Florida HB 1063: City of Palm Bay, Brevard County

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CS/HB 1063 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to gubernatorial transition; creating 2
s. 14.059, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the 3
Governor to designate a transition liaison within the 4
Executive Office of the Governor within a specified 5
timeframe; providing duties of the transition liaison; 6
requiring the head of each state agency to designate 7
an agency transition liaison within a specified 8
timeframe; providing duties of the agency transition 9
liaisons; requiring the Department of Management 10
Services and each state agency to provide certain 11
temporary office facilities to certain persons during 12
the transition period; requiring the department, upon 13
request, to provide the Governor-elect and his or her 14
staff with information technology and related services 15
for such transition period; requiring the Governor-16
elect to designate in writing the persons to be 17
provided with such services; requiring specified 18
persons to sign a certain memorandum of understanding; 19
requiring each state agency, upon request, to provide 20
the Governor-elect and his or her staff with access to 21
agency leadership personnel during the transition 22
period; authorizing state agencies to assign limited 23
personnel to assist the Governor-elect and his or her 24
staff; requiring that the Governor-elect and his or 25

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her staff be granted access to all state agency 26
records upon request; requiring that the Governor-27
elect and persons designated by the Governor-elect be 28
granted access to confidential and exempt records 29
under certain conditions; providing criminal 30
penalties; amending s. 14.057, F.S.; conforming 31
provisions to changes made by the act; providing an 32
effective date. 33
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35
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Section 1. Section 14.059, Florida Statutes, is created to 37
read: 38
14.059 Gubernatorial transition; coordination, access, and 39
agency obligations.— 40
(1) As used in this section, the term: 41
(a) "State agency" means an executive branch agency the 42
head of which is appointed solely by the Governor. 43
(b) "Transition period" means the period beginning on the 44
day the Elections Canvassing Commission certifies the results of 45
a general election in a year in which the Governor is elected 46
and ending on the day the Governor-elect is inaugurated as 47
Governor. The term does not include any period following the 48
reelection of an incumbent Governor to a second consecutive 49
term. 50

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(2) No later than the 10th day after the primary election, 51
the Governor shall designate a transition liaison within the 52
Executive Office of the Governor. The transition liaison shall: 53
(a) Serve as the primary point of contact between the 54
current administration and the Governor-elect and his or her 55
staff. 56
(b) Oversee and coordinate transition planning and 57
operations with state agencies. 58
(c) Create a transition directory that summarizes the 59
statutory authority, programs, functions, and organizational 60
structure of each state agency. The transition directory must be 61
delivered to the Governor-elect within 3 days after the 62
beginning of the transition period. 63
(d) Create and coordinate transition training, 64
orientation, and briefings for the Governor-elect and his or her 65
staff which cover: 66
1. The organizational structure of the executive branch of 67
state government. 68
2. Administrative processes of state agencies, including 69
personnel systems. 70
3. Public records and meeting requirements. 71
4. Ethics and financial disclosure laws. 72
5. Rulemaking procedures under the Administrative 73
Procedure Act. 74
6. State budgeting and financial management processes. 75

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7. Any additional subject identified by the Governor-elect 76
and determined by the transition liaison to be reasonably 77
necessary to support an orderly transition between 78
administrations and the continuity of state agency operations. 79
(e) Establish instructions and guidance for agency 80
transition liaisons regarding the preparation, content, and 81
delivery of standardized briefing books under paragraph (3)(b). 82
(3) No later than the 10th day after the primary election, 83
the head of each state agency shall designate an agency 84
transition liaison. The agency tra