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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 278

    By Senator Campbell





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the outsourcing of state

  3         jobs; providing legislative intent; defining

  4         the term "outsourcing"; creating the Study

  5         Commission on Effects of Outsourcing; providing

  6         for membership, reimbursement, and duties of

  7         the study commission; requiring state agencies

  8         to provide information requested by the study

  9         commission; requiring the commission to submit

10         a report and recommendations to the Governor

11         and to legislative leaders; providing for the

12         expiration of the commission; providing an

13         effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Study Commission on Effects of Outsourcing;

18  membership; reimbursement; duties.--It is the intent of the

19  Legislature to determine the effects of the practice of

20  replacing workers who reside in this state with lower-paid

21  foreign laborers. In accordance with that intent, there is

22  created the Study Commission on Effects of Outsourcing.

23         (1)  DEFINITION.--As used in this section, the term

24  "outsourcing" means the hiring of lower-paid workers who

25  reside outside the United States to perform jobs previously

26  performed by workers who reside in this state.

27         (2)  MEMBERSHIP.--The Study Commission on Effects of

28  Outsourcing is created and consists of seven members, of whom

29  three shall be appointed by the Governor, two shall be

30  appointed by the President of the Senate, and two shall be

31  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. At

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 1  least one of the members appointed by each must be registered

 2  to vote as a member of the political party that is the

 3  minority party in one of the state legislative chambers.

 4         (3)  REIMBURSEMENT.--Members of the Study Commission on

 5  Effects of Outsourcing shall serve without remuneration, but

 6  are entitled to reimbursement in accordance with section

 7  112.061, Florida Statutes, for per diem and travel expenses

 8  incurred in performing their duties in accordance with this

 9  section.

10         (4)  REPRESENTATION.--

11         (a)  Of the three members appointed by the Governor,

12  one must represent business interests, one must represent

13  Enterprise Florida, Inc., and one must represent the Agency

14  for Workforce Innovation.

15         (b)  Of the two members appointed by the President of

16  the Senate, one must represent business interests, and one

17  must represent the public.

18         (c)  Of the two members appointed by the Speaker of the

19  House of Representatives, one must represent business

20  interests, and one must represent the public.

21         (5)  SUBJECT OF STUDY.--The commission shall conduct a

22  study of outsourcing to evaluate:

23         (a)  The degree to which state contracts and any

24  subcontracts awarded under such contracts are being performed

25  at locations outside the United States.

26         (b)  The extent to which the process for making and

27  extending the state's commitments under the agreement on

28  government procurement of the World Trade Organization and

29  other international trade agreements is adequate to protect

30  legislative authority over state procurement.

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 1         (c)  The applicability of international trade

 2  agreements to state procurement policies.

 3         (d)  The compliance of signatories to such agreements

 4  with standards for international and state child labor,

 5  environmental protection, human rights, and labor.

 6         (e)  The effects of international trade agreements on

 7  domestic preferences adopted by signatories to such

 8  agreements.

 9         (f)  The economic benefit of awarding

10  personal-services, purchased-services, civil-service, and

11  public-works contracts to Florida companies, including, the

12  number of total employment positions; the number of full-time,

13  part-time, and temporary employment positions; the number of

14  full-time, part-time, and temporary employment positions as a

15  percent of total employment; the number of employment

16  positions earning, respectively, less than $20,000, between

17  $20,000 and $30,000, between $30,000 and $40,000, between

18  $40,000 and $50,000, between $50,000 and $60,000, and more

19  than $60,000; and the number of employment positions that have

20  employer-provided medical, dental, and retirement benefits, by

21  each of the wage increments.

22         (g)  The economic effects of performing work under

23  personal-services, purchased-services, civil-service, and

24  public-works contracts in this state, including the multiplier

25  effect on state and local tax revenues and the multiplier

26  effect on state and local employment levels.

27         (h)  The cost to the state of retraining workers who

28  are separated from employment because their positions have

29  been outsourced to locations outside the United States and the

30  eligibility of those workers for training benefits overseen by

31  the Agency for Workforce Innovation.

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 1         (i)  The extent to which state contracts performed at

 2  locations outside the United States involve the solicitation

 3  or disclosure of personal information.

 4         (j)  The relationship between the condition of the

 5  state's labor market, including the unemployment rate and

 6  implications for trade-dependent industries, and outsourcing

 7  decisions.

 8         (6)  AGENCY INFORMATION.--State agencies shall provide

 9  any information requested by the study commission in

10  conjunction with the performance of its duties, other than

11  information protected by a public records exemption or other

12  federal or state laws governing privacy rights.

13         (7)  REPORT.--The Study Commission on Effects of

14  Outsourcing shall report its findings and any recommendations

15  for proposed legislation to the Governor, the President of the

16  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

17  July 1, 2006.

18         (8)  EXPIRATION.--The Study Commission on Effects of

19  Outsourcing expires July 1, 2007.

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

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Creates the Study Commission on Effects of Outsourcing.
      Provides for the membership, reimbursement for per diem
25    and travel expenses, and duties of the study commission.
      Requires state agencies to provide pertinent information
26    requested by the study commission. Requires the
      commission to submit a report and recommendations to the
27    Governor and to legislative leaders by July 1, 2006.
      Provides for the expiration of the commission on July 1,
28    2007.

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