Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 574
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/10/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (12) of section
    6  1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
    8  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
    9  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   10         (12) FINANCE.—Take steps to assure students adequate
   11  educational facilities through the financial procedure
   12  authorized in chapters 1010 and 1011 and as prescribed below:
   13         (i) Contracts for materials, supplies, and services.
   14  Contract for materials, supplies, and services needed for the
   15  district school system. No contract for supplying these needs
   16  shall be made with any member of the district school board, with
   17  the district school superintendent, or with any business
   18  organization in which any district school board member or the
   19  district school superintendent has any financial interest
   20  whatsoever. The district school board may adopt rules to
   21  facilitate the efficient and effective procurement of materials,
   22  supplies, and services, including the use of online procurement
   23  and electronic auction services. For purposes of this paragraph,
   24  the term “electronic auction services” means a competitive
   25  procurement conducted on a centralized website using third-party
   26  software, jointly managed by an approved vendor and the district
   27  school board, for the purpose of obtaining competitive prices in
   28  an auction environment.
   29         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1006.27, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         1006.27 Pooling of school buses and related purchases by
   32  district school boards; transportation services contracts.—
   33         (1) The department shall assist district school boards in
   34  securing school buses, contractual needs, equipment, and
   35  supplies at as reasonable prices as possible by providing a plan
   36  under which district school boards may voluntarily pool their
   37  bids for such purchases. The department shall prepare bid forms
   38  and specifications, obtain quotations of prices and make such
   39  information available to district school boards in order to
   40  facilitate this service and use electronic auction services, as
   41  defined in s. 1001.42(12)(i), or other efficient procurement
   42  tools. District schools may also use electronic auction services
   43  or other efficient procurement tools for such purchases.
   44  District school boards from time to time, as prescribed by State
   45  Board of Education rule, shall furnish the department with
   46  information concerning the prices paid for such items and the
   47  department shall furnish to district school boards periodic
   48  information concerning the lowest prices at which school buses,
   49  equipment, and related supplies are available based upon
   50  comparable specifications.
   51         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54  And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   56  and insert:
   57                        A bill to be entitled                      
   58         An act relating to electronic auction services;
   59         amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; revising the powers and
   60         duties of the district school board to authorize the
   61         adoption of rules regarding procurement practices;
   62         defining the term “electronic auction services”;
   63         amending s. 1006.27, F.S.; authorizing a district
   64         school board’s use of electronic auction services in
   65         conjunction with bid pooling for school buses and
   66         related purchases; providing an effective date.