Title: Local Government Construction Preferences

Summary: Prohibits local ordinances & regulations from restricting competition for award of construction services based upon certain conditions; requires state college, school district, or other political subdivision to make specified disclosures in competitive solicitation documents.

Full Text:
An act relating to local government construction preferences; creating s. 255.0991, F.S.; defining "state-appropriated funds"; prohibiting local ordinances and regulations from restricting competition for the award of a contract for construction services based upon certain conditions; requiring a state college, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state to make specified di sclosures in competitive solicitation documents; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 255.0991, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 255.0991 Contrac ts for construction services; prohibited local government preferences.-(1) For purposes of this section, the term "state appropriated funds" means all funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, excluding federal funds. (2) For a competitive solicitation for construction services in which percent or more of the cost will be paid from state-appropriated funds, a state college, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of CS/CS/CS/HB 2015 the state may not use a local ordinance or regulation that provides a preference based upon: (a) The contractor's maintaining an office or place of business within a particular local jurisdiction; (b) The contractor's hiring employees or subcontractors from within a particular local jurisdicti on; or (c) The contractor's prior payment of local taxes, assessments, or duties within a particular local jurisdiction. (3) For any competitive solicitation subject to this section, a state college, county, municipality, school district, or other poli tical subdivision of the state shall disclose in the solicitation document whether payment will be made from funds appropriated by the state and, if known, the amount of such funds or the percentage of such funds as compared to the anticipated total cost of the construction services. (4) Except as provided in subsection (2), this section does not prevent a state college, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state from awarding a contract to a contractor in accordanc ewith applicable state laws or local ordinances or regulations. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.