| 1 | Representative(s) Bogdanoff offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 678 and 679, insert: |
| 5 | Section 17. Subsection (3) of section 255.248, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is added to read: |
| 7 | 255.248 Definitions; ss. 255.249 and 255.25.--The |
| 8 | following definitions shall apply when used in ss. 255.249 and |
| 9 | 255.25: |
| 10 | (3) The term "competitive solicitation" shall mean an |
| 11 | invitation to bid, a request for proposals, or an invitation to |
| 12 | negotiate. |
| 13 | Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
| 14 | 255.249, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 255.249 Department of Management Services; responsibility; |
| 16 | department rules.-- |
| 17 | (4) The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to |
| 18 | chapter 120 providing: |
| 19 | (b) Procedures for soliciting and accepting competitive |
| 20 | solicitations proposals for leased space of 5,000 square feet or |
| 21 | more in privately owned buildings, for evaluating the proposals |
| 22 | received, for exemption from competitive solicitation bidding |
| 23 | requirements of any lease the purpose of which is the provision |
| 24 | of care and living space for persons or emergency space needs as |
| 25 | provided in s. 255.25(10), and for the securing of at least |
| 26 | three documented quotes for a lease that is not required to be |
| 27 | competitively bid. |
| 28 | Section 19. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 29 | 255.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 30 | 255.25 Approval required prior to construction or lease of |
| 31 | buildings.-- |
| 32 | (3)(a) Except as provided in subsection (10), no state |
| 33 | agency shall enter into a lease as lessee for the use of 5,000 |
| 34 | square feet or more of space in a privately owned building |
| 35 | except upon advertisement for and receipt of competitive |
| 36 | solicitations bids and award to the lowest and best lessor that |
| 37 | provides the best overall value to the state bidder. The |
| 38 | Department of Management Services shall have the authority to |
| 39 | approve a lease for 5,000 square feet or more of space that |
| 40 | covers more than 1 fiscal year, subject to the provisions of ss. |
| 41 | 216.311, 255.2501, 255.2502, and 255.2503, if such lease is, in |
| 42 | the judgment of the department, in the best interests of the |
| 43 | state. This paragraph does not apply to buildings or facilities |
| 44 | of any size leased for the purpose of providing care and living |
| 45 | space for persons. |
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| 48 | ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ============= |
| 49 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 50 | A bill to be entitled |
| 51 | An act relating to public property and publicly owned |
| 52 | buildings; amending s. 218.70, F.S.; providing a popular |
| 53 | name; amending s. 218.72, F.S.; redefining terms used in |
| 54 | pt. VII of ch. 218, F.S.; amending s. 218.735, F.S.; |
| 55 | revising provisions relating to timely payment for |
| 56 | purchases of construction services; revising deadlines for |
| 57 | payment; providing procedures for project closeout and |
| 58 | payment of retainage; providing requirements for local |
| 59 | government construction retainage; providing exceptions; |
| 60 | creating s. 255.0705, F.S.; providing a popular name; |
| 61 | amending s. 255.071, F.S.; revising deadlines for the |
| 62 | payment of subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, |
| 63 | materialmen, and suppliers on construction contracts for |
| 64 | public projects; creating ss. 255.072, 255.073, 255.074, |
| 65 | 255.075, 255.076, 255.077, and 255.078, F.S.; providing |
| 66 | definitions; providing for timely payment for purchases of |
| 67 | construction services by a public entity; providing |
| 68 | procedures for calculating payment due dates; authorizing |
| 69 | the collection of interest under certain circumstances; |
| 70 | providing for an award of court costs and attorney's fees; |
| 71 | providing for project closeout and payment of retainage; |
| 72 | providing exceptions; amending s. 255.05, F.S.; providing |
| 73 | requirements for certain notices of nonpayment served by a |
| 74 | claimant who is not in privity with the contractor; |
| 75 | providing limitations on a claimant's institution of |
| 76 | certain actions against a contractor or surety; amending |
| 77 | s. 287.0585, F.S.; providing an exemption for contractors |
| 78 | making late payment to subcontractors when the contract is |
| 79 | subject to the "Prompt Payment Act"; amending s. 95.11, |
| 80 | F.S., to conform a cross reference; providing that |
| 81 | specified sections of the act do not apply to certain |
| 82 | pending contracts and projects; amending s. 255.248, F.S.; |
| 83 | revising definitions; amending s. 255.249, F.S.; revising |
| 84 | provisions relating to responsibilities of the Department |
| 85 | of Management services; amending s. 255.25, F.S.; revising |
| 86 | provisions relating to approval of certain leases; |
| 87 | providing an effective date. |