Florida Senate - 2015 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 778 Ì326826<Î326826 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD . 04/13/2015 11:52 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Latvala moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 19 - 38 4 and insert: 5 (1) As used in this section, the term “state-appropriated 6 funds” means funds designated for state fixed capital outlay 7 projects that are appropriated by the General Appropriations 8 Act. 9 (2) For a competitive solicitation for construction 10 services in which 50 percent or more of the cost will be paid 11 from state-appropriated funds, a state college, county, 12 municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of 13 the state may not use a local ordinance or regulation that 14 provides a preference based upon: 15 (a) The contractor’s maintaining an office or place of 16 business within a particular local jurisdiction; 17 (b) The contractor’s hiring employees or subcontractors 18 from within a particular local jurisdiction; or 19 (c) The contractor’s prior payment of local taxes, 20 assessments, or duties within a particular local jurisdiction. 21 (3) For any competitive solicitation that meets the 22 criteria in subsection (2), a state college, county, 23 municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of 24 the state shall disclose in the solicitation document that any 25 applicable local ordinance or regulation does not include any 26 restriction that is prohibited by subsection (2). 27 (4) Except as provided in subsection (2), this section does 28 29 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 Delete line 3 32 and insert: 33 preferences; creating s. 255.0991, F.S.; defining the 34 term “state-appropriated funds”; prohibiting