Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 574 Ì824732$Î824732 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/10/2015 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Latvala) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (12) of section 6 1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The 8 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all 9 powers and perform all duties listed below: 10 (12) FINANCE.—Take steps to assure students adequate 11 educational facilities through the financial procedure 12 authorized in chapters 1010 and 1011 and as prescribed below: 13 (i) Contracts for materials, supplies, and services. 14 Contract for materials, supplies, and services needed for the 15 district school system. No contract for supplying these needs 16 shall be made with any member of the district school board, with 17 the district school superintendent, or with any business 18 organization in which any district school board member or the 19 district school superintendent has any financial interest 20 whatsoever. The district school board may adopt rules to 21 facilitate the efficient and effective procurement of materials, 22 supplies, and services, including the use of online procurement 23 and electronic auction services. For purposes of this paragraph, 24 the term “electronic auction services” means a competitive 25 procurement conducted on a centralized website using third-party 26 software, jointly managed by an approved vendor and the district 27 school board, for the purpose of obtaining competitive prices in 28 an auction environment. 29 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1006.27, Florida 30 Statutes, is amended to read: 31 1006.27 Pooling of school buses and related purchases by 32 district school boards; transportation services contracts.— 33 (1) The department shall assist district school boards in 34 securing school buses, contractual needs, equipment, and 35 supplies at as reasonable prices as possible by providing a plan 36 under which district school boards may voluntarily pool their 37 bids for such purchases. The department shall prepare bid forms 38 and specifications, obtain quotations of prices and make such 39 information available to district school boards in order to 40 facilitate this service and use electronic auction services, as 41 defined in s. 1001.42(12)(i), or other efficient procurement 42 tools. District schools may also use electronic auction services 43 or other efficient procurement tools for such purchases. 44 District school boards from time to time, as prescribed by State 45 Board of Education rule, shall furnish the department with 46 information concerning the prices paid for such items and the 47 department shall furnish to district school boards periodic 48 information concerning the lowest prices at which school buses, 49 equipment, and related supplies are available based upon 50 comparable specifications. 51 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015. 52 53 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 54 And the title is amended as follows: 55 Delete everything before the enacting clause 56 and insert: 57 A bill to be entitled 58 An act relating to electronic auction services; 59 amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; revising the powers and 60 duties of the district school board to authorize the 61 adoption of rules regarding procurement practices; 62 defining the term “electronic auction services”; 63 amending s. 1006.27, F.S.; authorizing a district 64 school board’s use of electronic auction services in 65 conjunction with bid pooling for school buses and 66 related purchases; providing an effective date.