Senate Bill 0652

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 652

    By Senator Turner





    36-612-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to minority business

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

  4         requiring certain persons doing business with

  5         the state to submit a minority business

  6         development plan; providing that failure to

  7         submit a plan disqualifies a person from

  8         bidding on state contracts for a period of

  9         time; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (j) of subsection (4) of section

14  287.09451, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         287.09451  Minority Business Advocacy and Assistance

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

17         (4)  The Minority Business Advocacy and Assistance

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

19         (j)  To require any person that does encourage all

20  firms which do more than $1 million in business with the state

21  within a 12-month period to develop, implement, and submit to

22  this office a minority business development plan. Any person

23  that does not submit a minority business development plan

24  within 60 days after the end of the 12-month period is not

25  qualified to bid on any new state contract for a period of 12

26  months from the time the plan is due.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 652
    36-612-98




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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Requires a person who does more than $1 million in
      business with the state to submit a minority business
  4    development plan to the Minority Business Advocacy and
      Assistance Office. Disqualifies a person who does not
  5    submit a plan in a timely manner from bidding on any new
      state contract for 1 year.
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