Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1416
       
       
       
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       2-00867A-13                                           20131416__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to rehabilitation projects for
    3         petroleum contamination sites; amending s. 376.30711,
    4         F.S.; exempting competitive bids for site
    5         rehabilitation from certain statutory requirements;
    6         deleting provisions requiring the Department of
    7         Environmental Protection to preapprove costs or use
    8         performance-based contracts for site rehabilitation
    9         projects; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   14  376.30711, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         376.30711 Preapproved site rehabilitation, effective March
   16  29, 1995.—
   17         (2)(a) Competitive bidding pursuant to this section is
   18  shall not be subject to the requirements of s. 287.055 or s.
   19  287.0595. The department may is authorized to use competitive
   20  bid procedures or negotiated contracts for preapproving all
   21  costs and rehabilitation procedures for site-specific
   22  rehabilitation projects through performance-based contracts.
   23  Site rehabilitation shall be conducted according to the priority
   24  ranking order established pursuant to s. 376.3071(5).
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.