House Bill 3885

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3885

        By Representative Roberts-Burke






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to minority business

  3         development; amending s. 287.09451, F.S.;

  4         providing additional duties of the Minority

  5         Business Advocacy and Assistance Office of the

  6         Department of Labor and Employment Security;

  7         amending s. 288.905, F.S.; requiring Enterprise

  8         Florida, Inc., to develop a utilization plan

  9         for minority business enterprise and to submit

10         a report of total expenditures resulting from

11         contracts with minority business enterprises

12         for review and approval by the Minority

13         Business Advocacy and Assistance Office;

14         providing an 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.  Paragraph (p) is added to subsection (4) of

19  section 287.09451, Florida Statutes, to read:

20         287.09451  Minority Business Advocacy and Assistance

21  Office; powers, duties, and functions.--

22         (4)  The Minority Business Advocacy and Assistance

23  Office shall have the following powers, duties, and functions:

24         (p)  To review and approve the utilization plan for

25  minority business enterprise and the report of total

26  expenditures resulting from contracts with minority business

27  enterprises submitted by Enterprise Florida, Inc., pursuant to

28  s. 288.905.

29         Section 2.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

30  288.905, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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  1         288.905  Duties of the board of directors of Enterprise

  2  Florida, Inc.--

  3         (2)  The board of directors shall, in conjunction with

  4  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development,

  5  develop a strategic plan for economic development for the

  6  State of Florida.  Such plan shall be submitted to the

  7  Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the

  8  House of Representatives, the Senate Minority Leader, and the

  9  House Minority Leader by January 1, 1997, and shall be updated

10  or modified before January 1, 1998, and annually thereafter.

11  The plan must be approved by the board of directors prior to

12  submission to the Governor and Legislature.  The plan shall

13  include, but is not limited to:

14         (d)1.  Specific provisions for the stimulation of

15  economic development and job creation in small businesses and

16  minority businesses. These provisions shall include, but are

17  not limited to, the identification of federal, state, and

18  local financial and technical resources available for small

19  businesses and minority businesses; and specific methods for

20  the use of the resources identified in the plan to meet the

21  goal of job creation in small businesses and minority

22  businesses in the state.

23         2.  A utilization plan for minority business enterprise

24  within the State of Florida which shall be developed by

25  Enterprise Florida, Inc. In conjunction with the submission of

26  the utilization plan, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall submit a

27  report of total expenditures resulting from contracts with

28  minority business enterprises in the state for the previous

29  fiscal year. Such plan and report shall be submitted to the

30  Minority Business Advocacy and Assistance Office within the

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  1  Department of Labor and Employment Security by September 1

  2  annually for review and approval.

  3         3.2.  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall involve local,

  4  state, and federal small business and minority business

  5  development agencies and organizations, both public and

  6  private, in developing and carrying out any provisions.

  7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  8  law.

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11                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires Enterprise Florida, Inc., to develop a
13    utilization plan for minority business enterprise within
      the state as a component of their strategic plan for
14    economic development of the state, and to prepare a
      report of total expenditures resulting from contracts
15    with minority business enterprises in the state for the
      previous fiscal year. Provides that the plan and report
16    shall be submitted annually to the Minority Business
      Advocacy and Assistance Office within the Department of
17    Labor and Employment Security for review and approval.

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