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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 4 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION The moneys contained herein are appropriated from the named funds to the Department of Corrections, Justice Administration, Department of Juvenile Justice, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Department of Legal Affairs/Attorney General, Florida Gaming Control Commission, and Florida Commission on Offender Review as the amounts to be used to pay the salaries, other operational expenditures, and fixed capital outlay of the named agencies. CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF From the funds in Specific Appropriations 608 through 768, the Department of Corrections shall, before closing, substantially reducing the use of, or changing the purpose of any state correctional institution as defined in section 944.02, Florida Statutes, submit its proposal to the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee for review. From the funds in Specific Appropriations 608 through 768, the Department of Corrections may work within its existing budget, including applicable grants, to implement any corrective action plan that is developed as a result of a Prison Rape Elimination Act audit conducted in accordance with Title 28, Part 115 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The department may request additional resources required through the Legislative Budget Request process as defined in chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Funds in Specific Appropriations 608 through 768 may not be used to pay for unoccupied space currently being leased by the Department of Corrections in the event the leases are vacant on or after July 1, 2024, and for which it has been determined by the Secretary of the department that there is no longer a need. From the funds in Specific Appropriations 608 through 768, the Department of Corrections shall not overlap positions when currently authorized positions are vacant in excess of five percent. In the event that the department’s overall vacancy rate falls below five percent, the department may submit a plan to the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee detailing the number of positions it is seeking to overlap, with a detailed justification of the need for each overlapped position. Upon approval of the plan, the department may overlap positions, as approved in the plan for the period authorized by the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. PROGRAM: DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES APPROVED SALARY RATE 28,442,679 608 SALARIES AND BENEFITS POSITIONS 496.00 FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 32,060,869 FROM ADMINISTRATIVE TRUST FUND . . . 1,865,599 FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING TRUST FUND . . . . . . 94,684 From the funds in Specific Appropriations 608, 620, 629, 644, 658, 671, 683, 696, 706, 722, 733, 745, 751, and 760, the Department of Corrections shall submit monthly status reports on departmental salary and benefit appropriations as well as departmental salary rate. Each report must include the salary and all benefit payments as well as associated salary rate allocated, by month, for each specifically authorized position. Each status report must reconcile to the State of Florida’s People First personnel system, the Position and Rate Ledger, and expenditure ledger by fund source. The report shall also include information on the status of each filled and vacant position, as well as positions in training, and include projected expenditures, by month, based on anticipated hires for the remaining month(s) in the fiscal year. The department shall also report the number of days each position has been held vacant. The report shall be submitted no later than the 145