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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2127
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Hill and Betancourt offered the following:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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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