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<br />period in excess of 1 year shall use devices, equipment, and additives that have
<br />been certified as energy saving and approved for use by the United States
<br />Environmental Protection Agency and that have been determined to be cost effective
<br />by the Department of General Services.
<br />History. --s. 1, ch. 82-68.
<br />287.084 Preference to Florida businesses. --
<br />(1) When a county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision
<br />of the state is required to make purchases of personal property through competitive
<br />bidding and the lowest responsible bid is by a bidder whose principal place of
<br />business is in a state or'political subdivision thereof which grants a preference
<br />for the purchase of such personal property to a person whose principal place of
<br />business is in such state, then the county, municipality, school district, or
<br />other political subdivision of this state may award a preference to the lowest
<br />responsible bidder having a principal place of business within this state, which
<br />preference is equal to the preference granted by the state or'political subdivision
<br />thereof in which the lowest responsible bidder has his principal place of business.
<br />However, this section shall not apply to transportation projects for which federal
<br />aid funds are available.
<br />(2) If an invitation for bids provides for the granting of such preference as is
<br />provided herein, any bidder whose principal place of business is outside the State
<br />of Florida must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an
<br />attorney at law licensed to practice law in that foreign state, as to the
<br />preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of that state to its own business
<br />entities whose principal places of business are in that foreign state in the
<br />letting of any or all public contracts.
<br />History. --s. 1, ch. 77-460; s. 117, ch. 79-400.
<br />287.092 Preference to certain foreign manufacturers. --Any foreign manufacturing
<br />company with a factory in the state and employing over 200 employees working in
<br />the state shall have preference over any other foreign company when price, quality,
<br />and service are the same, regardless of where the product is manufactured.
<br />History. --s. 22, ch. 69-106.
<br />287.094 Minority business enterprise programs; penalty for false representation. --
<br />(1) "Minority business enterprise" means any legal entity, other than a joint
<br />venture, which is organized to engage in commercial transactions and which is at
<br />least 51 -percent owned and controlled by minority persons.
<br />(2) "Minority person" means a person who is a citizen or lawful permanent
<br />resident of the United States and who is:
<br />(a) A black, a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa;
<br />(b) An Hispanic person, a person of Spanish or Portuguese culture with origins
<br />in Mexico, South America, Central America, or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of
<br />race;
<br />(c) An Asian, a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far
<br />East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands;
<br />(d) An American Indian or Alaskan Native, a person having origins in any of the
<br />original peoples of North America; or
<br />(e) A woman.
<br />(3) It is unlawful for any individual to falsely represent any entity as a
<br />minority business enterprise for purposes of qualifying for certification as such
<br />an enterprise under a program of a state agency which, in compliance with -federal
<br />law, is designed to assist minority business enterprises in the receipt of
<br />contracts with the agency for the provision of goods or services. Any person who
<br />violates this section is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as
<br />provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
<br />History. --s. 2, ch. 82-196.
<br />287.095 Department of Corrections; prison industry programs. --
<br />(1) The purchase of raw materials for use by the Department of Corrections in
<br />its prison industry programs to manufacture or process products for resale is
<br />exempt from the provisions of this part.
<br />(2) The provisions of this part shall not apply to any purchases of commodities
<br />or contractual services made by any state agency from the department or by the
<br />nonprofit corporation organized under s. 945.135.
<br />History. --s. 1, ch. 82-76; s. 3, ch. 82-409.
<br />-287.102 Class B printing. --No general contract shall be let to cover printing
<br />designated as class B, but each job coming under this classification shall be let
<br />separately, under regulations adopted by the division, to the lowest responsible
<br />bidder. Such contract shall apply only to the work under consideration and
<br />competitive bids shall be required on all purchases in excess of $1,000. All
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