Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 934
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 31 - 94
    4  and insert:
    5         1. Imposes requirements, controls, or limitations on
    6  staffing, sources of employee referrals, assignments of work,
    7  sources of insurance or benefits, including health, life, and
    8  disability insurance and retirement pensions, or training; or
    9         2. Requires a contractor to enter into any sort of
   10  agreement as a condition of submitting a bid that directly or
   11  indirectly limits or requires the contractor to recruit, train,
   12  or hire employees from a particular source to perform work on
   13  public works or a public works project.
   14         (c) “Public works” or “public works project” means a
   15  building, road, street, sewer, storm drain, water system, site
   16  development, irrigation system, reclamation project, gas or
   17  electrical distribution system, gas or electrical substation, or
   18  other facility, project, or portion thereof, including repair,
   19  renovation, or remodeling, owned, in whole or in part, by any
   20  political subdivision that is to be paid for in whole or in part
   21  with state funds.
   22         (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or as required
   23  by federal or state law, the state or any political subdivision
   24  that contracts for the construction, maintenance, repair, or
   25  improvement of public works may not require that a contractor,
   26  subcontractor, or material supplier or carrier engaged in the
   27  construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of public
   28  works:
   29         1. Provide employees a specified type, amount, or rate of
   30  employee benefits;
   31         2. Control or limit staffing;
   32         3. Recruit, train, or hire employees from a designated or
   33  single source;
   34         4. Designate any particular assignment of work for
   35  employees; or
   36         5. Enter into any type of project labor agreement.
   37         (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the payment of
   38  prevailing or minimum wages to persons working on projects
   39  funded in whole or in part by federal funds is required under
   40  federal law.
   41         (3) The state or any political subdivision that contracts
   42  for the construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of
   43  public works may not require or prohibit a contractor,
   44  subcontractor, or material supplier or carrier engaged in the
   45  construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of public
   46  works from executing or otherwise becoming a party to any
   47  agreement with employees, their representatives, or any labor
   48  organization as described in 29 U.S.C. s. 152(5) and 42 U.S.C.
   49  s. 2000e(d), including any area-wide, regional, or state
   50  building or construction trade or crafts council, organization,
   51  association, or similar body, as a condition of bidding,
   52  negotiating, being awarded any bid or contract, or performing
   53  work on a public works project.
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   55  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   56  And the title is amended as follows:
   57         Delete lines 8 - 10
   58  and insert:
   59         carriers; providing an exception; providing an