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11  Representative(s) Hill and Betancourt offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 54, line 11

15  remove from the bill:  all of said line

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 13.    Florida Committee on Minority Business

19  Enterprise Contracting; creation; purpose;

20  membership.--  There is created the Committee on Minority

21  Business Enterprise Contracting.

22         (1)(a)  The committee shall oversee a comprehensive

23  study of the participation of minority business enterprises in

24  contracting activities of the state and review of all

25  provisions relating to minority business enterprise programs.

26         (b)  In addition to the requirements in (1)(a) of this

27  section, the committee shall determine whether practices

28  currently utilized by the state to provide market, managerial,

29  technical and financial assistance to minority owned

30  businesses are based upon a compelling governmental interest

31  and if such practices are narrowly tailored to achieve such

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 1  interest and whether lower goals should be set over a broader

 2  range of state spending.

 3         (c)  The study shall also identify areas where women

 4  and minority firms are over-utilized and under-utilized.

 5         (2)  A report of findings and recommendations shall be

 6  presented to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and

 7  the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 1,

 8  2000.

 9         (a)  The report shall include a recommendation on

10  whether the Legislature should eliminate the goals established

11  in section 287.09451, Florida Statutes, governing the

12  participation of minority business enterprises in state

13  contracting.

14         (b)  If the committee recommends elimination of such

15  goals, the report shall include recommendations for

16  alternative means to evaluate agency contracting activities,

17  ensure fairness in the utilization of women and minority owned

18  firms, across all state spending categories and prevent

19  discrimination in state contracting decisions.

20         (3)  The committee shall be composed of seven members

21  as follows:

22         (a)  President of the Florida Women's Consortium or

23  designee;

24         (b)  Department of Legal Affairs, Director of Office of

25  Civil Rights or designee;

26         (c)  Director of Minority Business Advocacy and

27  Assistance Office who shall serve as chairperson;

28         (d)  Two representatives of the Florida Association of

29  Minority Business Enterprise Officials to be appointed by the

30  Governor;

31         (e)  One member appointed by the Speaker of the House;

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 2         (f)  One member appointed by the President of the

 3  Senate.

 4         (4)  The Minority Business Advocacy Office shall

 5  provide staff to assist the committee.  Technical assistance

 6  may be provided to the committee by persons who are

 7  knowledgeable in a subject area pertinent to the study

 8  conducted.

 9         (5)  Members of the committee shall serve without

10  compensation, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses

11  as provided in s. 112.061.

12         (6)  The members of the committee shall be appointed 60

13  days after this section of the act takes effect, and shall

14  serve until the duties within this section of the act are

15  completed.

16         (7)  This section shall take effect upon becoming law.

17         Section 14.    Except as otherwise provided herein,

18  this act shall take effect upon the Legislature's  fulfillment

19  of section 26, Chapter 94-322, but not prior to July 1, 2001.

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 2, line 21

25  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said line

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27  and insert in lieu thereof:

28         to conform; providing for the creation and

29         purpose of the Florida Committee on Minority

30         Business Enterprise Contracting; requiring a

31         study and report; providing for the membership

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