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<br />BOOK 57 PAGE 338
<br />287.025 Prohibition against certain insurance coverage on specified state
<br />property or insurable subjects. --
<br />(1) No primary contract of insurance shall be purchased on insurable subjects
<br />or property titled in the name of the state or its departments, divisions,
<br />bureaus, commissions, or agencies with respect to any of the following properties,
<br />coverages, or insurable subjects:
<br />(a) Physical damage insurance on motor vehicles which are licensed for use on
<br />the public highways of this state. For the purpose of this chapter, the term
<br />"physical damage insurance" means coverage against collision, upset or overturn,
<br />fire, theft, combined additional coverage, or comprehensive;
<br />(b) Physical damage insurance on watercraft and related equipment;
<br />(c) Loss of rental income on any buildings unless financed in whole or in part
<br />by revenue bonds or certificates and such coverage is required by the terms
<br />thereof;
<br />(d) Miscellaneous equipment which is subject to a transportation feature and
<br />subject to ordinarily being covered by an inland marine insurance floater. The
<br />term "miscellaneous equipment" does not include boilers and machinery or nuclear
<br />equipment;
<br />(e) Museum collections, artifacts, relics, or fine arts;
<br />(f) Hull coverage on aircraft;
<br />(g) Glass insurance;
<br />(h) Coverage for loss against vandalism or malicious mischief unless these
<br />perils are included within an all risks of physical loss form; and
<br />(i) Insurance against loss or damage to livestock and services of a veterinary
<br />for such animals.
<br />(2) Excess insurance may be purchased to cover loss for physical damage on the
<br />above-described properties or risk if the aggregate exposure at any one location
<br />or actual cash value of any one item exceeds the sum of $50,000. However, no
<br />excess insurance shall be purchased on any items listed in paragraphs (c), (e),
<br />(g), (h), and (i), regardless of value or risk.
<br />(3) Any items, property, or insurable subjects titled in the name of the state
<br />or its departments, divisions, bureaus, commissions, or agencies which are not
<br />included or insured by the Florida Fire Insurance Trust Fund under chapter 284 or
<br />specifically designated not to be insured by this section shall be eligible
<br />subjects for insurance coverage through commercial insurance carriers as other-dise
<br />provided by law.
<br />(4) No primary insurance contracts shall be purchased on any property or
<br />insurable subjects when the same is loaned to, leased by, or intended to be leased
<br />by, the state or its departments, divisions, bureaus, commissions, or agencies
<br />unless such coverage is required by the terms of the lease agreement and unless
<br />the insurance coverages required by the provisions of the lease are approved in
<br />writing by the Department of General Services.
<br />History. --ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 70-435; s. 1, ch. 73-64.
<br />287.032 Purpose of division. --It shall be the purpose of the Division of
<br />Purchasing:
<br />(1) To promote efficiency, economy, and the conservation of energy and to
<br />effect coordination in the purchase of commodities for the state; and.
<br />(2) To provide uniform contractual service procurement policies, rules,
<br />procedures, and forms for use by the various agencies in procuring contractual
<br />services.
<br />History. --s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 69-82; s. 1, ch. 76-29; s. 1, ch: 77-316;
<br />s. 2, ch. 80-374; s. 7, ch. 82-196.
<br />287.042 Powers, duties, and functions. --The division shall have the following
<br />powers, duties, and functions:
<br />(1) To canvass all sources of supply and contract for the purchase, lease, or
<br />acquisition in any manner, including purchase by installment sales or lease -
<br />purchase contracts which may provide for the payment of interest on unpaid portions
<br />of the purchase price, of all commodities required by the state government or any
<br />of its agencies under competitive bidding or by contractual negotiation. Any
<br />contract providing for deferred payments and the payment of interest shall be
<br />subject to specific rules -adopted by the division.
<br />(2) To plan and coordinate purchases in volume and to negotiate and execute
<br />purchasing agreements and contracts under which the division shall require state
<br />agencies to purchase commodities and under which a county, municipality, or other
<br />local public agency may.purchase commodities. Purchases by any county,
<br />municipality, or other local public agency under the provisions in the state
<br />purchasing contracts shall be exempt from the competitive bid requirements
<br />otherwise applying to their purchases.
<br />(3) To have general supervision, through the state agencies, of all storerooms
<br />and stores operated by the agencies; to provide for transfer or exchange of
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