Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1080
Barcode 312322
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/09/2013 .
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The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Hays) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 255.20, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 255.20 Local bids and contracts for public construction
8 works; specification of state-produced lumber.—
9 (3)(a) All county officials, boards of county
10 commissioners, school boards, city councils, city commissioners,
11 and all other public officers of state boards or commissions
12 that are charged with the letting of contracts for public work,
13 for the construction of public bridges, buildings, and other
14 structures must specify in the contract lumber, timber, and
15 other forest products produced and manufactured in this state,
16 if wood is a component of the public work, and if such products
17 are available and their price, fitness, and quality are equal.
18 (b) This subsection does not apply:
19 1. To plywood specified for monolithic concrete forms.,
20 2. If the structural or service requirements for timber for
21 a particular job cannot be supplied by native species., or
22 3. If the construction is financed in whole or in part from
23 federal funds with the requirement that there be no restrictions
24 as to species or place of manufacture.
25 4. To transportation projects for which federal aid funds
26 are available.
27 Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 255.2575,
28 Florida Statutes, to read:
29 255.2575 Energy-efficient and sustainable buildings.—
30 (4)(a) All state agencies, county officials, boards of
31 county commissioners, school boards, city councils, city
32 commissioners, and all other public officers of state boards or
33 commissions that are charged with the letting of contracts for
34 public work, for the construction of public bridges, buildings,
35 and other structures must specify in the contract lumber,
36 timber, and other forest products produced and manufactured in
37 this state, if wood is a component of the public work, and if
38 such products are available and their price, fitness, and
39 quality are equal.
40 (b) This subsection does not apply:
41 1. To plywood specified for monolithic concrete forms.
42 2. If the structural or service requirements for timber for
43 a particular job cannot be supplied by native species.
44 3. If the construction is financed in whole or in part from
45 federal funds with the requirement that there be no restrictions
46 as to species or place of manufacture.
47 4. To transportation projects for which federal aid funds
48 are available.
49 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
50 255.257, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
51 255.257 Energy management; buildings occupied by state
52 agencies.—
53 (4) ADOPTION OF STANDARDS.—
54 (a) Each All state agency agencies shall use adopt a
55 sustainable building rating system or use a national model green
56 building code for each all new building buildings and renovation
57 renovations to an existing building buildings.
58 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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60 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
61 And the title is amended as follows:
62 Delete everything before the enacting clause
63 and insert:
64 A bill to be entitled
65 An act relating to public construction projects;
66 amending ss. 255.20 and 255.2575, F.S.; requiring
67 governmental entities to specify certain products
68 associated with public works projects; providing for
69 applicability; amending s. 255.257, F.S.; requiring
70 state agencies to use certain building rating systems
71 and building codes for each new construction and
72 renovation project; providing an effective date.