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Legislative updates are provided by :

Kirk W. Buffington, CPPO, C.P.M., MBA Director of Procurement Services, City of Fort Lauderdale

Update on SB1056/HB 1157 /Local Gov't Prompt payment Act / In the senate it’s moved out of regulated industries with a favorable vote and is moving to community Affairs. And in the house, it’s moved out of local and military affairs, also with a favorable vote and is moved onto community affairs.

SB 376/Advertising Requirements and Public Notice

Red Light Cameras

BIlls filed/Leislature has been busy/To date, there have been a total of 2,290 bills filed, 1,420 in the Senate and 870 in the House.

HB 1161 / Creates “Buy Florida Act”, Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services

Bills Update/The Florida Legislature just concluded it final week of committee meetings in preparation for the beginning of the 2010 Legislative Session on March 2. The 2010 Florida Legislature will once again face the prospect of a revenue shortfall for the 2010-2011 budget cycle. Current estimates indicate the Legislature will be dealing with a revenue shortfall of as much as $3.2 billion from the $65.6 billion budget passed last Session. To date, there have been a total of 1,749 bills filed, 1,146 in the Senate and 603 in the House.

SB 1524 / Purchase of Hybrid Vehicles

HB 785 / Procurement of Commodities and Contractual Services

SB 376 / Advertisements & Public Notices on publicly accessible website

Final Changes to 255 and 287. Signed by Governor on June 24th, 2009

Transparency in Gov't Spending / FINAL UPDATE / ADD TO APPROPRIATIONS BILL

HB0971/"Transparency Florida Act/ SB 1796 / The House has substitued the Senate version, which is attached. It's much less onerous on Local Gov't now.

HB0971/"Transparency Florida Act/ The most recent committee subsitute for this bill has significantly changed the requirments for local government. I have provided the next bill text, which appears to be moving throught the legislature, and will probably become law

Transparency in Government Spending HB 971 (Hukill)SB 1976 (Alexander) Recent Action: SB 1976 passed unanimously out of the Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee and is now on the calendar for consideration by the full Senate. There was no action on HB 971 during Week 6.

Transparency in Government Spending / HB 971 SB 1972 /SB 594 HB 1421 HB 971 and SB 1972 require the Department of Financial Services to create a searchable website for citizens to view expenditures and revenues of state and local government. The local governments are required to furnish the information to DFS. Local governments with populations of less than 10,000 are exempt. SB 594 and HB 1421 require the creation of a similar website but only for the expenditures and revenues of state government. Recent Action: There was no action on these bills during Week 5.

HB 971 / Transparency in Local Gov't Spending / Continues to move throuhgh committee - see attached

HB 971 / Transparency in Local Gov't Spending - is scheduled to be heard in Tuesday’s meeting of the House Governmental Accountability Act Council.

HB 971 / Transparency in Gov't spending - HB 971 and SB 1972 require the Department of Financial Services to create a searchable website for citizens to view expenditures and revenues of state and local government. The local governments are required to furnish the information to DFS. Local governments with populations of less than 10,000 are exempt. SB 594 and HB 1421 require the creation of a similar website but only for the expenditures and revenues of state government. Recent Action: There has been no recent action on HB 971, SB 1972 or HB 1421. SB 594 was discussed in the Senate Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability on March 5 but no vote was taken.

The attached bill was filed on February 18th, and is called Transparency in Gov't Spending. Similar to bills filed the past two years, it requires the creation of a state web site by DMS, and that all local gov't entities would be required to feed certain expenditure information to the site. Previously, the bill required expenditures exceeding $5,000 be reported. However, this new bill is much more onerous, and if passed, would create a significant burden on local gov'ts. The new bill requires the posting of ALL expenditures, regardless of amount, and now requires the posting of all salaries, revenues and agency indebtedness.

HB 181 / Local Gov't Spending & Transparency

State and Local Govt. Spending Disclosure/Website

SB2148 / HB 0683 - Public Construction Works

State and Local Govt. Spending Disclosure/Website

Relating to Public Construction Works

Automatic Renewal of Service Contracts

Update on Prompt Payment Act - PASSED BOTH HOUSES

Prompt Payment Act

May 2004:
Senate Bill SB 2932 – Relating to Procurement/Governmental Entities

March 15, 2004:
Senate Bill SB 2932 – Relating to Procurement/Governmental Entities

March 4, 2004:
Legislative Session of 2004 – Purchasing Legislative Bills of Interest

May 7 , 2003:
Senate Bill SB 1724 and HB 1169 - Prompt Payment Act for Construction Services (UPDATE)

Additional article on GSA IT Purchasing can be found here.

April16 , 2003:
Senate Bill SB 1724 and HB 1169 - Prompt Payment Act for Construction Services

March 4 , 2003:
Attorney General Opinion, Regarding City Travel Policy

February 13, 2003:
1992 Reverse Discrimination Case Overturned

February 10, 2003:
Senate Bill S 54, Minimum Wage Statue, and Living Wage

July 9, 2002:
During the 2001 legislative session two bills passed, and have been signed by the Governor which may have some impact on local agency operations, and which may be of some interest to local government procurement authorities.

Any questions, please feel free to send me an e-mail at: kbuffington@fortlauderdale.gov

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