| 1 | Representative Grant offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (420845) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | Remove line(s) 811-812 and insert: |
| 6 | Section 11. State government transparency; contracts.-- |
| 7 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
| 8 | (a) "Contract" means any legally binding agreement |
| 9 | executed by a state agency and a corporation or an individual |
| 10 | for the purchase of commodities or contractual services which |
| 11 | requires the expenditure of $25,000 or more. The term excludes |
| 12 | the contractual rights of state employees and retirees who are |
| 13 | members of the Florida Retirement System. |
| 14 | (b) "Corporation" means all corporations registered to do |
| 15 | business in this state, whether for profit or not for profit; |
| 16 | foreign corporations qualified to do business in this state or |
| 17 | actually doing business in this state, whether for profit or not |
| 18 | for profit; limited liability companies under chapter 608, |
| 19 | Florida Statutes; partnerships under chapter 620, Florida |
| 20 | Statutes; a sole proprietorship as defined in s. 440.02, Florida |
| 21 | Statutes; or any other legal business entity, whether for profit |
| 22 | or not for profit. |
| 23 | (c) "Expenditure" means a payment that a state agency |
| 24 | makes to a corporation or an individual under a contract. |
| 25 | (d) "Individual" means a person, but excludes an employee |
| 26 | of a state agency or an employee of the Federal Government while |
| 27 | acting in the capacity as employee. |
| 28 | (e) "State agency" means any of the various state |
| 29 | officers, departments, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, |
| 30 | and councils and any other unit of organization, however |
| 31 | designated, of the executive branch of state government, |
| 32 | including water management districts, university and college |
| 33 | boards of trustees, and the state universities and colleges. |
| 34 | (2) The Executive Office of the Governor is directed to |
| 35 | develop and maintain a portal linking to the state agency |
| 36 | contract expenditures report maintained by the Department of |
| 37 | Financial Services and required under this section. |
| 38 | (3)(a) The Department of Financial Services is directed to |
| 39 | develop and maintain a contract expenditures report that |
| 40 | provides the following information: |
| 41 | 1. The name of the state agency that is a party to a |
| 42 | contract; |
| 43 | 2. The name of each corporation or individual who is a |
| 44 | party to a contract and whether the corporation is a minority |
| 45 | business enterprise as defined in s. 288.703, Florida Statutes; |
| 46 | 3. The date, amount, and purpose of the contract; and |
| 47 | 4. Each expenditure made under the contract. |
| 48 | (b) The contract expenditures report must be maintained by |
| 49 | the department in a searchable website containing a navigation |
| 50 | bar that allows an individual having Internet access to search |
| 51 | for expenditure reports by governmental function, state agency, |
| 52 | or appropriation category. |
| 53 | (4)(a) Each state agency, excluding water management |
| 54 | districts, university and college boards of trustees, and the |
| 55 | state universities and colleges, shall record each contract |
| 56 | executed between the agency and a corporation or an individual |
| 57 | and each payment made under the contract along with the contract |
| 58 | number in the department's Florida Accounting and Information |
| 59 | Resources contract subsystem as provided in s. 215.94(2), |
| 60 | Florida Statutes. |
| 61 | (b) To the extent possible, each state agency shall |
| 62 | provide a link to an electronic copy of the contract. The |
| 63 | portion of a public record which is confidential or exempt from |
| 64 | inspection and copying shall be redacted prior to posting. |
| 65 | Section 12. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law |
| 66 | and shall apply to the 2008-2009 fiscal year and each fiscal |
| 67 | year thereafter. |
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| 70 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 71 | Remove line 44 and insert: |
| 72 | defining the terms "contract," "corporation," "expenditure," |
| 73 | "individual," and "state agency" for purposes of state |
| 74 | government contract reporting; providing that contractual rights |
| 75 | of state employees and retirees who are members of the Florida |
| 76 | Retirement System are not considered contracts; directing the |
| 77 | Executive Office of the Governor to develop and maintain a port |
| 78 | linking to the state agency contract expenditures report |
| 79 | maintained by the Department of Financial Services; directing |
| 80 | the department to develop and maintain a contract information |
| 81 | report containing specified information; directing that the |
| 82 | report be maintained by the department in a searchable website; |
| 83 | directing that access to the website be provided at no charge to |
| 84 | a user who has Internet access; directing each state agency to |
| 85 | record information relating to contracts between the agency and |
| 86 | a corporation or an individual; providing exceptions; directing |
| 87 | each state agency to record payment information on specified |
| 88 | contracts in the Florida Accounting and Information Resources |
| 89 | contract subsystem; requiring that electronic copies of |
| 90 | contracts be provided in certain circumstances; providing that |
| 91 | portions of public records that are confidential and exempt from |
| 92 | inspection and copying shall be redacted prior to posting; |
| 93 | providing applicability; providing an effective date. |