Senate Bill sb0120

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 120

    By Senator Wise





    5-158-06                                                See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to contractual access and use

  3         of electronic and information technology for

  4         persons with disabilities; creating s.

  5         287.1346, F.S.; requiring contractors to comply

  6         with certain federally mandated Internet

  7         accessibility requirements for persons with

  8         disabilities; specifying contract requirements;

  9         specifying conditions for breach and

10         termination of a contract; requiring state

11         agencies to comply with such federal

12         requirements under certain circumstances;

13         requiring the Department of Management Services

14         to adopt rules; providing an effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Section 287.1346, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         287.1346  Contractual access and use of electronic and

21  information technology for persons with disabilities; rules.--

22         (1)  Any private contractor which contracts with an

23  agency to sell commodities or services to the state shall

24  comply with the provisions of section 508 of the

25  Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. s. 794(d).

26  Each contract entered into between an agency and a private

27  contractor must contain a requirement that the private

28  contractor comply with the provisions of section 508 of the

29  Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. s. 794(d).

30  Failure by a private contractor to comply with such provisions

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 120
    5-158-06                                                See HB




 1  shall be considered a breach of the contract and constitutes

 2  grounds for revocation of the contract.

 3         (2)  Each state agency shall comply with the provisions

 4  of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,

 5  29 U.S.C. s. 794(d), when contracting to purchase commodities

 6  or services and when conducting any agency activities relating

 7  to access and use of electronic information and technology.

 8         (3)  Pursuant to chapter 120, the department shall

 9  adopt any rules necessary to administer, implement, and

10  enforce this section.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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