 (d) The establishment and maintenance of efficiencies in
473 the delivery of affordable housing.
474 (e) Such other measures as directed by the corporation’s
475 board of directors.
476 (2) The corporation
, in coordination with the department,

477 shall annually develop a long-range
program
plan for the
478 provision of affordable housing in this state as required
479 pursuant to chapter 186. In part, the plan must include
480 provisions that maximize the abilities of the corporation to
481 implement the state housing strategy established under s.
482 420.0003, to respond to federal housing initiatives, and to
483 develop programs in a manner that is more responsive to the
484 needs of public and private partners. The plan
must

shall
be
485 developed on a schedule consistent with that established by s.
486 186.021.
For purposes of this section, the Secretary of Commerce

487
or his or her designee shall serve as the corporation’s

488
representative to achieve a coordinated and integrated planning

489
relationship with the department.

490 (3) The corporation shall submit to the Governor and the
491 presiding officers of each house of the Legislature, within 6
492 months after the end of its fiscal year, a complete and detailed
493 report setting forth the corporation’s state and federal program
494 accomplishments using the most recent available data. The report
495 must include, but is not limited to:
496 (a) The following tenant characteristics in the existing
497 rental units financed through corporation-administered programs:
498 1. The number of households served, delineated by income,
499 race, ethnicity, and age of the head of household.
500 2. The number of households served in large, medium, and
501 small counties as described in s. 420.5087(1) and the extent to
502 which geographic distribution has been achieved in accordance
503 with s. 420.5087.
504 3. The number of farmworker and commercial fishing worker
505 households served.
506 4. The number of homeless households served.
507 5. The number of special needs households served.
508 6. By county, the average rent charged based on unit size.
509 (b) The number of rental units to which resources have been
510 allocated in the last fiscal year, including income and
511 demographic restrictions.
512 (c) The estimated average cost of producing units under
513 each rental or homeownership unit financed under each program in
514 the last fiscal year.
515 (d) By county, the average sales price of homeownership
516 units financed in the last fiscal year.
517 (e) The number of households served by homeownership
518 programs in the last fiscal year, including the income, race,
519 ethnicity, and age of the homeowner of each household.
520 (f) The percentage of homeownership loans that are in
521 foreclosure.
522 (g) The percentage of properties in the corporation’s
523 rental portfolio which have an occupancy rate below 90 percent.
524 (h) The amount of economic stimulus created by the
525 affordable housing finance programs administered by the
526 corporation for the most recent year available.
527 (i) For the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program (SAIL),
528 a comprehensive list of all closed loans outstanding at the end
529 of the most recent fiscal year, including, but not limited to,
530 development name, city, county, developer, set-aside type, set
531 aside percentage, affordability term, total number of units,
532 number of set-aside units, lien position, original loan amount,
533 loan maturity date, loan balance at close of year, status of
534 loan, rate of interest, and interest paid.
535 (j) For the Florida Affordable Housing Guarantee Program, a
536 list of all guaranteed loans through the close of the most
537 recent fiscal year, including, but not limited to, development
538 name, city, county, developer, total number of units, issuer of
539 the bonds, loan maturity date, participation in the United
540 States Department of Housing and Urban Development Risk-Sharing
541 Program, original guarantee amount, guarantee amount at the
542 close of the fiscal year, status of guaranteed loans, and total
543 outstanding Florida Housing Finance Corporation Affordable
544 Housing Guarantee Program revenue bonds at the close of the most
545 recent fiscal year.
546 (k) Any other information the corporation deems
547 appropriate.
548 (4) Within 6 months after the end of its fiscal year, the
549 corporation shall submit audited financial statements, prepared
550 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
551 which include all assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of
552 the corporation, and a list of all bonds outstanding at the end
553 of its fiscal year. The audit must be conducted by an
554 independent certified public accountant, performed in accordance
555 with generally accepted auditing standards and government
556 auditing standards, and incorporate all reports, including
557 compliance reports, as required by such auditing standards.
558 (5) The Auditor General shall conduct an operational audit
559 of the accounts and records of the corporation and provide a
560 written report on the audit to the President of the Senate and
561 the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 1, 2016.
562 Section 7. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
563 made by this act to section 216.013, Florida Statutes, in a
564 reference thereto, paragraph (ee) of subsection (1) of section
565 216.011, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
566 216.011 Definitions.—
567 (1) For the purpose of fiscal affairs of the state,
568 appropriations acts, legislative budgets, and approved budgets,
569 each of the following terms has the meaning indicated:
570 (ee) “Long-range program plan” means a plan developed
571 pursuant to s. 216.013.
572 Section 8. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
573 made by this act to section 216.013, Florida Statutes, in a
574 reference thereto, paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
575 402.56, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
576 402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities;
577 annual report.—
578 (5) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Children and Youth
579 Cabinet shall:
580 (d) Design and implement actions that will promote
581 collaboration, creativity, increased efficiency, information
582 sharing, and improved service delivery between and within state
583 governmental organizations that provide services for children
584 and youth and their families. In particular, the efforts shall
585 include the long-range planning process mandated by s. 216.013.
586 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.