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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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