| 1 | The Local Government Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the South Broward Drainage District, |
| 7 | Broward County; amending chapter 98-524, Laws of Florida; |
| 8 | amending the amount for which advertisement for bids is |
| 9 | required for the procurement by the district of |
| 10 | contractual services and purchase of goods, supplies, and |
| 11 | materials to comply with state statutory requirements; |
| 12 | providing for recording of the act; providing |
| 13 | severability; providing an 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. Subsection (1) of section 53 of section 2 of |
| 18 | chapter 98-524, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 19 | Section 53. Procurement of contractual services and |
| 20 | purchase of goods, supplies, and materials.-- |
| 21 | (1) All contracts let by the board for professional |
| 22 | architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or land |
| 23 | surveying services for any project authorized by chapter 98-524, |
| 24 | Laws of Florida, as amended, this act shall be in compliance |
| 25 | with section s. 287.055, Florida Statutes, as amended. Except as |
| 26 | stated herein and as provided by section s. 287.055, Florida |
| 27 | Statutes, as amended, no contract shall be let by the board for |
| 28 | the construction or maintenance of any improvements authorized |
| 29 | under chapter 98-524, Laws of Florida, as amended this act, nor |
| 30 | shall any goods, supplies, or materials be purchased when the |
| 31 | amount thereof to be paid by the district shall exceed the |
| 32 | threshold amount provided in section 287.017(1), Florida |
| 33 | Statutes, as amended, for CATEGORY TWO $10,000, unless notice of |
| 34 | bids shall be advertised once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in |
| 35 | a newspaper in general circulation in Broward County, and in |
| 36 | each case the bid of the lowest responsible bidder shall be |
| 37 | accepted, unless all bids are rejected because the bids are too |
| 38 | high. The board may require the bidders to furnish bond with |
| 39 | responsible surety to be approved by the board. Nothing in this |
| 40 | section shall prevent the board from undertaking and performing |
| 41 | the construction, operation, and maintenance of any project, |
| 42 | facility, or improvements authorized under chapter 98-524, Laws |
| 43 | of Florida, as amended, this act by the employment of labor, |
| 44 | material, and machinery. |
| 45 | Section 2. A certified copy of this act shall be recorded |
| 46 | in the Broward County Public Records by the South Broward |
| 47 | Drainage District. |
| 48 | Section 3. If any provision of this act or the application |
| 49 | thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
| 50 | invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of |
| 51 | the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
| 52 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
| 53 | declared severable. |
| 54 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |