Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 742
       
       
        
       By Senator Grall
       
       
       
       
       
       29-01436-24                                            2024742__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public works projects; amending s.
    3         255.0992, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
    4         “public works project” to include activities paid for
    5         with local funds; revising applicability of a
    6         provision that prohibits the state or a political
    7         subdivision that contracts for a public works project
    8         from taking certain actions; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraph
   14  (a) of subsection (2) of section 255.0992, Florida Statutes, are
   15  amended to read:
   16         255.0992 Public works projects; prohibited governmental
   17  actions.—
   18         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   19         (b) “Public works project” means an activity that is paid
   20  for with any local or state-appropriated funds and that consists
   21  of the construction, maintenance, repair, renovation,
   22  remodeling, or improvement of a building, road, street, sewer,
   23  storm drain, water system, site development, irrigation system,
   24  reclamation project, gas or electrical distribution system, gas
   25  or electrical substation, or other facility, project, or portion
   26  thereof owned in whole or in part by any political subdivision.
   27         (2) Except as required by federal or state law, the state
   28  or any political subdivision that contracts for a public works
   29  project may not take the following actions:
   30         (a) Prevent a certified, licensed, or registered
   31  contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier or carrier, from
   32  participating in the bidding process based on the geographic
   33  location of the company headquarters or offices of the
   34  contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier or carrier
   35  submitting a bid on a public works project or the residences of
   36  employees of such contractor, subcontractor, or material
   37  supplier or carrier. This paragraph does not apply to a
   38  political subdivision that contracts for a public works project
   39  for which the political subdivision is the sole source of
   40  funding.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.