Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 954
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/13/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 42 - 53
    4  and insert:
    5  based on the lowest lifetime ownership costs over 5 years as
    6  determined by the Department of Management Services. On an
    7  annual basis, the department shall rank vehicles based on the
    8  lowest cost of ownership over 5 years using available industry
    9  data and publish the rankings on the department’s website. Any
   10  vehicle that is a sedan or a light truck and is purchased under
   11  a state purchasing plan must be ranked in the top five of the
   12  department’s rankings unless an exception is approved by the
   13  secretary of the department and the secretary states the reason
   14  for the exception. Law enforcement vehicles are exempt from the
   15  top-five ranking requirement for the greatest fuel efficiency
   16  available for a given use class when fuel economy data are
   17  available. Exceptions may be made for individual vehicles in
   18  paragraph (g) when accompanied, during the procurement process,
   19  by documentation indicating that the operator or operators will
   20  exclusively be emergency first responders or have special
   21  documented need for exceptional vehicle performance
   22  characteristics. Any request for an exception must be approved
   23  by the purchasing agency head and any exceptional performance
   24  characteristics denoted as a part of the procurement process
   25  prior to purchase.
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Between lines 5 and 6
   30  insert:
   31         requiring the Department of Management Services, using
   32         available industry data, to rank certain vehicles
   33         based on the lowest lifetime ownership costs over a
   34         specified number of years, rather than fuel
   35         efficiency, and to publish the rankings to the
   36         department’s website; requiring that certain vehicles
   37         purchased under a state purchasing plan be ranked at a
   38         specified level unless an exception is approved by the
   39         department secretary; exempting law enforcement
   40         vehicles from the ranking requirement;