HOUSE AMENDMENT

    780-113AX-02                                Bill No. CS/HB 435

    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Mack offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (911327) 

14         On page 8, line 28, through page 10, line 13,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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18         (b)  Such an expressway authority may request proposals

19  for public-private transportation projects or, if such an

20  expressway authority receives an unsolicited proposal that it

21  has an interest in evaluating, it shall publish a notice in

22  the Florida Administrative Weekly and a newspaper of general

23  circulation in the county in which such expressway authority

24  is located at least once a week for 2 weeks stating that such

25  expressway authority has received the proposal and will

26  accept, for 60 days after the initial date of publication,

27  other proposals for the same project purpose. A copy of the

28  notice must be mailed to each local government in the affected

29  areas. After the public notification period has expired, the

30  expressway authority shall then rank the proposals in order of

31  preference. In ranking the proposals, the expressway authority

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    780-113AX-02                                Bill No. CS/HB 435

    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)





  1  may consider, but is not limited to considering, professional

  2  qualifications, general business terms, innovative engineering

  3  or cost-reduction terms, finance plans, and the need for state

  4  funds to deliver the proposal. The expressway authority shall

  5  negotiate with the top-ranked proposer in good faith, and if

  6  the expressway authority is not satisfied with the results of

  7  said negotiations, the expressway authority may, at its sole

  8  discretion, terminate negotiations with said proposer. If

  9  these negotiations are unsuccessful, the expressway authority

10  may go to the second and lower-ranked firms in order using

11  this same procedure. If only one proposal is received, the

12  expressway authority may negotiate in good faith, and if the

13  expressway authority is not satisfied with the results of said

14  negotiations, the expressway authority may, at its sole

15  discretion, terminate negotiations with the said proposers.

16  Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the

17  expressway authority may, at its sole discretion, reject all

18  proposals at any point in the process up to completion of a

19  contract with the proposer.

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