Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1352
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: TP            .                                
                  04/14/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Dean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 51 - 85
    4  and insert:
    5         (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), or as required
    6  by federal or state law or funding requirements, the state or
    7  any political subdivision that contracts for the construction,
    8  maintenance, repair, or improvement of public works shall not
    9  require that a contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, or
   10  carrier engaged in the construction, maintenance, repair, or
   11  improvement of public works:
   12         1. Pay employees a predetermined amount of wages or wage
   13  rate;
   14         2. Provide employees a specified type, amount, or rate of
   15  employee benefits;
   16         3. Control or limit staffing, except as directly related to
   17  supervision of the public works project;
   18         4. Recruit, train, or hire employees from a designated or
   19  single entity that acts as a source of labor supply;
   20         5. Designate any particular assignment of work for
   21  employees; provided, however, that this does not prohibit
   22  designation of key personnel for architectural, engineering,
   23  design, or project management services;
   24         6. Participate in proprietary training programs; or
   25         7. Enter into any type of project labor agreement.
   26         (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the payment of
   27  prevailing or minimum wages to persons working on projects
   28  funded in whole or in part by federal funds is required under
   29  federal law.
   30         (3) The state or any political subdivision that contracts
   31  for the construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of
   32  public works shall not require that a contractor, subcontractor,
   33  material supplier, or carrier engaged in the construction,
   34  maintenance, repair, or improvement of public works execute or
   35  otherwise become a party to any agreement with employees, their
   36  representatives, or any labor organization as described in 29
   37  U.S.C. s. 152(5) and 42 U.S.C. s. 2000e(d), including any
   38  areawide, regional, or state building or construction trade or
   39  crafts council, organization, association, or similar body, as a
   40  condition of bidding, negotiating, being awarded any bid or
   41  contract, or performing work on a public works project.
   42         (4) Except as required by federal or state law, the state
   43  or any political subdivision that contracts