Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 954
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/16/2022           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (Brodeur) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 52 - 81
    4  and insert:
    5  based on the lowest lifetime ownership costs, including costs
    6  for fuel, operations, and maintenance, for the greatest fuel
    7  efficiency available for a given use class when fuel economy
    8  data are available. Exceptions may be made for individual
    9  vehicles in paragraph (g) when accompanied, during the
   10  procurement process, by documentation indicating that the
   11  operator or operators will exclusively be emergency first
   12  responders or have special documented need for exceptional
   13  vehicle performance characteristics. Any request for an
   14  exception must be approved by the purchasing agency head and any
   15  exceptional performance characteristics denoted as a part of the
   16  procurement process prior to purchase.
   17         (5) All state agencies shall use ethanol and biodiesel
   18  blended fuels when available. State agencies administering
   19  central fueling operations for state-owned vehicles shall
   20  procure biofuels for fleet needs to the greatest extent
   21  practicable.
   22         Section 2. Before July 1, 2023, the Department of
   23  Management Services shall make recommendations to state
   24  agencies, including state colleges and universities, and local
   25  governments regarding the procurement of electric and natural
   26  gas fuel vehicles and
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 6 - 20
   31  and insert:
   32         removing a provision requiring the use and procurement
   33         of ethanol and biodiesel fuels; requiring the
   34         Department of Management Services, before a specified
   35         date, to make recommendations to state agencies and
   36         local governments relating to the procurement and
   37         integration of electric and natural gas fuel vehicles;