HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 29-E
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Benson offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 35, line 16 of the bill
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16  insert:  Section 40.  In order to implement Specific
17  Appropriation 2746 of the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act
18  and other Specific Appropriations from the expense category as
19  defined in paragraph (n) of subsection (1) of section 216.011,
20  Florida Statutes, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
21  255.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22         255.25  Approval required prior to construction or
23  lease of buildings.--
24         (3)
25         (b) 1.  The Department of Management Services may
26  approve extensions of an existing lease of 5,000 square feet
27  or more of space if such extensions are determined to be in
28  the best interests of the state, but in no case shall the
29  total of such extensions exceed 11 months.  If at the end of
30  the 11th month an agency still needs that space, it shall be
31  procured by competitive bid in accordance with s.
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    File original & 9 copies    05/01/02                          
    hap0008                     07:30 pm         E0029-0117-101291

HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 29-E Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 255.249(4)(b). However, an agency that determines that it is 2 in its best interest to remain in the space it currently 3 occupies may negotiate a replacement lease with the lessor if 4 an independent comparative market analysis demonstrates that 5 the rates offered are within market rates for the space and 6 the cost of the new lease does not exceed the cost of a 7 comparable lease plus documented moving costs. A present-value 8 analysis and the consumer price index shall be used in the 9 calculation of lease costs. The term of the replacement lease 10 may not exceed the base term of the expiring lease. 11 2. For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, and 12 notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2)(c), the 13 Department of Management Services may exempt the replacement 14 lease from Rule 60H-1.007, Florida Administrative Code, if, 15 upon complying with this paragraph, the cumulative cost of the 16 new lease is at least 10 percent less than the cost of a 17 comparable lease plus documented moving costs. This 18 subparagraph expires July 1, 2003. 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 5, line 3, after the semicolon 24 25 insert: 26 amending s. 255.25, F.S.; exempting certain 27 leases entered into by the state agencies from 28 leasing requirements under specified 29 circumstances; 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/01/02 hap0008 07:30 pm E0029-0117-101291