| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to a request for information by the |
| 3 | Department of the Lottery; providing definitions; |
| 4 | requiring the department to issue a request for |
| 5 | information to determine the feasibility of entering into |
| 6 | a management agreement with a manager to provide |
| 7 | management services to the department; requiring a report |
| 8 | to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of |
| 9 | the House of Representatives; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. (1) For purposes of this section, the term: |
| 14 | (a) "Department" means the Department of the Lottery. |
| 15 | (b) "Management agreement" means a contractual agreement |
| 16 | entered into between the department and a manager to provide |
| 17 | management services to the department. Under such agreement, the |
| 18 | department shall continue to manage and operate the lottery. |
| 19 | (c) "Manager" means an entity that provides management |
| 20 | services to the department on behalf of the department under a |
| 21 | management agreement. |
| 22 | (d) "Request for information" means a written or |
| 23 | electronically posted request made by an agency to vendors for |
| 24 | information concerning commodities or contractual services. |
| 25 | Responses to these requests are not offers and may not be |
| 26 | accepted by the agency to form a binding contract. |
| 27 | (2) The department shall issue a request for information |
| 28 | to determine the feasibility of entering into a management |
| 29 | agreement with a manager. The request for information, at a |
| 30 | minimum, must obtain the following information: |
| 31 | (a) How the vendor proposes to improve the operation of |
| 32 | the department. |
| 33 | (b) How the vendor proposes to increase lottery revenues. |
| 34 | (c) The vendor's plan for implementing the proposed |
| 35 | improvements. |
| 36 | (d) The cost savings and increased revenues that would be |
| 37 | generated by the vendor's proposals. |
| 38 | (e) The vendor's proposed method of payment if awarded the |
| 39 | management agreement. |
| 40 | (3) The department shall report the following information |
| 41 | to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the |
| 42 | House of Representatives no later than September 30, 2011: |
| 43 | (a) A comparison of the management and operation of the |
| 44 | department with the management and operation of other state |
| 45 | lotteries. |
| 46 | (b) A summary of the information gathered from the request |
| 47 | for information. |
| 48 | (c) A recommendation as to the feasibility of entering |
| 49 | into a management agreement with a manager. |
| 50 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |