Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/16/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Lawson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 125 - 158
    4  and insert:
    5  of an existing public facility. For purposes of this
    6  subparagraph, “repair” means corrective action to restore an
    7  existing public facility to a safe and functional condition, and
    8  “maintenance” means preventive or corrective action for the
    9  purpose of maintaining an existing public facility in an
   10  operational state or preserving the facility from failure or
   11  decline. Repair or maintenance includes activities necessarily
   12  incidental to repairing or maintaining the facility. Repair or
   13  maintenance does not include the construction of any new
   14  building, structure, or other public construction works. Repair
   15  or maintenance does not include a substantial addition,
   16  extension, or upgrade to an existing public facility. An
   17  addition, extension, or upgrade to an existing public facility
   18  shall be considered to be substantial if the estimated cost of
   19  such addition, extension, or upgrade, in accordance with
   20  generally accepted cost-accounting principles, exceeds the
   21  amounts in subsection (1) and exceeds 25 percent of the
   22  estimated total costs of the repair or maintenance project.
   23  However any addition, extension, or upgrade to an existing
   24  public facility shall not be considered to be substantial,
   25  regardless of costs, if the addition, extension, or upgrade is
   26  required to address an imminent threat to public health, safety,
   27  or welfare. With respect to an addition, extension, or upgrade
   28  to an existing public facility which is not required to address
   29  an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare, has an
   30  estimated cost that exceeds the amounts in subsection (1), and
   31  which the local government will perform using its own services,
   32  employees, and equipment, the local government shall publish a
   33  public notice identifying the addition, extension, or upgrade.
   34  The public notice shall state the estimated total cost of the
   35  addition, extension, or upgrade, using generally accepted cost
   36  accounting principles that fully account for all costs
   37  associated with the addition, extension, or upgrade, including
   38  employee compensation and benefits, equipment costs and
   39  maintenance, insurance costs, and materials. Upon publication of
   40  the public notice and for 21 days thereafter, the local
   41  government shall make available for public inspection during
   42  normal business hours at a location specified in the public
   43  notice a detailed itemization of each component of the estimated
   44  cost of the addition, extension, or upgrade, as well as
   45  documentation explaining the methodology used to arrive at the
   46  estimated cost.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50         And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete line 10
   52  and insert:
   53  defining the terms “repair” and “maintenance”; providing
   54  circumstances under which an addition, extension, or upgrade to
   55  an existing public facility is or is not considered substantial;