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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to United States -produced iron and 2
steel in public works projects; creating s. 255.0993, 3
F.S.; providing definitions; requiring governmental 4
entities to include a requirement in certain contracts 5
that certain iron or steel products must be produced 6
in the United States; providing exceptions; providing 7
construction; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 255.0993, Florida Statutes, is created 12
to read: 13
255.0993 Public works projects; United States -produced 14
iron and steel products. — 15
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 16
(a) "Governmental entity" means t he state, or any office, 17
board, bureau, commission, department, branch, division, or 18
institution thereof, or a separate agency or unit of local 19
government created or established by law or ordinance and the 20
officers thereof. The term includes, but is not li mited to, a 21
county; a city, town, or other municipality; or a department, 22
commission, authority, school district, taxing district, water 23
management district, board, public corporation, institution of 24
higher education, or other public agency or body thereof 25
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authorized to expend public funds for the construction, 26
maintenance, repair, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of 27
public works. 28
(b) "Manufacturing process" means the application of a 29
process to alter the form or function of materials or elements 30
of a product in a manner that adds value and transforms the 31
materials or elements into a new finished product that is 32
functionally different from a finished product produced merely 33
from assembling materials or elements into a product without 34
applying such a process. 35
(c) "Public works project" means an activity that is paid 36
for with any state-appropriated funds or funds administered by a 37
governmental entity and which consists of the construction, 38
maintenance, repair, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of , 39
a building, road, street, sewer, storm drain, water system, site 40
development, irrigation system, reclamation project, gas or 41
electrical distribution system, gas or electrical substation, or 42
other facility, project, or portion thereof that is owned in 43
whole or in part by any governmental entity. 44
(d) "Produced in the United States" means, with respect to 45
iron and steel, all manufacturing processes, from initial 46
melting through application of coatings, occur in the United 47
States, other than metallurgical p rocesses to refine steel 48
additives. 49
(2) UNITED STATES-PRODUCED IRON AND STEEL REQUIREMENT. — 50
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 51
governmental entity entering into a contract for a public works 52
project or for the purchase of materials for a public works 53
project must include in the contract a requirement that any iron 54
or steel product used in or purchased for the project be 55
produced in the United States. 56
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the governmental 57
entity entering into a contract fo r a public works project or 58
the purchase of materials for a public works project determines 59
that: 60
1. Iron or steel products produced in the United States 61
are not produced in sufficient quantities, reasonably available, 62
or of satisfactory quality. 63
2. The use of iron or steel products produced in the 64
United States will increase the total cost of the project by 65
more than 20 percent. 66
3. Complying with paragraph (a) is inconsistent with the 67
public interest. 68
(3) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. —This section shall be 69
applied in a manner consistent with and may not be construed to 70
impair the state's obligations under any international 71
agreement. 72
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 73