House Bill hb1483

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1483

        By Representative Peterman






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to water management district

  3         minority and woman-owned business contracting;

  4         amending s. 373.607, F.S.; authorizing the

  5         South Florida Water Management District to

  6         provide financial incentives to prime

  7         contractors who increase participation of

  8         minority and woman-owned businesses as

  9         subcontractors; providing a definition;

10         providing for contract criteria; providing an

11         appropriation; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 373.607, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         373.607  Minority business enterprise procurement

18  goals; implementation of recommendations.--

19         (1)  Each water management district, as created in this

20  chapter, may implement the recommendations from any study

21  conducted pursuant to chapter 91-162, Laws of Florida, to

22  achieve minority business enterprise procurement goals.

23         (2)  To assist the South Florida Water Management

24  District in increasing participation of locally owned minority

25  and woman-owned businesses at the subcontractor level, the

26  South Florida Water Management District is authorized to

27  provide financial incentives to prime contractors who

28  successfully increase the utilization of such businesses under

29  their contracts. For purposes of this section, "locally owned"

30  means businesses owned, located, and operated in an area

31  geographically close to where the work pursuant to the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1483

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  1  contract will be performed. Such financial incentives shall be

  2  payable to the prime contractor only upon successful

  3  completion of the contract and after meeting criteria

  4  established by the South Florida Water Management District

  5  documenting that minority and woman-owned business

  6  participation in such contract was increased as a result of

  7  greater efforts and involvement by the prime contractor to

  8  obtain such participation. The South Florida Water Management

  9  District may develop specific criteria and guidelines for each

10  contract.

11         Section 2.  There is hereby appropriated the sum of $2

12  million dollars from the General Revenue Fund to the South

13  Florida Water Management District to implement provisions of

14  this act.

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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18                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the South Florida Water Management District to
20    provide financial incentives for contractors utilizing
      locally owned minority and woman-owned businesses as
21    subcontractors. Defines "locally owned." Authorizes the
      water management district to develop criteria for
22    documenting increased contract participation by such
      subcontractors. Provides an appropriation.
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