Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/31/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Altman) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 84
    4  and insert:
    5  (c) Any contractor may be considered ineligible to bid by the
    6  governmental entity if the contractor has been found guilty by a
    7  court of violations of federal labor or employment tax laws
    8  regarding subjects such as safety, tax withholding, workers’
    9  compensation, unemployment tax, Social Security and Medicare
   10  tax, wage or hour, or prevailing rate laws within the past 5
   11  years.
   12         (d)(c) The provisions of this subsection do not apply:
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   15         And the title is amended as follows:
   16         Delete line 3
   17  and insert:
   18  amending s. 255.20, F.S.; specifying additional circumstances
   19  under which a contractor may be considered ineligible to bid;
   20  revising exceptions to the