Florida Senate - 2026 (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7032
FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and
Accountability
585-01999A-26 20267032pb
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to fleet management; repealing s.
3 287.15, F.S., relating to the purchase or lease of
4 motor vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft and prior
5 approval of the Department of Management Services;
6 amending s. 287.151, F.S.; authorizing state agencies
7 to purchase vehicles from nonstate term contract
8 vendors under a specified condition; amending s.
9 287.155, F.S.; deleting the requirement that the
10 Department of Management Services approve the purchase
11 of motor vehicles for certain departments and
12 agencies; creating s. 287.156, F.S.; requiring state
13 agencies to engage in certain powers, duties, and
14 responsibilities relating to purchasing, leasing,
15 acquiring, and disposing motor vehicles, watercraft,
16 and aircraft; amending s. 287.16, F.S.; revising the
17 powers, duties, and responsibilities of the department
18 relating to motor vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft;
19 amending s. 287.18, F.S.; authorizing the Secretary of
20 Management Services to request, rather than require,
21 certain departments and state agencies to repair
22 aircraft and motor vehicles and store and distribute
23 certain fuels; amending s. 287.19, F.S.; requiring
24 that certain moneys designated or appropriated to
25 agencies be transferred to the department upon
26 services rendered; amending s. 273.055, F.S.; deleting
27 the requirement of having approval from the department
28 before disposing of motor vehicles, watercraft, and
29 aircraft pursuant to specified provisions; providing
30 an effective date.
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32 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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34 Section 1. Section 287.15, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
35 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 287.151, Florida
36 Statutes, is amended to read:
37 287.151 Limitation on classes of motor vehicles procured.—
38 (2) No Funds in the General Appropriations Act may not
39 shall be used to purchase any vehicle at prices in excess of the
40 standard prices negotiated by the Department of Management
41 Services. State agencies may purchase vehicles from nonstate
42 term contract vendors if the cost of the motor vehicle is equal
43 to or less than the cost of a similar class of vehicle found on
44 a state term contact.
45 Section 3. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 287.155,
46 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
47 287.155 Motor vehicles; purchase by Department of Children
48 and Families, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Department
49 of Health, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Department of
50 Corrections.—
51 (1) The Department of Children and Families, the Agency for
52 Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Health, the
53 Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of
54 Corrections may, subject to the approval of the Department of
55 Management Services, purchase automobiles, trucks, tractors, and
56 other automotive equipment for the use of institutions or
57 developmental disabilities centers under the management of the
58 Department of Children and Families, the Agency for Persons with
59 Disabilities, the Department of Health, and the Department of
60 Corrections, and for the use of residential facilities managed
61 or contracted by the Department of Juvenile Justice.
62 (3) The Department of Health is authorized, subject to the
63 approval of the Department of Management Services, to purchase
64 automobiles, trucks, and other automotive equipment for use by
65 county health departments.
66 Section 4. Section 287.156, Florida Statutes, is created to
67 read:
68 287.156 Powers and duties of state agencies.—State agencies
69 shall have all of the following powers, duties, and
70 responsibilities:
71 (1) To purchase, lease, acquire, or dispose of a motor
72 vehicle, a watercraft, or an aircraft.
73 (2) To establish and operate facilities for the
74 acquisition, disposal, operation, maintenance, repair, storage,
75 supervision, control, and regulation of motor vehicles,
76 watercraft, and aircraft and to operate facilities for those
77 purposes. An agency may contract for the maintenance of its
78 motor vehicles.
79 (3) To maintain records and make quarterly reports to the
80 Department of Management Services regarding motor vehicles and
81 aircraft owned or leased by the agency, including all of the
82 following:
83 (a) The number of motor vehicles and aircraft, including a
84 unique entry for each motor vehicle or aircraft which details
85 its make, model, year, and vehicle identification number or tail
86 number.
87 (b) The disposal of motor vehicles and aircraft, associated
88 costs and proceeds, and the reason for the disposal.
89 (c) The use of motor vehicles and aircraft, including total
90 mileage or hours flown.
91 (d) The fuel usage and costs related to the motor vehicles
92 and aircraft.
93 (e) The maintenance operations and costs related to the
94 motor vehicles and aircraft, including, if apparent, the reason
95 for needed maintenance.
96 (f) Any planned upgrade or replacement of motor vehicles or
97 aircraft, and an estimate of associated costs.
98 Section 5. Subsections (2), (3), and (8) of section 287.16,
99 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
100 287.16 Powers and duties of department.—The Department of
101 Management Services shall have the following powers, duties, and
102 responsibilities:
103 (2) To establish and operate central facilities for the
104 acquisition, disposal, operation, maintenance, repair, storage,
105 supervision, control, and regulation of all state-owned or
106 state-leased aircraft, watercraft, and motor vehicles and to
107 operate any state facilities for those purposes. Acquisition may
108 be by purchase, lease, loan, or in any other legal manner. The
109 department may contract for the maintenance of motor vehicles.
110 (3) In its discretion, to require every state agency to
111 transfer its ownership, custody, and control of every aircraft
112 and motor vehicle, and associated maintenance facilities and
113 equipment, except those used principally for law enforcement,
114 state fire marshal, or fire control purposes, to the Department
115 of Management Services, including all right, title, interest,
116 and equity therein.
117 (7)(8) To require any state agency to submit keep records
118 and make reports regarding aircraft and motor vehicles to the
119 department as may be required. The department shall compile the
120 state agency reports quarterly and provide such reports to
121 legislative appropriation committees Department of Highway
122 Safety and Motor Vehicles shall use a reporting system approved
123 by the department.
124 Section 6. Section 287.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to
125 read:
126 287.18 Repair and service of motor vehicles and aircraft.
127 The Secretary of Management Services or his or her designee may
128 request require a department or any state agency having
129 facilities for the repair of aircraft or motor vehicles and for
130 the storage and distribution of gasoline and other petroleum
131 products to repair aircraft and motor vehicles and to furnish
132 gasoline and other petroleum products to any other department or
133 agency and shall compensate for the cost of such services and
134 products.
135 Section 7. Section 287.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
136 read:
137 287.19 Transfer of funds.—All Moneys designated for or
138 appropriated to any agency for the use, operation, maintenance,
139 repair, or replacement of any state-owned or leased motor
140 vehicles or aircraft must shall be transferred to the Department
141 of Management Services upon services rendered as required by the
142 department.
143 Section 8. Subsection (4) of section 273.055, Florida
144 Statutes, is amended to read:
145 273.055 Disposition of state-owned tangible personal
146 property.—
147 (4) Each custodian shall adopt guidelines or administrative
148 rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 120 providing for, but
149 not limited to, transferring, warehousing, bidding, destroying,
150 scrapping, or other disposing of state-owned tangible personal
151 property. However, the approval of the Department of Management
152 Services is required prior to the disposal of motor vehicles,
153 watercraft, or aircraft pursuant to ss. 287.15 and 287.16.
154 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.