Senate Bill 0482

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 482

    By Senator Rossin





    35-575-98                                          See HB 3063

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational facilities;

  3         amending s. 235.31, F.S.; requiring boards to

  4         prequalify bidders for construction contracts

  5         according to Commissioner of Education rule;

  6         requiring certification or licensure of bidders

  7         or contractors; amending s. 489.125, F.S.;

  8         conforming language relating to construction

  9         contractors; repealing s. 489.527, F.S.,

10         relating to electrical and alarm system

11         contractors, to conform; repealing section

12         633.551(5), F.S., relating to fire protection

13         system contractors, to conform; providing an

14         effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 235.31, Florida

19  Statutes, as amended by chapter 97-190, Laws of Florida, is

20  amended to read:

21         235.31  Advertising and awarding contracts;

22  prequalification of contractor.--

23         (2)  Boards shall prequalify bidders for construction

24  contracts according to may elect to come under the rules

25  prescribed by the Commissioner of Education which require for

26  the prequalification of bidders of educational facilities

27  construction.  Boards shall require that all construction or

28  capital improvement bids be accompanied by evidence that the

29  bidder holds an appropriate certificate or license or that the

30  prime contractor has a current valid license prior to bid

31  award for each project.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 482
    35-575-98                                          See HB 3063




  1         Section 2.  Section 489.125, Florida Statutes, is

  2  amended to read:

  3         489.125  Prequalification of certificateholders

  4  eligible to participate in projects under s. 235.31.--Any

  5  person holding a certificate shall be prequalified is

  6  qualified to bid by participate in any project under s.

  7  235.31, unless a district school board elects to prequalify

  8  contractors pursuant to uniform prequalification of

  9  contractors criteria adopted by rule of the Commissioner State

10  Board of Education. This section does not supersede any small,

11  woman-owned or minority-owned business enterprise preference

12  program adopted by a district school board. A district school

13  board may not modify or supplement the uniform

14  prequalification criteria adopted by rule. If a district

15  school board elects to prequalify contractors, A person

16  holding a certificate must apply to each that board for

17  prequalification consideration.

18         Section 3.  Section 489.527 and subsection (5) of

19  section 633.551, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

20         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

21  year in which enacted.

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24                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      With respect to educational facilities, provides that the
26    prequalification of bidders for construction contracts
      shall be a requirement rather than an option.  Requires
27    certification or licensure of bidders or prime
      contractors.
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