Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2716
       
       
       
       By Senator Aronberg
       
       
       
       
       27-01801B-10                                          20102716__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the outsourcing of services and
    3         activities by the state; amending s. 287.0574, F.S.;
    4         requiring a contract for a proposed outsourcing by the
    5         state to prohibit a contractor from authorizing an
    6         automatic increase in the salaries or benefits of its
    7         employees; requiring a contract for a proposed
    8         outsourcing by the state to require the contractor to
    9         submit a written request to an agency for an increase
   10         in certain employees’ salaries or benefits; requiring
   11         a contract for a proposed outsourcing by the state to
   12         require the state agency to inform the contractor of
   13         the reasons that justify the approval of increases in
   14         the salaries or benefits of the contractor’s employees
   15         under certain conditions; requiring that the Office of
   16         Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
   17         submit a report to the Legislature regarding increases
   18         in salaries and benefits for contract employees;
   19         providing an effective date.
   20  
   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   22  
   23         Section 1. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (5) of
   24  section 287.0574, Florida Statutes, to read:
   25         287.0574 Business cases to outsource; review and analysis;
   26  requirements.—
   27         (5) In addition to the contract requirements provided in s.
   28  287.058, each contract for a proposed outsourcing, pursuant to
   29  this section, must include, but need not be limited to, the
   30  following contractual provisions:
   31         (m) A provision that:
   32         1. Prohibits the contractor from authorizing an automatic
   33  increase in the salary or benefit of a contractor’s employee who
   34  is providing an activity or service under the contract.
   35         2. Requires the contractor to submit a written request to
   36  the agency for an increase in the salary or benefit of a
   37  contractor’s employee.
   38         3. If the agency approves any increase in a salary or
   39  benefit, requires the agency to inform the contractor of the
   40  reasons that justify the approval of any increase, including the
   41  employee’s original base salary and the percentage of the
   42  approved increase.
   43  
   44  By July 1, 2011, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   45  Government Accountability shall submit a report to the President
   46  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
   47  which contains the total number of requests by the contractors
   48  for employees’ salaries and benefits to be increased, the number
   49  of requests that were approved, the percentage increase of each
   50  approved request, and the reasons for granting approval.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.