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        By the Committee on Governmental Operations and
    Representative Posey





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of Management

  3         Services; amending s. 255.25, F.S., providing

  4         an exception to competitive bidding for those

  5         leases negotiated pursuant to the department

  6         pilot project to be established; providing for

  7         negotiation of a replacement lease for

  8         currently occupied space under certain

  9         conditions; allowing agencies to negotiate

10         leases in designated Front Porch Communities

11         without competitive bidding; establishing a

12         tenant broker pilot project in certain

13         designated Florida counties to assist with

14         property procurement and providing goals for

15         the project; providing for automatic repeal of

16         the pilot project; amending s. 255.2501, F.S.,

17         extending the conditions of this section to any

18         lease that, during the term of the lease,

19         becomes financed with local government

20         obligations of any type; amending s. 272.161,

21         F.S., providing for the rental of "permit"

22         parking spaces in addition to "reserved"

23         parking spaces; amending s. 287.042, F.S.,

24         authorizing emergency medical services

25         organizations to purchase under state term

26         contracts; amending s. 365.171, F.S.;

27         authorizing the Public Service Commission to

28         enforce the remittance of the collected "911"

29         fee to the county; providing the department

30         with rulemaking authority for establishing the

31         methods for collecting data and the "911" fee;

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  1         amending s. 110.1521, F.S.; combining current

  2         ss. 110.1522 and 110.1523, F.S., into this

  3         section; repealing s. 110.1522, F.S., relating

  4         to model rule establishing family support

  5         personnel policies; repealing s. 110.1523,

  6         F.S., relating to adoption of model rule;

  7         amending s. 110.17, F.S.; changing "personal

  8         holiday" to "personal day" and replacing

  9         "entitled to" with "eligible for"; amending s.

10         110.122, F.S.; providing that state employees

11         who terminate employment for reasons of

12         disability shall be eligible for payment of

13         accumulated and unused sick leave; providing

14         for application of this section to each

15         employee upon termination of employment;

16         providing an effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of

21  section 255.25, Florida Statutes, are amended, paragraph (c)

22  of said subsection is redesignated as paragraph (d), and a new

23  paragraph (c) is added to said subsection, and subsection (12)

24  is added to said section, to read:

25         255.25  Approval required prior to construction or

26  lease of buildings.--

27         (3)(a)  Except as provided in subsection (10) and

28  except for those leases negotiated pursuant to the pilot

29  project established by the Department of Management Services

30  herein, no state agency shall enter into a lease as lessee for

31  the use of 5,000 square feet or more of space in a privately

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  1  owned building except upon advertisement for and receipt of

  2  competitive bids and award to the lowest and best bidder.  The

  3  Department of Management Services shall have the authority to

  4  approve a lease for 5,000 square feet or more of space that

  5  covers more than 1 fiscal year, subject to the provisions of

  6  ss. 216.311, 255.2501, 255.2502, and 255.2503, if such lease

  7  is, in the judgment of the department, in the best interests

  8  of the state. This paragraph does not apply to buildings or

  9  facilities of any size leased for the purpose of providing

10  care and living space for persons.

11         (b)  The Department of Management Services may approve

12  extensions of an existing lease of 5,000 square feet or more

13  of space if such extensions are determined to be in the best

14  interests of the state, but in no case shall the total of such

15  extensions exceed 11 months.  If at the end of the 11th month

16  an agency still needs such space, it shall be procured by

17  competitive bid in accordance with s. 255.249(2)(b) or if an

18  agency determines that it is in its best interest to remain in

19  the space it currently occupies, the agency may negotiate a

20  replacement lease with the lessor if an independent market

21  analysis demonstrates that the rates offered are within market

22  rates for the space offered, and if the cost of the new lease

23  does not exceed the cost of a comparable lease plus documented

24  moving costs.  A present value analysis and the consumer price

25  index shall be used in the calculation of lease costs.  The

26  term of the replacement lease shall not exceed the base term

27  of the expiring lease.

28         (c)  Any agency proposing to enter into a lease for

29  office space in an area designated as part of the Front Porch

30  Florida Initiative, may, with the prior approval of the

31  Department of Management Services, directly negotiate with a

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  1  building owner for leased space within such area without the

  2  competitive bid requirement of subsection (3)(a).

  3         (12)(a)  The Department of Management Services shall

  4  undertake a pilot project in Hillsborough, Leon, Broward,

  5  Orange, and Seminole Counties for a contracted tenant broker

  6  to assist state agencies in locating suitable private sector

  7  leases.  The department shall solicit qualified candidates

  8  through the request for proposals process and conduct

  9  interviews of finalists.  The tenant broker shall be under

10  contract to the department, but all fees or commissions to be

11  paid to the tenant broker shall be paid by the ultimate

12  private sector lessor.  The department shall select a tenant

13  broker in each county in the pilot project.  Agencies may

14  employ the services of the broker in any such county for a

15  specified period of time for a given property procurement.

16  Except for the exemption from competitive bidding described in

17  subsection (3)(a) current leasing procedures would remain in

18  effect, including the zone rate guidelines.  Brokers shall be

19  required to disclose any conflict of interest and all

20  compensation received from transactions.  Brokers'

21  compensation shall be no more than what is customarily found

22  in the marketplace.  Contracts between the department and the

23  broker shall be for a term of 1 year, renewable for an

24  additional year based on a satisfactory performance review.

25  The Department of Management Services is authorized to adopt

26  such rules as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this

27  section.

28         (b)  In designing the pilot project, the department

29  shall endeavor to accomplish the following goals:

30         1.  Provide for a faster, more efficient, and

31  cost-effective lease procurement process.

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  1         2.  Provide access for agencies to experienced brokers

  2  with knowledge of the local marketplace.

  3         3.  Provide a documented, professional cost-benefit

  4  analysis of all choices.

  5         4.  Provide for the ability to negotiate the best deal.

  6         5.  Provide the ability to reject any proposal which

  7  does not meet the needs of the agency.

  8         6.  Provide that the Department of Management Services

  9  shall have the final review and approval of all leases to

10  ensure quality control.

11         (c)  On or before July 1, 2002, the Department of

12  Management Services shall report to the Legislature on the

13  effectiveness of the pilot project and shall make

14  recommendations, in the form of legislation, if necessary, for

15  the implementation of the project on a statewide basis.

16         (d)  The pilot project shall stand repealed effective

17  July 1, 2002.

18         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 255.2501, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         255.2501  Lease of space financed with local government

21  obligations.--

22         (1)  Except when specifically authorized by the

23  Appropriations Act, no executive agency, department, public

24  officer or employee shall enter any contract on behalf of the

25  state, the term of which contract is more than 5 years,

26  including any and all renewal periods and including any and

27  all leases which constitute a series of leases, for the lease,

28  lease-purchase, sale-leaseback, purchase, or rental of any

29  office space, building, real property and improvements

30  thereto, or any other fixed capital outlay project, any of

31  which is, or is to be, or during the term of any lease entered

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  1  into pursuant to s. 255.25, becomes financed with local

  2  government obligations of any type.

  3         Section 3.  Section 272.161, Florida Statutes, is

  4  amended to read:

  5         272.161  Rental of reserved parking spaces.--

  6         (1)(a)  The Department of Management Services may

  7  assign a reserved or permit parking space to any state

  8  employee, qualified state employee car pool, provider of

  9  essential services to the state, or state agency for

10  reassignment to its employees.  Any state agency assigned a

11  reserved or permit parking space shall charge the user of such

12  space, except a qualified state employee car pool, a fee in

13  accordance with guidelines established by the department.

14         (b)  Any state agency assigned a reserved or permit

15  parking space which is not rented for a period of 30 7

16  consecutive days shall return such space to the department for

17  reassignment.  All state agencies assigned reserved or permit

18  parking spaces shall assure the timely payment of assessed

19  rent to the department.

20         (c)  Assignments of reserved or permit parking spaces

21  shall be limited to the amount of available parking under the

22  supervision of the department. Preference in the assignment of

23  reserved parking spaces shall be given qualified state

24  employee car pools.  A state agency, employee, state employee

25  car pool, or provider of essential services may request a

26  reserved or permit parking space in a manner prescribed by the

27  department.

28         (d)  The Auditor General shall conduct an audit of

29  state employee parking in non-state-owned parking lots and

30  shall make a recommendation to the Legislature before the 1986

31  session, for an equitable ratesetting mechanism to ensure that

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  1  state employees, who, by job description, are required to own

  2  an automobile as a condition of employment, are not subjected

  3  to higher parking rates than the average rate for employees in

  4  state-owned parking facilities.

  5         (2)  All employee parking fees shall be payable by the

  6  payroll deduction plan, periodically according to the

  7  employee's pay schedule, to the Department of Management

  8  Services or to the contracting agency.

  9         (3)  All fees collected by the Department of Management

10  Services under the provisions of this section shall be

11  deposited in the Supervision Trust Fund. The department shall

12  account for the revenues and expenditures related to the paid

13  parking program in compliance with the provisions of s.

14  215.32(2)(b). The revenues collected from parking fees shall

15  be used for the maintenance, minor construction, enforcement,

16  security, and administration of parking facilities and

17  programs.

18         (4)  The Department of Management Services shall adopt

19  such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this

20  section.  The department shall establish guidelines for

21  qualifying as a state employee car pool and for the

22  preferential assignment of reserved spaces to car pools.

23         (5)  The Department of Management Services shall

24  establish fees on all state-owned reserved parking facilities

25  under the jurisdiction of the department spaces, except those

26  assigned to qualified state employee car pools, under the

27  jurisdiction of the department.  The department shall also

28  issue loading zone permits and scramble parking permits for a

29  fee sufficient to cover the cost of administering the permits

30  and maintaining the parking areas.

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  1         (6)  The Department of Management Services shall have

  2  the authority to remove or tow away, or cause to be ticketed,

  3  removed, or towed away, any wrongfully parked vehicle in any

  4  assigned, or reserved, or permit parking space or area under

  5  the control of the Department of Management Services

  6  throughout the state at the expense of the owner of the

  7  wrongfully parked vehicle.

  8         Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

  9  287.042, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

10         287.042  Powers, duties, and functions.--The department

11  shall have the following powers, duties, and functions:

12         (2)(a)  To plan and coordinate purchases in volume and

13  to negotiate and execute purchasing agreements and contracts

14  for commodities and contractual services under which state

15  agencies shall make purchases pursuant to s. 287.056, and

16  under which a federal, county, municipality, institutions

17  qualified pursuant to s. 240.605, private nonprofit community

18  transportation coordinator designated pursuant to chapter 427,

19  while conducting business related solely to the Commission for

20  the Transportation Disadvantaged, emergency medical services

21  organizations approved to purchase pursuant to s. 401.024, or

22  other local public agency may make purchases. The department

23  may restrict purchases from some term contracts to state

24  agencies only for those term contracts where the inclusion of

25  other governmental entities will have an adverse effect on

26  competition or to those federal facilities located in this

27  state. In such planning or purchasing the Minority Business

28  Advocacy and Assistance Office may monitor to ensure that

29  opportunities are afforded for contracting with minority

30  business enterprises. The department, for state term

31  contracts, and all agencies, for multiyear contractual

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  1  services or term contracts, shall explore reasonable and

  2  economical means to utilize certified minority business

  3  enterprises. Purchases by any county, municipality, private

  4  nonprofit community transportation coordinator designated

  5  pursuant to chapter 427, while conducting business related

  6  solely to the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged,

  7  emergency medical services organizations approved to purchase

  8  pursuant to s. 401.024, or other local public agency under the

  9  provisions in the state purchasing contracts, and purchases,

10  from the corporation operating the correctional work programs,

11  of products or services that are subject to paragraph (1)(f),

12  are exempt from the competitive sealed bid requirements

13  otherwise applying to their purchases.

14         Section 5.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (13) of section

15  365.171, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

16         365.171  Emergency telephone number "911."--

17         (13)  "911" FEE.--

18         (a)  Following approval by referendum as set forth in

19  paragraph (b), or following approval by a majority vote of its

20  board of county commissioners, a county may impose a "911" fee

21  to be paid by the local exchange subscribers within its

22  boundaries served by the "911" service.  Proceeds from the

23  "911" fee shall be used only for "911" expenditures as set

24  forth in subparagraph 6.  The manner of imposing and

25  collecting said payment shall be as follows:

26         1.  At the request of the county subscribing to "911"

27  service, the telephone company shall, insofar as is

28  practicable, bill the "911" fee to the local exchange

29  subscribers served by the "911" service, on an individual

30  access line basis, at a rate not to exceed 50 cents per month

31  per line (up to a maximum of 25 access lines per account bill

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  1  rendered).  However, the fee may not be assessed on any pay

  2  telephone in this state.  A county collecting the fee for the

  3  first time may collect the fee for no longer than 36 months

  4  without initiating the acquisition of its "911" equipment.

  5         2.  Fees collected by the telephone company pursuant to

  6  subparagraph 1. shall be returned to the county, less the

  7  costs of administration retained pursuant to paragraph (c).

  8  The Public Service Commission is authorized to enforce the

  9  remittance of the collected "911" fee to the county. The

10  county shall provide a minimum of 90 days' written notice to

11  the telephone company prior to the collection of any "911"

12  fees.

13         3.  Any county that currently has an operational "911"

14  system or that is actively pursuing the implementation of a

15  "911" system shall establish a fund to be used exclusively for

16  receipt and expenditure of "911" fee revenues collected

17  pursuant to this section.  All fees placed in said fund, and

18  any interest accrued thereupon, shall be used solely for "911"

19  costs described in subparagraph 6.  The money collected and

20  interest earned in this fund shall be appropriated for "911"

21  purposes by the county commissioners and incorporated into the

22  annual county budget.  The county shall annually have a

23  financial audit performed on this fund, in accordance with s.

24  11.45.  A report of the audit shall be forwarded to the

25  department within 60 days of its completion.  A county may

26  carry forward on an annual basis unspent moneys in the fund

27  for expenditures allowed by this section, or it may reduce its

28  fee. However, in no event shall a county carry forward more

29  than 10 percent of the "911" fee billed for the prior year.

30  The amount of moneys carried forward each year may be

31  accumulated in order to allow for capital improvements

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  1  described in this subsection.  The carryover shall be

  2  documented by resolution of the board of county commissioners

  3  expressing the purpose of the carryover or by an adopted

  4  capital improvement program identifying projected expansion or

  5  replacement expenditures for "911" equipment and service

  6  features, or both.  In no event shall the "911" fee carryover

  7  surplus moneys be used for any purpose other than for the

  8  "911" equipment, service features, and installation charges

  9  authorized in subparagraph 6. Nothing in this section shall

10  prohibit a county from using other sources of revenue for

11  improvements, replacements, or expansions of its "911" system.

12  A county may increase its fee for purposes authorized in this

13  section. However, in no case shall the fee exceed 50 cents per

14  month per line.  All current "911" fees shall be reported to

15  the department within 30 days of the start of each county's

16  fiscal period. Any fee adjustment made by a county shall be

17  reported to the department.  A county shall give the telephone

18  company a 90-day written notice of such fee adjustment.

19         4.  The telephone company shall have no obligation to

20  take any legal action to enforce collection of the "911" fee.

21  The telephone company shall provide quarterly to the county a

22  list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of any and

23  all subscribers who have identified to the telephone company

24  their refusal to pay the "911" fee.

25         5.  The county subscribing to "911" service shall

26  remain liable to the telephone company for any "911" service,

27  equipment, operation, or maintenance charge owed by the county

28  to the telephone company.

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  1  As used in this paragraph, "telephone company" means an

  2  exchange telephone service provider of "911" service or

  3  equipment to any county within its certificated area.

  4         6.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the "911"

  5  fee authorized by this section to be imposed by counties will

  6  not necessarily provide the total funding required for

  7  establishing or providing the "911" service.  For purposes of

  8  this section, "911" service includes the functions of database

  9  management, call taking, location verification, and call

10  transfer.  The following costs directly attributable to the

11  establishment and/or provision of "911" service are eligible

12  for expenditure of moneys derived from imposition of the "911"

13  fee authorized by this section:  the acquisition,

14  implementation, and maintenance of Public Safety Answering

15  Point (PSAP) equipment and "911" service features, as defined

16  in the Florida Public Service Commission's lawfully approved

17  "911" and related tariffs and/or the acquisition,

18  installation, and maintenance of other "911" equipment,

19  including call answering equipment, call transfer equipment,

20  ANI controllers, ALI controllers, ANI displays, ALI displays,

21  station instruments, "911" telecommunications systems,

22  teleprinters, logging recorders, instant playback recorders,

23  telephone devices for the deaf (TDD) used in the "911" system,

24  PSAP backup power systems, consoles, automatic call

25  distributors, and interfaces (hardware and software) for

26  computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems; salary and associated

27  expenses for "911" call takers for that portion of their time

28  spent taking and transferring "911" calls; salary and

29  associated expenses for a county to employ a full-time

30  equivalent "911" coordinator position and a full-time

31  equivalent staff assistant position per county for the portion

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  1  of their time spent administrating the "911" system; training

  2  costs for PSAP call takers in the proper methods and

  3  techniques used in taking and transferring "911" calls; and

  4  expenses required to develop and maintain all information (ALI

  5  and ANI databases and other information source repositories)

  6  necessary to properly inform call takers as to location

  7  address, type of emergency, and other information directly

  8  relevant to the "911" call-taking and transferring function.

  9  The "911" fee revenues shall not be used to pay for any item

10  not listed, including, but not limited to, any capital or

11  operational costs for emergency responses which occur after

12  the call transfer to the responding public safety entity and

13  the costs for constructing buildings, leasing buildings,

14  maintaining buildings, or renovating buildings, except for

15  those building modifications necessary to maintain the

16  security and environmental integrity of the PSAP and "911"

17  equipment rooms.

18         7.  It is the goal of the Legislature that enhanced

19  "911" service be available throughout the state.  Expenditure

20  by counties of the "911" fees authorized by this section

21  should support this goal to the greatest extent feasible

22  within the context of local service needs and fiscal

23  capability. Nothing in this section shall be construed to

24  prohibit two or more counties from establishing a combined

25  emergency "911" telephone service by interlocal agreement and

26  utilizing the "911" fees authorized by this section for such

27  combined "911" service.

28         8.  The Department may establish by rule, in

29  conjunction with applicable public agencies, the methods for

30  collecting data and the "911" fee.

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  1         Section 6.  Section 110.1521, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         110.1521  Short title.--This section Sections

  4  110.1521-110.1523 may be cited as the "Family Support

  5  Personnel Policies Act."

  6         (1)  The Department of Management Services shall

  7  develop a model rule establishing family support personnel

  8  policies for all executive branch agencies, excluding the

  9  State University System.  "Family support personnel policies,"

10  for purposes of this section means personnel policies

11  affecting employees' ability to both work and devote care and

12  attention to their families and includes policies on flexible

13  hour work schedules, compressed time, job sharing, part-time

14  employment, maternity or paternity leave for employees with a

15  newborn or newly adopted child, and paid and unpaid family or

16  administrative leave for family responsibilities.

17         (2)  The model rule shall be effective 20 days after

18  having been filed with the Department of State and shall

19  become part of the personnel rules of all applicable state

20  agencies 150 days after the effective date of the rule to the

21  extent that each agency does not, subsequent to such effective

22  date, adopt a rule that sets forth the intent to specifically

23  amend all or part of such model rule.  Any employee or

24  organization representing employees shall be considered a

25  party for purposes of any rule required by this section,

26  notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120 to the contrary.

27         Section 7.  Section 110.1522, Florida Statutes, is

28  repealed.

29         Section 8.  Section 110.1523, Florida Statutes, is

30  repealed.

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  1         Section 9.  Subsection (3) of section 110.117, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         110.117  Paid holidays.--

  4         (3)  Each full-time employee is eligible for entitled

  5  to one personal day holiday each year. Each part-time employee

  6  is eligible for entitled to a personal day holiday each year

  7  which shall be calculated proportionately to the personal day

  8  holiday allowed to a full-time employee. Such personal day

  9  holiday shall be credited to eligible employees on July 1 of

10  each year to be taken prior to June 30 of the following year.

11  Members of the teaching and research faculty of the State

12  University System and administrative and professional

13  positions exempted under s. 110.205(2)(d) are not eligible for

14  this benefit.

15         Section 10.  Section 110.122, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         110.122  Terminal payment for accumulated sick leave.--

18         (1)  All state branches, departments, and agencies

19  which have the authority to establish or approve personnel

20  policies for employees and to employ personnel and establish

21  the conditions of their employment shall establish policies to

22  provide terminal "incentive" pay for accumulated and unused

23  sick leave to each employee upon normal or regular retirement

24  for reason other than disability or upon termination of

25  employment, or to the employee's beneficiary if service is

26  terminated by death, provided such retirement, termination, or

27  death occurs after 10 years of creditable state employment.

28         (2)  The employing entity shall establish and publish

29  rules governing the accumulation and use of sick leave and

30  maintain accurate and reliable records showing the amount of

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  1  sick leave which has accumulated and is unused by the employee

  2  at the time of retirement, death, or termination.

  3         (3)  The payments authorized by this section shall be

  4  determined by using the rate of pay received by the employee

  5  at the time of retirement, termination, or death, applied to

  6  the sick leave time for which the employee is qualified to

  7  receive terminal "incentive" pay under the rules adopted by

  8  the department pursuant to the provisions of this section.

  9  Rules and policies adopted pursuant to this section shall

10  permit terminal pay for sick leave equal to one-eighth of all

11  unused sick leave credit accumulated prior to October 1, 1973,

12  plus one-fourth of all unused sick leave accumulated on or

13  after October 1, 1973. However, terminal pay allowable for

14  unused sick leave accumulated on or after October 1, 1973,

15  shall not exceed a maximum of 480 hours of actual payment.

16  Employees shall be required to use all sick leave accumulated

17  prior to October 1, 1973, before using sick leave accumulated

18  on or after October 1, 1973.

19         (4)  The payments made pursuant to this section shall

20  not be considered in any state-administered retirement system

21  as salary payments and shall not be used in determining the

22  average final compensation of an employee in any

23  state-administered retirement system.

24         (5)  Any otherwise eligible employee:

25         (a)  Who is found guilty in a court of competent

26  jurisdiction of committing, aiding, or abetting any

27  embezzlement or theft from the employee's employer or bribery

28  in connection with the employment, committed prior to

29  retirement or 10-year normal creditable termination;

30         (b)  Whose employment is terminated by reason of the

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  2  bribery;

  3         (c)  Who, prior to 10-year normal creditable

  4  termination or retirement is adjudged by a court of competent

  5  jurisdiction to have violated any state law against strikes by

  6  public employees; or

  7         (d)  Who has been found guilty by a court of competent

  8  jurisdiction of violating any state law prohibiting strikes by

  9  public employees,

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11  shall forfeit all rights and benefits under this section. An

12  employee whose employment terminates as a result of an act

13  committed subject to this subsection shall not be given credit

14  for unused sick leave accumulated prior to termination should

15  the employee be reemployed at a later date.

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises provisions of law relating to the Department of
  4    Management Services to:
           1.  Provide an exception to competitive bidding
  5    requirements for those leases negotiated pursuant to a
      department pilot project for a contracted tenant broker
  6    to assist state agencies in locating suitable private
      sector leases.
  7         2.  Provide for negotiation of replacement leases
      for currently occupied space under described
  8    circumstances.
           3.  Permit agencies to negotiate leases in
  9    designated Front Porch Communities without competitive
      bidding.
10         4.  Provide for the rental of permit parking spaces
      in addition to reserved parking spaces.
11         5.  Authorize emergency medical services
      organizations to purchase under state term contracts.
12         6.  Remove obsolete language regarding "911" fee
      billing, authorize the Public Service Commission to
13    enforce the remittance of the collected "911" fee to the
      county, and to provide the department with rulemaking
14    authority for establishing the methods for collecting
      date and the "911" fee.
15         7.  Provide that state employees who terminate
      employment for reasons of disability shall be eligible
16    for payment of accumulated and unused sick leave.

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