Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 574
Ì824732$Î824732
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/10/2015 .
.
.
.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Latvala) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
2
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.
52
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.