Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 756
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì684936NÎ684936                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  12/03/2015           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Transportation (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 207 and 208
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Current paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of
    6  section 334.30, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
    7  (f) and new paragraph (e) is added to that section to read:
    8         334.30 Public-private transportation facilities.—The
    9  Legislature finds and declares that there is a public need for
   10  the rapid construction of safe and efficient transportation
   11  facilities for the purpose of traveling within the state, and
   12  that it is in the public’s interest to provide for the
   13  construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical
   14  transportation facilities.
   15         (6) The procurement of public-private partnerships by the
   16  department shall follow the provisions of this section. Sections
   17  337.025, 337.11, 337.14, 337.141, 337.145, 337.175, 337.18,
   18  337.185, 337.19, 337.221, and 337.251 shall not apply to
   19  procurements under this section unless a provision is included
   20  in the procurement documents. The department shall ensure that
   21  generally accepted business practices for exemptions provided by
   22  this subsection are part of the procurement process or are
   23  included in the public-private partnership agreement.
   24         (e) The department shall consult with staff of the
   25  Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration in
   26  connection with a proposal to finance or refinance a
   27  transportation facility pursuant to this section. The department
   28  shall provide the division with the information necessary to
   29  provide timely consultation and recommendations. The division
   30  may make an independent recommendation to the Executive Office
   31  of the Governor. 
   32  
   33  
   34  
   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 30
   38  and insert:
   39         with certain federal law; amending s. 334.30, F.S.;
   40         requiring the department to consult with the Division
   41         of Bond Finance in connection with a proposal to
   42         finance or refinance a transportation facility;
   43         requiring the department to provide the division with
   44         information necessary to provide timely consultation
   45         and recommendations; authorizing the division to make
   46         an independent recommendation to the Executive Officer
   47         of the Governor; creating s. 337.027, F.S.;