Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 7036
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       
       
       
       
       
       585-01765-16                                          20167036__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school district purchasing;
    3         amending s. 1010.04, F.S.; requiring each district
    4         school board to use certain agreements and contracts
    5         for purchasing nonacademic commodities and contractual
    6         services under certain circumstances; requiring a
    7         district school board to post a written justification
    8         for certain determinations on the board’s website;
    9         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. Subsection (1) of section 1010.04, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         1010.04 Purchasing.—
   16         (1)(a) Purchases and leases by school districts and Florida
   17  College System institutions shall comply with the requirements
   18  of law and rules of the State Board of Education.
   19         (b) For purchasing nonacademic commodities and contractual
   20  services, each district school board must use the purchasing
   21  agreements and state term contracts available under s. 287.056,
   22  unless the district school board determines that it is not to
   23  the economic advantage of that school district to use the
   24  agreements and contracts. For each determination that the
   25  agreements and contracts are not to the economic advantage of
   26  the school district, the district school board must provide a
   27  written statement justifying such determination and post the
   28  statement on the district school board’s website.
   29         (c)(b) Purchases and leases by state universities shall
   30  comply with the requirements of law and regulations of the Board
   31  of Governors.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.