Florida Senate - 2018 PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Bill No. SB 368
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Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
(Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government)
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of Management
3 Services; creating the Statewide Procurement
4 Efficiency Task Force within the department;
5 specifying the purpose and membership of the task
6 force; providing meeting requirements; providing for
7 administrative and technical support of the task
8 force; providing that task force members shall serve
9 without compensation or reimbursement of expenses;
10 requiring the task force to submit a report to the
11 Governor and the Legislature by a certain date;
12 providing for the termination of the task force;
13 providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Statewide Procurement Efficiency Task Force.
18 There is created the Statewide Procurement Efficiency Task Force
19 for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and value of
20 state and local procurement laws and policies to the taxpayers
21 of this state and determining where inconsistencies in such laws
22 and policies exist.
23 (1) The task force is composed of the following members:
24 (a) The Secretary of Management Services or his or her
25 designee, who shall serve as chair of the task force.
26 (b) Seven members appointed by the Governor, as follows:
27 1. One county government official.
28 2. One municipal government official.
29 3. One district school board member.
30 4. One professional engineer licensed under chapter 471,
31 Florida Statutes.
32 5. One general contractor as defined in s. 489.105(3)(a),
33 Florida Statutes.
34 6. The chairs of the governing boards of two water
35 management districts.
36 (c) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
37 Representatives, as follows:
38 1. A member of the House of Representatives.
39 2. An attorney who is a member in good standing of The
40 Florida Bar and has expertise in procurement law.
41 (d) Two members appointed by the President of the Senate,
42 as follows:
43 1. A member of the Senate.
44 2. An attorney who is a member in good standing of The
45 Florida Bar and has expertise in procurement law.
46 (e) The Chief Financial Officer, or his or her designee who
47 must be an employee of the Department of Financial Services.
48 (f) The state chief information officer or his or her
49 designee.
50 (2) Task force members must be appointed by July 31, 2018.
51 By August 31, 2018, the task force shall meet to establish
52 procedures for the conduct of its business and to elect a vice
53 chair. The task force shall meet at the call of the chair. A
54 majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum,
55 and a quorum is necessary for the purpose of voting on any
56 action or recommendation of the task force. All meetings shall
57 be held in Tallahassee, unless otherwise decided by the task
58 force, and then no more than two such meetings may be held in
59 other locations for the purpose of taking public testimony.
60 Administrative and technical support shall be provided by the
61 department. Task force members shall serve without compensation
62 and are not entitled to reimbursement for per diem or travel
63 expenses.
64 (3) The task force must submit a final report to the
65 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
66 House of Representatives by July 1, 2019. Such report must, at a
67 minimum, include recommendations for consideration by the
68 Legislature to promote procurement efficiency, streamline
69 procurement policies, establish best management practices, and
70 encourage increased use of state term contracts.
71 (4) The task force is terminated December 31, 2019.
72 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.