Senate Bill sb2488c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 2488

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Lynn





    596-2274-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to contracts of the Department

  3         of Transportation; creating s. 337.183, F.S.;

  4         creating dispute review boards to hear claims

  5         arising out of department construction

  6         contracts and recommend resolutions prior to

  7         submitting claims to arbitration; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 337.183, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         337.183  Dispute review boards.--To further facilitate

15  the prompt settlement of claims arising out of construction

16  contracts between the department and the contractors with whom

17  it transacts business and as a preliminary stage before

18  invocation of the services of the State Arbitration Board

19  under s. 337.185, a dispute review board shall be convened to

20  examine such claims and recommend a solution to the parties. A

21  dispute review board shall be composed of one member chosen by

22  the department, one member chosen by the contractor, and one

23  member chosen by the other two. Proceedings of a dispute

24  review board are open to the public, and notice must be given

25  to the local jurisdiction in which the contract work is

26  performed. The board shall review the contract and any

27  documentation relating to the contract and may hear testimony

28  from any party to the contract or from the local jurisdiction

29  in which the contract work is performed. If the parties do not

30  accept the recommendation of the board, the dispute shall

31  proceed to arbitration under s. 337.185.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 2488
    596-2274-05




 1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 4                         Senate Bill 2488

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 6  This CS amends s. 337.183, F.S., to delete the requirement for
    a representative of local government to be a member of the
 7  dispute review board. The CS requires the local government to
    be notified of the board's proceedings and allows the local
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