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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    567-187AX3-32                                 Bill No. HB 1977

    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Wallace offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 68, between lines 2 and 3,

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17         Section 25.  Section 413.036, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         413.036  Procurement of services by agencies; authority

20  of commission.--

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

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

23  accordance with rules and regulations of the commission,

24  procure such product or service at the price established by

25  the commission from a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind

26  or for the other severely handicapped if the product or

27  service is available within a reasonable delivery time.  This

28  act shall not apply in any case in which products or services

29  are available for procurement from any agency of the state and

30  procurement therefrom is required under the provision of any

31  law currently in effect.  However, this act shall have

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  1  precedence over any law requiring state agency procurement of

  2  products or services from any other nonprofit corporation

  3  unless such precedence is waived by the commission in

  4  accordance with its rules.

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

  6  apply to any purchase of commodities or contractual services

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

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

  9  the other severely handicapped.

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

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

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

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

14  state agency that is included on the procurement list

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

16  contract must contain the following language:

17         "IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT ANY

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

19  THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE PURCHASED FROM A NONPROFIT AGENCY FOR

20  THE BLIND OR FOR THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED THAT IS QUALIFIED

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

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

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

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

25  PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE SUBSTITUTED

26  FOR THE STATE AGENCY INSOFAR AS DEALINGS WITH SUCH QUALIFIED

27  NONPROFIT AGENCY ARE CONCERNED."

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31  And the title is amended as follows:

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  4         amending s. 413.036, F.S.; providing that ch.

  5         287, F.S., does not apply to purchases made

  6         from certain nonprofit agencies; specifying

  7         provisions required to be contained in certain

  8         state procurement contracts;

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