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