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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to fleet management; requiring the 2
Department of Management Services to prepare an 3
inventory of state-owned motor vehicles, maintenance 4
facilities, and fuel depots; requiring the department 5
to submit the inventory to the Governor and the 6
Legislature by a specified date; specifying 7
requirements for the inventory; requiring state 8
agencies and state universities to provide certain 9
information requested by the department; creating the 10
Fleet Operations Management Pilot Program within the 11
department; providing the purpose of the pilot 12
program; specifying motor vehicles that are excluded 13
from the pilot program; requiring the department to 14
administer the pilot program; requiring the department 15
to competitively procure and contract with a vendor or 16
contractor for a specified purpose; requiring that 17
such contract be competitively bid at specified 18
intervals; requiring data relating to such contract to 19
be stored in at least one common format approved by 20
the department; providing that such data remains the 21
property of the department; specifying requirements 22
for motor vehicle-monitoring hardware installed in a 23
state-owned motor vehicle; requiring the depar tment to 24
establish an average baseline of costs for each state 25
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entity selected for the pilot program; providing 26
requirements for the department and state entities to 27
implement the pilot program by specified dates; 28
requiring the department to submit an annu al report to 29
the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; 30
authorizing the termination or acceleration of the 31
pilot program under certain circumstances; providing 32
an effective date. 33
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35
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Section 1. Statewide inventory. — 37
(1) The Department of Management Services shall prepare an 38
inventory of all state -owned motor vehicles, maintenance 39
facilities, and fuel depots. By December 31, 2022, the 40
department shall submit the inventory to the Governo r, the 41
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 42
Representatives. 43
(2) The inventory must provide, at a minimum, all of the 44
following: 45
(a) Entity of ownership of all state -owned motor vehicles, 46
maintenance facilities, and fuel depots. 47
(b) Entity of possession of all state -owned motor 48
vehicles, maintenance facilities, and fuel depots. 49
(c) Estimated annual operating and other costs of all 50
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state-owned motor vehicles, maintenance facilities, and fuel 51
depots. 52
(d) Number of full-time equivalent and other-personal-53
services positions assigned to operate and maintain each state -54
owned maintenance facility and fuel depot. 55
(e) Physical address for the location of all state -owned 56
motor vehicles, maintenance facilities, and fuel depots. 57
(3) Each state agency and state university shall provide 58
any information requested by the Department of Management 59
Services necessary for the completion of the inventory. 60
Section 2. Fleet Operations Management Pilot Program. — 61
(1) There is created within the Department of Management 62
Services the Fleet Operations Management Pilot Program. The 63
purpose of the pilot program is to assess the potential for cost 64
savings through a contract with a vendor or contractor for 65
privatizing the management and operation of st ate-owned motor 66
vehicles, motor vehicle acquisitions and dispositions, 67
maintenance facilities, and fuel operations. The pilot program 68
may not include any vehicle designated for law enforcement 69
purposes unless requested by the agency. 70
(2) The Department of Management Services shall administer 71
the Fleet Operations Management Pilot Program. The department 72
shall competitively procure and contract with a vendor or 73
contractor for privatizing state -owned motor vehicles, motor 74
vehicle acquisitions and dispositions, maintenance facilities, 75
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and fuel operations for selected state entities. Any contract 76
with a vendor or contractor for the pilot program must be 77
competitively bid every 5 years. Any data that relates to the 78
contract must be stored in at least one common format approved 79
by the department, and such data remains the property of the 80
department. Any vehicle -monitoring hardware installed in a 81
state-owned motor vehicle must be commercially available and may 82
not be proprietary to the vendor o r contractor. 83
(3) For each state entity selected by the Department of 84
Management Services for inclusion in the Fleet Operations 85
Management Pilot Program, the department shall establish an 86
average baseline of costs associated with state -owned motor 87
vehicles, motor vehicle acquisitions and dispositions, 88
maintenance facilities, and fuel operations using the previous 3 89
fiscal years for each state entity. 90
(4) By October 1, 2023, the Department of Management 91
Services and three state entities selected by the d epartment, 92
which must have a combined total motor vehicle fleet size of at 93
least 5,000 motor vehicles, must use the competitively procured 94
contract selected by the department for privatizing the 95
management and operation of state -owned motor vehicles, motor 96
vehicle acquisitions and dispositions, maintenance facilities, 97
and fuel operations. Upon request by the department, each state 98
entity selected must provide all information necessary for 99
privatizing the management of existing state -owned motor 100
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vehicles, motor vehicle acquisitions and dispositions, 101
maintenance facilities, fuel operations, and any full -time 102
equivalent and other -personal-services positions assigned to 103
operate and maintain each state -owned maintenance facility and 104
fuel operation. 105
(5) By October 1, 2024, the Department of Management 106
Services must select 10 additional state entities to use the 107
competitively procured contract selected by the department for 108
privatizing the management and operation of state -owned motor 109
vehicles, motor vehicle acqui sitions and dispositions, 110
maintenance facilities, and fuel operations. Upon request by the 111
department, each state entity selected must provide all 112
information necessary for privatizing the management of existing 113
state-owned motor vehicles, motor vehicle ac quisitions and 114
dispositions, maintenance facilities, fuel operations, and any 115
full-time equivalent and other -personal-services positions 116
assigned to operate and maintain each state -owned maintenance 117
facility and fuel operation. 118
(6) By October 1, 2025, th e Department of Management 119
Services shall direct all state entities to use the 120
competitively procured contract selected by the department for 121
privatizing the management and operation of state -owned motor 122
vehicles, motor vehicle acquisitions and disposition s, 123
maintenance facilities, and fuel operations. Upon request by the 124
department, each state entity must provide all information 125
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necessary for privatizing the management of existing state -owned 126
motor vehicles, motor vehicle acquisitions and dispositions, 127
maintenance facilities, fuel operations, and any full -time 128
equivalent and other -personal-services positions assigned to 129
operate and maintain each state -owned maintenance facility and 130
fuel operation. 131
(7) Annually beginning September 1, 2024, the Department 132
of Management Services shall compile a report detailing the 133
impact to full-time equivalent and other -personal-services 134
positions and cost savings, if any, and submit such report, 135
along with a list of its findings and recommendations regarding 136
the pilot program, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, 137
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 138
(8) If the Department of Management Services is unable to 139
document at least $5 million in cost savings to the state under 140
the pilot program by July 1, 202 5, the pilot program and any 141
vendor or contractor contracts may be terminated. The department 142
may terminate the pilot program and any vendor or contractor 143
contracts before July 1, 2025, if the department's findings or 144
economic models do not indicate that t he pilot program will 145
result in significant cost savings to the state by July 1, 2025. 146
The department may accelerate the implementation of the pilot 147
program by 1 fiscal year for each implementation stage if the 148
cost savings justify an accelerated implement ation. 149
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 150