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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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11  Senator Garcia moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 81, line 11, through page 82, line 21, delete

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18         Section 38.  Subsection (2) of section 413.033, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         413.033  Definitions.--As used in ss. 413.032-413.037:

21         (2)  "Other severely handicapped" and "severely

22  handicapped individuals" mean an individual or class of

23  individuals under a physical or mental disability other than

24  blindness, which, according to criteria established by the

25  department commission created in s. 413.034, after

26  consultation with appropriate entities of the state and taking

27  into account the views of nongovernmental entities

28  representing the handicapped, constitutes a substantial

29  handicap to employment and is of such a nature as to prevent

30  the individual under such disability from currently engaging

31  in normal competitive employment.

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  1         Section 39.  Section 413.035, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         413.035  Duties and powers of the department

  4  commission.--

  5         (1)  It shall be the duty of the department commission

  6  to determine the market price of all products and services

  7  offered for sale to the various agencies of the state by any

  8  qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely

  9  handicapped.  The price shall recover for the nonprofit agency

10  the cost of raw materials, labor, overhead, and delivery, but

11  without profit, and shall be revised from time to time in

12  accordance with changing cost factors.  The department

13  commission shall make such rules and regulations regarding

14  specifications, time of delivery, and assignment of products

15  and services to be supplied by nonprofit agencies for the

16  blind or by agencies for the other severely handicapped, with

17  priority for assignment of products to agencies for the blind,

18  authorization of a central nonprofit agency to facilitate the

19  allocation of orders among qualified nonprofit agencies for

20  the blind, authorization of a central nonprofit agency to

21  facilitate the allocation of orders among qualified nonprofit

22  agencies for other severely handicapped, and other relevant

23  matters of procedure as shall be necessary to carry out the

24  purposes of this act.  The department commission shall

25  authorize the purchase of products and services elsewhere when

26  requisitions cannot reasonably be complied with through the

27  nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely

28  handicapped.

29         (2)  The department commission shall establish and

30  publish a list of products and services provided by any

31  qualified nonprofit agency for the blind and any nonprofit

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  1  agency for the other severely handicapped, which the

  2  department commission determines are suitable for procurement

  3  by agencies of the state pursuant to this act.  This

  4  procurement list and revision thereof shall be distributed to

  5  all purchasing officers of the state and its political

  6  subdivisions. All products offered for purchase to a state

  7  agency by a qualified nonprofit agency shall have significant

  8  value added by blind or severely handicapped persons, as

  9  determined by the department.

10         Section 40.  Section 413.036, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         413.036  Procurement of services by agencies; authority

13  of department commission.--

14         (1)  If any agency intends to procure any product or

15  service on the procurement list, that agency shall, in

16  accordance with rules and regulations of the department

17  commission, procure such product or service at the price

18  established by the department commission from a qualified

19  nonprofit agency for the blind or for the other severely

20  handicapped if the product or service is available within a

21  reasonable delivery time.  This act shall not apply in any

22  case in which products or services are available for

23  procurement from any agency of the state and procurement

24  therefrom is required under the provision of any law currently

25  in effect.  However, this act shall have precedence over any

26  law requiring state agency procurement of products or services

27  from any other nonprofit corporation unless such precedence is

28  waived by the department commission in accordance with its

29  rules.

30         (2)  The provisions of part I of chapter 287 do not

31  apply to any purchase of commodities or contractual services

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  1  made by any legislative, executive, or judicial agency of the

  2  state from a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or for

  3  the other severely handicapped.

  4         (3)  If, pursuant to a contract between any

  5  legislative, executive, or judicial agency of the state and

  6  any private contract vendor, a product or service is required

  7  by the Department of Management Services or on behalf of any

  8  state agency that is included on the procurement list

  9  established by the commission pursuant to s. 413.035(2), the

10  contract must contain the following language:

11         "IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT ANY

12  ARTICLES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF, OR REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT,

13  THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE PURCHASED FROM A NONPROFIT AGENCY FOR

14  THE BLIND OR FOR THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED THAT IS QUALIFIED

15  PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 413, FLORIDA STATUTES, IN THE SAME MANNER

16  AND UNDER THE SAME PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SECTION 413.036(1)

17  AND (2), FLORIDA STATUTES; AND FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CONTRACT

18  THE PERSON, FIRM, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY CARRYING OUT THE

19  PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE SUBSTITUTED

20  FOR THE STATE AGENCY INSOFAR AS DEALINGS WITH SUCH QUALIFIED

21  NONPROFIT AGENCY ARE CONCERNED."

22         (4)  No similar product or service of comparable price

23  and quality found necessary for use by any state agency may be

24  purchased from any source other than the nonprofit agency for

25  the blind or for the severely handicapped if the nonprofit

26  agency certifies that the product is manufactured or supplied

27  by, or the service is provided by, the blind or the severely

28  handicapped and the product or service meets the comparable

29  performance specifications and comparable price and quality

30  requirements as determined by the department or an agency. The

31  purchasing authority of any such state agency may make

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  1  reasonable determinations of need, price, and quality with

  2  reference to products or services available from the nonprofit

  3  agency.

  4         Section 41.  Section 413.037, Florida Statutes, is

  5  amended to read:

  6         413.037  Cooperation with department commission

  7  required; duties of state agencies.--

  8         (1)  In furtherance of the purposes of this act and in

  9  order to contribute to the economy of state government, it is

10  the intent of the Legislature that there be close cooperation

11  between the department commission and any agency of the state

12  from which procurement of products or services is required

13  under the provision of any law currently in effect.  The

14  department commission and any such agency of the state are

15  authorized to enter into such contractual agreements,

16  cooperative working relationships, or other arrangements as

17  may be determined to be necessary for effective coordination

18  and efficient realization of the objectives of this act and

19  any other law requiring procurement of products or services

20  from any agency of the state.

21         (2)  The department commission may secure directly from

22  any agency of the state information necessary to enable it to

23  carry out this act.  Upon request of the department chair of

24  the commission, the head of the agency shall furnish such

25  information to the department commission.

26         (3)  Space shall be set aside in the State Capitol for

27  the purpose of exhibiting products produced by clients of

28  rehabilitation-oriented agencies of the state.

29         Section 42.  Section 413.034, Florida Statutes, is

30  repealed.

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  1  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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  5  And the title is amended as follows:

  6         On page 5, lines 16 through 20, delete those lines

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  8  and insert:

  9         s. 413.033, F.S.; revising a definition;

10         amending s. 413.035, F.S.; providing content

11         requirements for certain products; providing

12         that the Department of Management Services will

13         assume the commission's duties; clarifying and

14         conforming changes; amending s. 413.036, F.S.;

15         providing that ch. 287, F.S., does not apply to

16         purchases made from specified nonprofit

17         agencies; specifying provisions required to be

18         contained in certain state contracts; limiting

19         purchases of products or services by state

20         agencies from sources other than the nonprofit

21         agency for the blind or severely handicapped

22         under certain circumstances; amending s.

23         413.037, F.S.; clarifying and conforming

24         changes; repealing s. 413.034, F.S., relating

25         to the commission for purchase from the blind

26         or other severely handicapped; providing an

27         effective

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