Senate Bill 2568

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2568

    By Senator King





    8-1830-99                                          See HB 1009

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to financial matters; creating

  3         s. 215.245, F.S.; authorizing the state and

  4         agencies or political subdivisions thereof to

  5         enter into hold harmless agreements with the

  6         Federal Government when required by federal law

  7         to obtain federal funding; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 215.245, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         215.245  Contracts with Federal Government;

15  indemnification authorized in certain circumstances.--The

16  state and its political subdivisions thereof, which are

17  authorized to enter into cooperative agreements or otherwise

18  contract with the Federal Government, are authorized to enter

19  into agreements to indemnify and hold harmless the Federal

20  Government or agencies thereof for damages, losses, costs, and

21  expenses caused by the negligent or intentional wrongdoing of

22  its officers, agents, servants, or employees, when required by

23  federal law in order to obtain federal funds or the benefits

24  from such funds, provided that the Federal Government or

25  agencies thereof, in the same contract, agree to indemnify and

26  hold harmless the state and its political subdivisions for

27  damages, losses, costs, and expenses caused by the negligent

28  or intentional wrongdoing of its officers, agents, servants,

29  or employees. In each case, the obligation for indemnification

30  must remain subject to adequate appropriations being available

31  to the indemnifying party.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2568
    8-1830-99                                          See HB 1009




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Provides that the state and its agencies and political
  7    subdivisions, which are authorized to enter into
      cooperative agreements or otherwise contract with the
  8    Federal Government, are authorized to indemnify and hold
      harmless the Federal Government or agencies thereof in
  9    such agreements or contracts when required by federal law
      in order to obtain federal funds or the benefit of such
10    funds.

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