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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. Section 218.70, Florida Statutes, is
18 amended to read:
19 218.70 Popular name Short title.--This part may be
20 cited as the "Local Government Florida Prompt Payment Act."
21 Section 3. Subsections (2), (6), and (7) of section
22 218.72, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (10) is
23 added to that section, to read:
24 218.72 Definitions.--As used in this part:
25 (2) "Local governmental entity" means a county or
26 municipal government, school board, school district,
27 authority, special taxing district, other political
28 subdivision, or any office, board, bureau, commission,
29 department, branch, division, or institution thereof or any
30 project supported by county or municipal funds.
31 (6) "Vendor" means any person who sells goods or
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1 services, sells or leases personal property, or leases real
2 property directly to a local governmental entity. The term
3 includes any person who provides waste-hauling services to
4 residents or businesses located within the boundaries of a
5 local government pursuant to a contract or local ordinance.
6 (7) "Construction services" means all labor, services,
7 and materials provided in connection with the construction,
8 alteration, repair, demolition, reconstruction, or any other
9 improvements to real property that require a license under
10 parts I and II of chapter 489.
11 (10) "Contractor" or "provider of construction
12 services" means any person who contracts directly with a local
13 governmental entity to provide construction services.
14 Section 4. Subsection (6) of section 218.735, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended, present subsection (7) of that section
16 is redesignated as subsection (9), and new subsections (7) and
17 (8) are added to that section, to read:
18 218.735 Timely payment for purchases of construction
19 services.--
20 (6) When a contractor receives payment from a local
21 governmental entity for labor, services, or materials
22 furnished by subcontractors and suppliers hired by the
23 contractor, the contractor shall remit payment due to those
24 subcontractors and suppliers within 10 15 days after the
25 contractor's receipt of payment. When a subcontractor receives
26 payment from a contractor for labor, services, or materials
27 furnished by subcontractors and suppliers hired by the
28 subcontractor, the subcontractor shall remit payment due to
29 those subcontractors and suppliers within 7 15 days after the
30 subcontractor's receipt of payment. Nothing herein shall
31 prohibit a contractor or subcontractor from disputing,
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1 pursuant to the terms of the relevant contract, all or any
2 portion of a payment alleged to be due to another party. In
3 the event of such a dispute, the contractor or subcontractor
4 may withhold the disputed portion of any such payment if the
5 contractor or subcontractor notifies the party whose payment
6 is disputed, in writing, of the amount in dispute and the
7 actions required to cure the dispute. The contractor or
8 subcontractor must pay all undisputed amounts due within the
9 time limits imposed by this section.
10 (7)(a) Each contract for construction services between
11 a local governmental entity and a contractor must provide for
12 the development of a list of items required to render
13 complete, satisfactory, and acceptable the construction
14 services purchased by the local governmental entity. The
15 contract must specify the process for the development of the
16 list, including responsibilities of the local governmental
17 entity and the contractor in developing and reviewing the list
18 and a reasonable time for developing the list, as follows:
19 1. For construction projects with an estimated cost of
20 less than $10 million, within 30 calendar days after reaching
21 substantial completion of the construction services purchased
22 as defined in the contract, or, if not defined in the
23 contract, upon reaching beneficial occupancy or use; or
24 2. For construction projects with an estimated cost of
25 $10 million or more, within 30 calendar days, unless otherwise
26 extended by contract not to exceed 60 calendar days, after
27 reaching substantial completion of the construction services
28 purchased as defined in the contract, or, if not defined in
29 the contract, upon reaching beneficial occupancy or use.
30 (b) If the contract between the local governmental
31 entity and the contractor relates to the purchase of
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1 construction services on more than one building or structure,
2 or involves a multiphased project, the contract shall provide
3 for the development of a list of items required to render
4 complete, satisfactory, and acceptable all the construction
5 services purchased pursuant to the contract for each building,
6 structure, or phase of the project within the time limitations
7 provided in paragraph (a).
8 (c) The failure to include any corrective work or
9 pending items not yet completed on the list developed pursuant
10 to this subsection does not alter the responsibility of the
11 contractor to complete all the construction services purchased
12 pursuant to the contract.
13 (d) Upon completion of all items on the list, the
14 contractor may submit a payment request for all remaining
15 retainage withheld by the local governmental entity pursuant
16 to this section. If a good-faith dispute exists as to whether
17 one or more items identified on the list have been completed
18 pursuant to the contract, the local governmental entity may
19 continue to withhold an amount not to exceed 150 percent of
20 the total costs to complete such items.
21 (e) All items that require correction under the
22 contract and that are identified after the preparation and
23 delivery of the list remain the obligation of the contractor
24 as defined by the contract.
25 (f) Warranty items may not affect the final payment of
26 retainage as provided in this section or as provided in the
27 contract between the contractor and its subcontractors and
28 suppliers.
29 (g) Retainage may not be held by a local governmental
30 entity or a contractor to secure payment of insurance premiums
31 under a consolidated insurance program or series of insurance
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1 policies issued to a local governmental entity or a contractor
2 for a project or group of projects, and the final payment of
3 retainage as provided in this section may not be delayed
4 pending a final audit by the local governmental entity's or
5 contractor's insurance provider.
6 (h) If a local governmental entity fails to comply
7 with its responsibilities to develop the list required under
8 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as defined in the contract,
9 within the time limitations provided in paragraph (a), the
10 contractor may submit a payment request for all remaining
11 retainage withheld by the local governmental entity pursuant
12 to this section. The local governmental entity need not pay or
13 process any payment request for retainage if the contractor
14 has, in whole or in part, failed to cooperate with the local
15 governmental entity in the development of the list or failed
16 to perform its contractual responsibilities, if any, with
17 regard to the development of the list or if paragraph (8)(f)
18 applies.
19 (8)(a) With regard to any contract for construction
20 services, a local governmental entity may withhold from each
21 progress payment made to the contractor an amount not
22 exceeding 10 percent of the payment as retainage to ensure the
23 satisfactory completion of the construction services purchased
24 pursuant to the contract until 50-percent completion of such
25 services.
26 (b) After 50-percent completion of the construction
27 services purchased pursuant to the contract, the local
28 governmental entity must reduce to 5 percent the amount of
29 retainage withheld from each subsequent progress payment made
30 to the contractor. For purposes of this subsection, the term
31 "50-percent completion" has the meaning set forth in the
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1 contract between the local governmental entity and the
2 contractor, or, if not defined in the contract, the point at
3 which the local governmental entity has expended 50 percent of
4 the total cost of the construction services purchased as
5 identified in the contract together with all costs associated
6 with existing change orders and other additions or
7 modifications to the construction services provided for in the
8 contract. However, notwithstanding this subsection, a
9 municipality with a population of 25,000 or fewer, or a county
10 with a population of 100,000 or fewer, may withhold retainage
11 in an amount not exceeding 10 percent of each progress payment
12 made to the contractor until final completion and acceptance
13 of the project by the local governmental entity.
14 (c) After 50-percent completion of the construction
15 services purchased pursuant to the contract, the contractor
16 may elect to withhold retainage from payments to its
17 subcontractors at a rate higher than 5 percent. The specific
18 amount to be withheld must be determined on a case-by-case
19 basis and must be based on the contractor's assessment of the
20 subcontractor's past performance, the likelihood that such
21 performance will continue, and the contractor's ability to
22 rely on other safeguards. The contractor shall notify the
23 subcontractor, in writing, of its determination to withhold
24 more than 5 percent of the progress payment and the reasons
25 for making that determination, and the contractor may not
26 request the release of such retained funds from the local
27 governmental entity.
28 (d) After 50-percent completion of the construction
29 services purchased pursuant to the contract, the contractor
30 may present to the local governmental entity a payment request
31 for up to one-half of the retainage held by the local
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1 governmental entity. The local governmental entity shall
2 promptly make payment to the contractor, unless the local
3 governmental entity has grounds, pursuant to paragraph (f),
4 for withholding the payment of retainage. If the local
5 governmental entity makes payment of retainage to the
6 contractor under this paragraph which is attributable to the
7 labor, services, or materials supplied by one or more
8 subcontractors or suppliers, the contractor shall timely remit
9 payment of such retainage to those subcontractors and
10 suppliers.
11 (e) This section does not prohibit a local
12 governmental entity from withholding retainage at a rate less
13 than 10 percent of each progress payment, from incrementally
14 reducing the rate of retainage pursuant to a schedule provided
15 for in the contract, or from releasing at any point all or a
16 portion of any retainage withheld by the local governmental
17 entity which is attributable to the labor, services, or
18 materials supplied by the contractor or by one or more
19 subcontractors or suppliers. If a local governmental entity
20 makes any payment of retainage to the contractor which is
21 attributable to the labor, services, or materials supplied by
22 one or more subcontractors or suppliers, the contractor shall
23 timely remit payment of such retainage to those subcontractors
24 and suppliers.
25 (f) This section does not require the local
26 governmental entity to pay or release any amounts that are the
27 subject of a good-faith dispute, the subject of an action
28 brought pursuant to s. 255.05, or otherwise the subject of a
29 claim or demand by the local governmental entity or
30 contractor.
31 (g) The time limitations set forth in this section for
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1 payment of payment requests apply to any payment request for
2 retainage made pursuant to this section.
3 (h) Paragraphs (a)-(d) do not apply to construction
4 services purchased by a local governmental entity which are
5 paid for, in whole or in part, with federal funds and are
6 subject to federal grantor laws and regulations or
7 requirements that are contrary to any provision of the Local
8 Government Prompt Payment Act.
9 (i) This subsection does not apply to any construction
10 services purchased by a local governmental entity if the total
11 cost of the construction services purchased as identified in
12 the contract is $200,000 or less.
13 Section 5. Section 255.0705, Florida Statutes, is
14 created to read:
15 255.0705 Popular name.--Sections 255.0705-255.078 may
16 be cited as the "Florida Prompt Payment Act."
17 Section 6. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 255.071,
18 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19 255.071 Payment of subcontractors, sub-subcontractors,
20 materialmen, and suppliers on construction contracts for
21 public projects.--
22 (2) The failure to pay any undisputed obligations for
23 such labor, services, or materials within 30 days after the
24 date the labor, services, or materials were furnished and
25 payment for such labor, services, or materials became due, or
26 within the time limitations set forth in s. 255.073(3) 30 days
27 after the date payment for such labor, services, or materials
28 is received, whichever last occurs, shall entitle any person
29 providing such labor, services, or materials to the procedures
30 specified in subsection (3) and the remedies provided in
31 subsection (4).
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1 (3) Any person providing labor, services, or materials
2 for the construction of a public building, for the prosecution
3 and completion of a public work, or for repairs upon a public
4 building or public work improvements to real property may file
5 a verified complaint alleging:
6 (a) The existence of a contract for providing such
7 labor, services, or materials to improve real property.
8 (b) A description of the labor, services, or materials
9 provided and alleging that the labor, services, or materials
10 were provided in accordance with the contract.
11 (c) The amount of the contract price.
12 (d) The amount, if any, paid pursuant to the contract.
13 (e) The amount that remains unpaid pursuant to the
14 contract and the amount thereof that is undisputed.
15 (f) That the undisputed amount has remained due and
16 payable pursuant to the contract for more than 30 days after
17 the date the labor or services were accepted or the materials
18 were received.
19 (g) That the person against whom the complaint was
20 filed has received payment on account of the labor, services,
21 or materials described in the complaint and, as of the date
22 the complaint was filed, has failed to make payment within the
23 time limitations set forth in s. 255.073(3) more than 30 days
24 prior to the date the complaint was filed.
25 Section 7. Section 255.072, Florida Statutes, is
26 created to read:
27 255.072 Definitions.--As used in ss. 255.073-255.078,
28 the term:
29 (1) "Agent" means project architect, project engineer,
30 or any other agency or person acting on behalf of a public
31 entity.
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1 (2) "Construction services" means all labor, services,
2 and materials provided in connection with the construction,
3 alteration, repair, demolition, reconstruction, or any other
4 improvements to real property. The term "construction
5 services" does not include contracts or work performed for the
6 Department of Transportation.
7 (3) "Contractor" means any person who contracts
8 directly with a public entity to provide construction
9 services.
10 (4) "Payment request" means a request for payment for
11 construction services which conforms with all statutory
12 requirements and with all requirements specified by the public
13 entity to which the payment request is submitted.
14 (5) "Public entity" means the state, or any office,
15 board, bureau, commission, department, branch, division, or
16 institution thereof, but does not include a local governmental
17 entity as defined in s. 218.72.
18 (6) "Purchase" means the purchase of construction
19 services.
20 Section 8. Section 255.073, Florida Statutes, is
21 created to read:
22 255.073 Timely payment for purchases of construction
23 services.--
24 (1) Except as otherwise provided in ss.
25 255.072-255.078, s. 215.422 governs the timely payment for
26 construction services by a public entity.
27 (2) If a public entity disputes a portion of a payment
28 request, the undisputed portion must be timely paid.
29 (3) When a contractor receives payment from a public
30 entity for labor, services, or materials furnished by
31 subcontractors and suppliers hired by the contractor, the
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1 contractor shall remit payment due to those subcontractors and
2 suppliers within 10 days after the contractor's receipt of
3 payment. When a subcontractor receives payment from a
4 contractor for labor, services, or materials furnished by
5 subcontractors and suppliers hired by the subcontractor, the
6 subcontractor shall remit payment due to those subcontractors
7 and suppliers within 7 days after the subcontractor's receipt
8 of payment. This subsection does not prohibit a contractor or
9 subcontractor from disputing, pursuant to the terms of the
10 relevant contract, all or any portion of a payment alleged to
11 be due to another party if the contractor or subcontractor
12 notifies the party whose payment is disputed, in writing, of
13 the amount in dispute and the actions required to cure the
14 dispute. The contractor or subcontractor must pay all
15 undisputed amounts due within the time limits imposed by this
16 subsection.
17 (4) All payments due for the purchase of construction
18 services and not made within the applicable time limits shall
19 bear interest at the rate specified in s. 215.422. After July
20 1, 2005, such payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1
21 percent per month, to the extent that the Chief Financial
22 Officer's replacement project for the state's accounting and
23 cash management systems (Project ASPIRE) is operational for
24 the particular affected public entities. After January 1,
25 2006, all such payments due from public entities shall bear
26 interest at the rate of 1 percent per month.
27 Section 9. Section 255.074, Florida Statutes, is
28 created to read:
29 255.074 Procedures for calculation of payment due
30 dates.--
31 (1) Each public entity shall establish procedures
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1 whereby each payment request received by the public entity is
2 marked as received on the date on which it is delivered to an
3 agent or employee of the public entity or of a facility or
4 office of the public entity.
5 (2) If the terms under which a purchase is made allow
6 for partial deliveries and a payment request is submitted for
7 a partial delivery, the time for payment for the partial
8 delivery must be calculated from the time of the partial
9 delivery and the submission of the payment request.
10 (3) A public entity must submit a payment request to
11 the Chief Financial Officer for payment no more than 20 days
12 after receipt of the payment request.
13 Section 10. Section 255.075, Florida Statutes, is
14 created to read:
15 255.075 Mandatory interest.--A contract between a
16 public entity and a contractor may not prohibit the collection
17 of late payment interest charges authorized under s.
18 255.073(4).
19 Section 11. Section 255.076, Florida Statutes, is
20 created to read:
21 255.076 Improper payment request; resolution of
22 disputes.-- In an action to recover amounts due for
23 construction services purchased by a public entity, the court
24 shall award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees,
25 including fees incurred through any appeal, to the prevailing
26 party, if the court finds that the nonprevailing party
27 withheld any portion of the payment that is the subject of the
28 action without any reasonable basis in law or fact to dispute
29 the prevailing party's claim to those amounts.
30 Section 12. Section 255.077, Florida Statutes, is
31 created to read:
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1 255.077 Project closeout and payment of retainage.--
2 (1) Each contract for construction services between a
3 public entity and a contractor must provide for the
4 development of a list of items required to render complete,
5 satisfactory, and acceptable the construction services
6 purchased by the public entity. The contract must specify the
7 process for the development of the list, including
8 responsibilities of the public entity and the contractor in
9 developing and reviewing the list and a reasonable time for
10 developing the list, as follows:
11 1. For construction projects with an estimated cost of
12 less than $10 million, within 30 calendar days after reaching
13 substantial completion of the construction services purchased
14 as defined in the contract, or, if not defined in the
15 contract, upon reaching beneficial occupancy or use; or
16 2. For construction projects with an estimated cost of
17 $10 million or more, within 30 calendar days, unless otherwise
18 extended by contract not to exceed 60 calendar days, after
19 reaching substantial completion of the construction services
20 purchased as defined in the contract, or, if not defined in
21 the contract, upon reaching beneficial occupancy or use.
22 (2) If the contract between the public entity and the
23 contractor relates to the purchase of construction services on
24 more than one building or structure, or involves a multiphased
25 project, the contract shall provide for the development of a
26 list of items required to render complete, satisfactory, and
27 acceptable all the construction services purchased pursuant to
28 the contract for each building, structure, or phase of the
29 project within the time limitations provided in subsection
30 (1).
31 (3) The failure to include any corrective work or
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1 pending items not yet completed on the list developed pursuant
2 to subsection (1) or subsection (2) does not alter the
3 responsibility of the contractor to complete all the
4 construction services purchased pursuant to the contract.
5 (4) Upon completion of all items on the list, the
6 contractor may submit a payment request for all remaining
7 retainage withheld by the public entity pursuant to s.
8 255.078. If a good-faith dispute exists as to whether one or
9 more items identified on the list have been completed pursuant
10 to the contract, the public entity may continue to withhold an
11 amount not to exceed 150 percent of the total costs to
12 complete such items.
13 (5) All items that require correction under the
14 contract and that are identified after the preparation and
15 delivery of the list remain the obligation of the contractor
16 as defined by the contract.
17 (6) Warranty items may not affect the final payment of
18 retainage as provided in this section or as provided in the
19 contract between the contractor and its subcontractors and
20 suppliers.
21 (7) Retainage may not be held by a public entity or a
22 contractor to secure payment of insurance premiums under a
23 consolidated insurance program or series of insurance policies
24 issued to a public entity or a contractor for a project or
25 group of projects, and the final payment of retainage as
26 provided in this section may not be delayed pending a final
27 audit by the public entity's or contractor's insurance
28 provider.
29 (8) If a public entity fails to comply with its
30 responsibilities to develop the list required under subsection
31 (1) or subsection (2), as defined in the contract, within the
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1 time limitations provided in subsection (1), the contractor
2 may submit a payment request for all remaining retainage
3 withheld by the public entity pursuant to s. 255.078. The
4 public entity need not pay or process any payment request for
5 retainage if the contractor has, in whole or in part, failed
6 to cooperate with the public entity in the development of the
7 list or failed to perform its contractual responsibilities, if
8 any, with regard to the development of the list or if s.
9 255.078(6) applies.
10 Section 13. Section 255.078, Florida Statutes, is
11 created to read:
12 255.078 Public construction retainage.--
13 (1) With regard to any contract for construction
14 services, a public entity may withhold from each progress
15 payment made to the contractor an amount not exceeding 10
16 percent of the payment as retainage to ensure the satisfactory
17 completion of the construction services purchased pursuant to
18 the contract until 50-percent completion of such services.
19 (2) After 50-percent completion of the construction
20 services purchased pursuant to the contract, the public entity
21 must reduce to 5 percent the amount of retainage withheld from
22 each subsequent progress payment made to the contractor. For
23 purposes of this section, the term "50-percent completion" has
24 the meaning set forth in the contract between the public
25 entity and the contractor, or, if not defined in the contract,
26 the point at which the public entity has expended 50 percent
27 of the total cost of the construction services purchased as
28 identified in the contract together with all costs associated
29 with existing change orders and other additions or
30 modifications to the construction services provided for in the
31 contract.
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1 (3) After 50-percent completion of the construction
2 services purchased pursuant to the contract, the contractor
3 may elect to withhold retainage from payments to its
4 subcontractors at a rate higher than 5 percent. The specific
5 amount to be withheld must be determined on a case-by-case
6 basis and must be based on the contractor's assessment of the
7 subcontractor's past performance, the likelihood that such
8 performance will continue, and the contractor's ability to
9 rely on other safeguards. The contractor shall notify the
10 subcontractor, in writing, of its determination to withhold
11 more than 5 percent of the progress payment and the reasons
12 for making that determination, and the contractor may not
13 request the release of such retained funds from the public
14 entity.
15 (4) After 50-percent completion of the construction
16 services purchased pursuant to the contract, the contractor
17 may present to the public entity a payment request for up to
18 one-half of the retainage held by the public entity. The
19 public entity shall promptly make payment to the contractor,
20 unless the public entity has grounds, pursuant to subsection
21 (6), for withholding the payment of retainage. If the public
22 entity makes payment of retainage to the contractor under this
23 subsection which is attributable to the labor, services, or
24 materials supplied by one or more subcontractors or suppliers,
25 the contractor shall timely remit payment of such retainage to
26 those subcontractors and suppliers.
27 (5) Neither this section nor s. 255.077 prohibits a
28 public entity from withholding retainage at a rate less than
29 10 percent of each progress payment, from incrementally
30 reducing the rate of retainage pursuant to a schedule provided
31 for in the contract, or from releasing at any point all or a
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1 portion of any retainage withheld by the public entity which
2 is attributable to the labor, services, or materials supplied
3 by the contractor or by one or more subcontractors or
4 suppliers. If a public entity makes any payment of retainage
5 to the contractor which is attributable to the labor,
6 services, or materials supplied by one or more subcontractors
7 or suppliers, the contractor shall timely remit payment of
8 such retainage to those subcontractors and suppliers.
9 (6) Neither this section nor s. 255.077 requires the
10 public entity to pay or release any amounts that are the
11 subject of a good-faith dispute, the subject of an action
12 brought pursuant to s. 255.05, or otherwise the subject of a
13 claim or demand by the public entity or contractor.
14 (7) The same time limits for payment of a payment
15 request apply regardless of whether the payment request is
16 for, or includes, retainage.
17 (8) Subsections (1)-(4) do not apply to construction
18 services purchased by a public entity which are paid for, in
19 whole or in part, with federal funds and are subject to
20 federal grantor laws and regulations or requirements that are
21 contrary to any provision of the Florida Prompt Payment Act.
22 (9) This section does not apply to any construction
23 services purchased by a public entity if the total cost of the
24 construction services purchased as identified in the contract
25 is $200,000 or less.
26 Section 14. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
27 95.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
28 95.11 Limitations other than for the recovery of real
29 property.--Actions other than for recovery of real property
30 shall be commenced as follows:
31 (2) WITHIN FIVE YEARS.--
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1 (b) A legal or equitable action on a contract,
2 obligation, or liability founded on a written instrument,
3 except for an action to enforce a claim against a payment
4 bond, which shall be governed by the applicable provisions of
5 ss. 255.05(9) 255.05(2)(a)2. and 713.23(1)(e).
6 Section 15. Neither the amendments to sections 95.11,
7 218.70, 218.72, 218.735, and 255.071, Florida Statutes, and
8 subsection (2) of section 255.05, Florida Statutes, as
9 provided in this act, nor subsection (9) of section 255.05,
10 Florida Statutes, and section 255.078, Florida Statutes, as
11 created by this act, applies to any existing construction
12 contract pending approval by a local governmental entity or
13 public entity, or to any project advertised for bid by the
14 local government entity or public entity, on or before the
15 effective date of this act. The amendments to subsections (3),
16 (4), and (6) of section 255.05, Florida Statutes, as provided
17 in this act, apply to public construction bonds issued for
18 contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this
19 act.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 amending s. 218.70, F.S.; providing a short
30 title; amending s. 218.72, F.S.; redefining
31 terms used in part VII of ch. 218, F.S.;
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1 amending s. 218.735, F.S.; revising provisions
2 relating to timely payment for purchases of
3 construction services; revising deadlines for
4 payment; providing procedures for project
5 closeout and payment of retainage; providing
6 requirements for local government construction
7 retainage; providing that ss. 218.72-218.76,
8 F.S., apply to the payment of any payment
9 request for retainage; providing exceptions;
10 creating s. 255.0705, F.S.; providing a short
11 title; amending s. 255.071, F.S.; revising
12 deadlines for the payment of subcontractors,
13 sub-subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers
14 on construction contracts for public projects;
15 creating ss. 255.072, 255.073, 255.074,
16 255.075, 255.076, 255.077, and 255.078, F.S.;
17 providing definitions; providing for timely
18 payment for purchases of construction services
19 by a public entity; providing procedures for
20 calculating payment due dates; providing
21 procedures for handling improper payment
22 requests; providing for the resolution of
23 disputes; providing for project closeout and
24 payment of retainage; providing that ss.
25 255.072-255.076, F.S., apply to the payment of
26 any payment request for retainage; providing
27 exceptions; amending s. 255.05, F.S.; providing
28 requirements for certain notices of nonpayment
29 served by a claimant who is not in privity with
30 the contractor; revising the form for a public
31 construction bond; requiring the payment
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1 provisions of all public construction bonds to
2 be construed as statutory bonds; prohibiting
3 conversion to common law bonds; deleting a
4 requirement that bond forms used by public
5 owners reference certain notice and time
6 limitation provisions; providing limitations on
7 a claimant's institution of certain actions
8 against a contractor or surety; amending s.
9 95.11, F.S., to conform a cross-reference;
10 providing for application of specified sections
11 of the act to certain contracts and projects;
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