Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1928
                        Barcode 932482
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11  The Committee on Governmental Operations (Posey) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
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19         Section 10.  Subsection (3) of section 336.41, Florida
20  Statutes, is amended to read:
21         336.41  Counties; employing labor and providing road
22  equipment; accounting; when competitive bidding required.--
23         (3)  All construction and reconstruction of roads and
24  bridges, including resurfacing, full scale mineral seal
25  coating, and major bridge and bridge system repairs, to be
26  performed utilizing the proceeds of the 80-percent portion of
27  the surplus of the constitutional gas tax shall be let to
28  contract to the lowest responsible bidder by competitive bid,
29  except for:
30         (a)  Construction and maintenance in emergency
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    Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1928
                        Barcode 932482
 1         (b)  In addition to emergency work, construction and
 2  reconstruction, including resurfacing, mineral seal coating,
 3  and bridge repairs, having a total cumulative annual value not
 4  to exceed 5 percent of its 80-percent portion of the
 5  constitutional gas tax or $400,000  $250,000, whichever is
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 7         (c)  Construction of sidewalks, curbing, accessibility
 8  ramps or appurtenances incidental to roads and bridges where
 9  each project is estimated in accordance with generally
10  accepted cost-accounting principles to have total construction
11  project costs of less than $400,000, or as adjusted by the
12  percentage change in the Construction Cost Index from January
13  1, 2008,
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15  for which the county may utilize its own forces. However, if,
16  after proper advertising, no bids are received by a county for
17  a specific project, the county may use its own forces to
18  construct the project, notwithstanding the limitation of this
19  subsection. Nothing in this section shall prevent the county
20  from performing routine maintenance as authorized by law.
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