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Senator Baker moved the following amendment to amendment

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(844108):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 1392 and 1393

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and insert:

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     Section 30.  Subsection (7) of section 337.14, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     337.14  Application for qualification; certificate of

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qualification; restrictions; request for hearing.--

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     (7)  No "contractor" as defined in s. 337.165(1)(d) or his

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or her "affiliate" as defined in s. 337.165(1)(a) qualified with

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the department under this section may also qualify under s.

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287.055 or s. 337.105 to provide testing services, construction,

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engineering, and inspection services to the department. This

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limitation shall not apply to any design-build prequalification

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under s. 337.11(8)s. 337.11(7).

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     Section 31.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

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337.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     337.16  Disqualification of delinquent contractors from

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bidding; determination of contractor nonresponsibility; denial,

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suspension, and revocation of certificates of qualification;

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grounds; hearing.--

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     (2)  For reasons other than delinquency in progress, the

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department, for good cause, may determine any contractor not

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having a certificate of qualification nonresponsible for a

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specified period of time or may deny, suspend, or revoke any

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certificate of qualification. Good cause includes, but is not

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limited to, circumstances in which a contractor or the

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contractor's official representative:

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     (a)  Makes or submits to the department false, deceptive, or

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fraudulent statements or materials in any bid proposal to the

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department, any application for a certificate of qualification,

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any certification of payment pursuant to s. 337.11(11) s.

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337.11(10), or any administrative or judicial proceeding;

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 2890, after the first semicolon

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insert:

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amending ss. 337.14 and 337.16, F.S.; conforming cross-

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references;

4/30/2008  9:58:00 PM     TR.20.09342