Online Sunshine Logo
Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature
October 14, 2024
Text: 'NEW Advanced Legislative Search'
Interpreter Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Go to MyFlorida House
Go to MyFlorida House
Select Year:  
The Florida Statutes

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY
Chapter 255
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDINGS
View Entire Chapter
F.S. 255.0991
255.0991 Contracts for construction services; prohibited local government preferences.
(1) For purposes of this section, the term:
(a) “Competitive solicitation” has the same meaning as in s. 255.248.
(b) “State-appropriated funds” means all funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, excluding federal funds.
(2) For any competitive solicitation for construction services paid for with any state-appropriated funds, a state college, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state may not use a local ordinance or regulation to prevent a certified, licensed, or registered contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier or carrier, from participating in the bidding process based upon:
(a) Maintaining an office or place of business within a particular local jurisdiction;
(b) Hiring employees or subcontractors from within a particular local jurisdiction; or
(c) Prior payment of local taxes, assessments, or duties within a particular local jurisdiction.
(3) For any competitive solicitation that meets the criteria in subsection (2), a state college, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state shall disclose in the solicitation document that any applicable local ordinance or regulation does not include any preference that is prohibited by subsection (2).
(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 accordance with applicable state laws or local ordinances or regulations.
History.s. 1, ch. 2015-63; s. 1, ch. 2021-194.