Senate Bill sb1946

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1946

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-890-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public property; amending s.

  3         255.25, F.S.; exempting certain leases entered

  4         into by the Department of Management Services

  5         from leasing requirements under specified

  6         circumstances; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

11  255.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         255.25  Approval required prior to construction or

13  lease of buildings.--

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15         (b)  The Department of Management Services may approve

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

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

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

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

20  an agency still needs that space, it shall be procured by

21  competitive bid in accordance with s. 255.249(4)(b). However,

22  an agency that determines that it is in its best interest to

23  remain in the space it currently occupies may negotiate a

24  replacement lease with the lessor if an independent

25  comparative market analysis demonstrates that the rates

26  offered are within market rates for the space and the cost of

27  the new lease does not exceed the cost of a comparable lease

28  plus documented moving costs. A present-value analysis and the

29  consumer price index shall be used in the calculation of lease

30  costs. Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c), the Department of

31  Management Services may exempt the replacement lease from Rule

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1946
    20-890-02




  1  60H-1.007, Florida Administrative Code, if, upon complying

  2  with this paragraph, the cumulative cost of the new lease is

  3  at least 10 percent less than the cost of a comparable lease

  4  plus documented moving costs. The term of the replacement

  5  lease may not exceed the base term of the expiring lease.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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