Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2462
                        Barcode 424590
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11  Senator Pruitt moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, between lines 26 and 27,
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17         Section 1.  Restoration activities for the Lake
18  Okeechobee Restoration Program managed by the Department of
19  Environmental Protection, the Department of Agriculture and
20  Consumer Services, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
21  Commission, or the South Florida Water Management District are
22  exempt from the competitive-procurement requirements in
23  section 287.057, Florida Statutes, and must comply with
24  section 377.11, Florida Statutes, to the extent that such
25  entities award proposed construction, operations, and
26  maintenance work to the lowest responsible bidder or the
27  lowest evaluated responsible bidder in a time-plus-money
28  contract.  The contract may provide for an incentive payment
29  to the contractor for early completion of the project or
30  critical phases of the work and for damages to be assessed
31  against the contractor for the completion of the project or
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    8:32 PM   04/18/05                             s2462c2c-28-s01

Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2462 Barcode 424590 1 critical phases of the work after the time specified for such 2 completion. Regardless of the option elected, the protest 3 procedures in section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, apply to 4 all such contracts. 5 6 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 7 8 9 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 10 And the title is amended as follows: 11 On page 1, lines 2 through 3, delete those lines, 12 13 and insert: 14 An act relating to water resource management; 15 exempting contracts relating to the Lake 16 Okeechobee Restoration Program that are 17 administered by the Department of Environmental 18 Protection, the Department of Agriculture and 19 Consumer Services, the Fish and Wildlife 20 Conservation Commission, or the South Florida 21 Water Management District from certain 22 contracting requirements; authorizing incentive 23 payments to the contractor for early 24 completion; authorizing damages against 25 contractor for tardy completion; applying 26 bid-protest procedures in s. 120.57(5), F.S., 27 to such contracts; amending s. 373.036, F.S.; 28 29 30 31 2 8:32 PM 04/18/05 s2462c2c-28-s01