Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1164
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/13/2023           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (Collins) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (169752) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 77 - 97
    5  and insert:
    6         (3) A competitive solicitation for the purchase of food
    7  commodities may give preference over other vendors to a
    8  responsive and responsible vendor who agrees to fulfill the
    9  contract through the use of food commodities grown or produced
   10  in this state, provided that such preference does not exceed 10
   11  percent of the total score allocated to price or does not result
   12  in a price increase greater than 10 percent.
   13         (4) By November 1, 2024, and each November 1 biennially
   14  thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit a report to
   15  the Governor, the Cabinet, the President of the Senate, and the
   16  Speaker of the House of Representatives which describes the
   17  amount of food commodities grown or produced in this state which
   18  were purchased according to the requirements of this section. In
   19  order to compile such report, the department shall adopt by rule
   20  a form to be submitted to the department by each state agency,
   21  state university, Florida College System institution, or
   22  contracted food service provider thereof which purchases food
   23  commodities. Such state entities shall submit the form to the
   24  department by August 1, 2024, and each August 1 biennially
   25  thereafter. The report must contain, at a
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete lines 275 - 279
   30  and insert:
   31         competitive solicitations to give preference to
   32         certain vendors under certain circumstances; requiring
   33         the Department of Management Services to provide a
   34         biennial report to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the
   35         Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
   36         department to adopt by rule a specified form;
   37         requiring certain state entities to submit the form to
   38         the department biennially by a specified date;
   39         providing requirements for the report;