House Bill 3063c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998             CS/HB 3063

        By the Committee on Governmental Operations and
    Representative Lacasa





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational facilities;

  3         amending s. 235.31, F.S.; requiring boards to

  4         prequalify bidders for construction contracts

  5         according to Commissioner of Education rule;

  6         requiring certification or licensure of bidders

  7         or contractors; amending s. 489.125, F.S.;

  8         conforming language relating to construction

  9         contractors; repealing s. 489.527, F.S.,

10         relating to electrical and alarm system

11         contractors, to conform; repealing s.

12         633.551(5), F.S., relating to fire protection

13         system contractors, to conform; providing an

14         effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 235.31, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         235.31  Advertising and awarding contracts;

21  prequalification of contractor.--

22         (2)  Boards shall prequalify bidders for construction

23  contracts according to may elect to come under the rules

24  prescribed by the Commissioner of Education which require for

25  the prequalification of bidders of educational facilities

26  construction.  Boards shall require that all construction or

27  capital improvement bids be accompanied by evidence that the

28  bidder holds an appropriate certificate or license or that the

29  prime contractor has a current valid license.

30         Section 2.  Section 489.125, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






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  1         489.125  Prequalification of certificateholders

  2  eligible to participate in projects under s. 235.31.--Any

  3  person holding a certificate shall be prequalified is

  4  qualified to bid by participate in any project under s.

  5  235.31, unless a district school board elects to prequalify

  6  contractors pursuant to uniform prequalification of

  7  contractors criteria adopted by rule of the Commissioner State

  8  Board of Education. This section does not supersede any small,

  9  woman-owned or minority-owned business enterprise preference

10  program adopted by a district school board. A district school

11  board may not modify or supplement the uniform

12  prequalification criteria adopted by rule. If a district

13  school board elects to prequalify contractors, A person

14  holding a certificate must apply to each that board for

15  prequalification consideration.

16         Section 3.  Section 489.527 and subsection (5) of

17  section 633.551, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

18         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

19  year in which enacted.

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