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Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 4271
By Representative Carlton
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary education;
3 amending s. 240.227, F.S.; revising provisions
4 relating to contracts which university
5 presidents are empowered to approve and
6 execute; including contracts for the lease of
7 personal property within such contracts;
8 increasing the threshold amount of such
9 contracts; requiring compliance with the
10 Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act for
11 the procurement of professional services;
12 authorizing the approval and execution of
13 specified contracts; providing additional
14 duties of university presidents; amending s.
15 240.299, F.S.; requiring approval by the
16 Legislature of certain agreements entered into
17 by university direct-support organizations;
18 providing an effective date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 240.227, Florida
23 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (25) and (26) are added
24 to said section, to read:
25 240.227 University presidents; powers and duties.--The
26 president is the chief administrative officer of the
27 university and is responsible for the operation and
28 administration of the university. Each university president
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30 (12) Approve and execute contracts for the acquisition
31 of commodities, goods, for equipment, for services, and
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1 including educational services, for leases of for real and
2 personal property, and for construction to be rendered to or
3 by the university, provided such contracts are made pursuant
4 to rules of the Board of Regents the provisions of chapter
5 287, as applicable, are for the implementation of approved
6 programs of the university, and do not require expenditures in
7 excess of $1 million $500,000. The acquisition Goods and
8 equipment may be made acquired by installment or
9 lease-purchase contract. Such contracts may provide for the
10 payment of interest on the unpaid portion of the purchase
11 price. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
12 university presidents shall comply with the provisions of s.
13 287.055 for the procurement of professional services and may
14 approve and execute all contracts for planning, construction,
15 and equipment for projects with building programs and
16 construction budgets approved by the Board of Regents.
17 (25) Provide information to the Florida Fiscal
18 Accounting Management Information System as required by law.
19 When the university president determines that operational
20 efficiency can be increased, each university may maintain
21 additional management systems that provide Florida Fiscal
22 Accounting Management Information System subsystems with
23 information required pursuant to s. 215.93.
24 (26) Implement state travel policies as provided by
25 law. However, for the purposes of university travel pursuant
26 to s. 112.061, the term "agency head" shall be defined to be
27 the university president or his or her designee.
28 Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 240.299, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 240.299 Direct-support organizations; use of property;
31 board of directors; audit; facilities.--
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1 (5) FACILITIES.--In addition to issuance of
2 indebtedness pursuant to s. 240.2093(2), each direct-support
3 organization is authorized to enter into agreements to
4 finance, design and construct, lease, lease-purchase,
5 purchase, or operate facilities necessary and desirable to
6 serve the needs and purposes of the university, as determined
7 by the systemwide strategic plan adopted by the Board of
8 Regents, upon approval of such agreements by the Board of
9 Regents and, where the state will be asked for operating funds
10 or funds to purchase, construct, or lease the facility,
11 approval of the project by the Legislature. Such agreements
12 are subject to the provisions of s. 243.151.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1 of the
14 year in which enacted.
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Revises provisions with respect to the approval and
4 execution of specified contracts by university
presidents. Includes contracts for the lease of personal
5 property within such contracts. Increases, from $500,000
to $1 million in required expenditures, the threshold
6 amount of contracts which university presidents may
approve and execute. Requires university presidents to
7 comply with the provisions of the Consultants'
Competitive Negotiation Act for the procurement of
8 professional services and authorizes university
presidents to approve and execute all contracts for
9 planning, construction, and equipment for projects with
building programs and construction budgets approved by
10 the Board of Regents.
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Provides, as additional duties, that university
12 presidents provide information to the Florida Fiscal
Accounting Management Information System and implement
13 state travel policies, as provided by law.
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Provides that agreements entered into by university
15 direct-support organizations to finance, design,
construct, lease, purchase, or operate certain
16 facilities, in which the state will be asked for
operating funds or funds to purchase, construct, or lease
17 a facility, must be approved by the Legislature.
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