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Fla. Stat. § 216.168 (2025)

Governor’s amended revenue or budget recommendations; optional and mandatory.

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216.168 Governor’s amended revenue or budget recommendations; optional and mandatory.—

(1) At any time following submission of his or her budget recommendations and revenues recommendations, the Governor may amend his or her recommendations.

(2) The amended recommendations shall be furnished to the Legislature along with the reasons for the amended recommendations.

(3) The amended recommendations shall include the materials required in ss. 216.163 and 216.165; and the Executive Office of the Governor shall provide, within 3 days after the Governor amends his or her recommendations, the supporting information required under ss. 216.164 and 216.166.

(4) If the Governor determines, at any time after he or she has furnished the Legislature with his or her recommendations or amended recommendations, that the revenue estimates upon which the Governor’s recommendations were based are insufficient to fund these recommendations, the Governor shall amend his or her revenues or appropriations recommendations to bring the Governor’s recommended budget into balance.

History.—s. 17, ch. 80-45; s. 13, ch. 83-49; s. 16, ch. 91-109; s. 1167, ch. 95-147; s. 27, ch. 2005-152.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1987–1987 · leading case: In Re Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 509 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1987).

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In Re Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 509 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1987). · cites it 2× “' In furtherance of those constitutional mandates, I am required to submit to the Legislature a recommended budget which contains sufficient revenues to meet my recommended appropriations, Chapter 216, Florida Statutes, and to amend my recommendations if it comes to my attention…”

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