Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 386
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/24/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Bogdanoff) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (716756) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 35 - 54
    5  and insert:
    6  this state if the whenever such printing can be performed in
    7  this state done at no greater expense than the expense of
    8  awarding a contract to a vendor located outside the state and
    9  can be done at a level of quality comparable to that obtainable
   10  from the a vendor submitting the lowest bid located outside the
   11  state. The preference for the in-state bidder shall be:.
   12         (a) Equal to the preference granted by the state or
   13  political subdivision in which the lowest responsible and
   14  responsive vendor has its principal place of business; or
   15         (b) Five percent if the lowest bid is submitted by a vendor
   16  whose principal place of business is located outside the state
   17  and that state does not grant a preference in competitive
   18  solicitation to vendors having a principal place of business in
   19  that state.
   20         (2) Any vendor whose principal place of business is in
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   22         Delete lines 86 - 91
   23  and insert:
   24         (b) Paragraph (a) However, this section does not apply to
   25  transportation projects for which federal aid funds are
   26  available.
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 10 - 20
   31  and insert:
   32         percentages of preference to be granted; amending s.
   33         287.084, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, an
   34         agency, county, municipality, school district, or
   35         other political subdivision of the state in making
   36         purchases of personal property through competitive
   37         solicitation to award a preference to the lowest
   38         responsible and responsive vendor having a principal
   39         place of business within this state under specified
   40         circumstances; specifying the percentages of
   41         preference to be granted; providing an