SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 850
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 382878
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11  Senator Klein moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 2, line 14, through
15            page 3, line 21, delete those lines
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18         (c)  Any person who files an action protesting a
19  decision or intended decision pertaining to a competitive bid
20  for space to be leased by the agency pursuant to s.
21  120.57(3)(b) shall post with the state agency at the time of
22  filing the formal written protest a bond payable to the agency
23  in an amount equal to 1 percent of the estimated total rental
24  of the basic lease period or $5,000, whichever is greater,
25  which bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all costs
26  which may be adjudged against him or her in the administrative
27  hearing in which the action is brought and in any subsequent
28  appellate court proceeding. If the agency prevails after
29  completion of the administrative hearing process and any
30  appellate court proceedings, it shall recover all costs and
31  charges which shall be included in the final order or
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    11:28 AM   04/12/01                               s0850c-28201

SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 850 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 382878 1 judgment, excluding attorney's fees. Upon payment of such 2 costs and charges by the person protesting the award, the bond 3 shall be returned to him or her. If the person protesting the 4 award prevails, the bond shall be returned to that person and 5 he or she shall recover from the agency all costs and charges 6 which shall be included in the final order of judgment, 7 excluding attorney's fees. 8 (d) The agency and the lessor, when entering into a 9 lease for 5,000 or more square feet of a privately owned 10 building, shall, before the effective date of the lease, agree 11 upon and separately state the cost of tenant improvements 12 which may qualify for reimbursement if the lease is terminated 13 before the expiration of its base term. The department shall 14 serve as mediator if the agency and the lessor are unable to 15 agree. The amount agreed upon and stated shall, if 16 appropriated, be amortized over the original base term of the 17 lease on a straight-line basis. 18 (e) The unamortized portion of tenant improvements, 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 1, lines 6 and 7, delete those lines 24 25 and insert: 26 providing an effective date. 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:28 AM 04/12/01 s0850c-28201