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Florida House Bill H1025

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1010 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
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to government vehicles; amending s. 2
1616 286.29, F.S.; revising the selection criteria for 3
1717 purchasing or leasing vehicles for state agencies, 4
1818 state universities, community colleges, and local 5
19-governments under a state purchasing plan; providing a 6
20-condition under which state agencies must use and 7
21-procure ethanol and biodiesel blended fuels and 8
22-natural gas fuels; requiring the Department of 9
23-Management Services, before a specified date, to make 10
24-recommendations to state agencies, state universities, 11
25-community colleges, and local governments relating to 12
26-the procurement and integration of electric and 13
27-natural gas fuel vehicles; providing an effective 14
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30-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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32- Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 286.29, 19
33-Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 20
34- 286.29 Climate-friendly public business. —The Legislature 21
35-recognizes the importance of leadersh ip by state government in 22
36-the area of energy efficiency and in reducing the greenhouse gas 23
37-emissions of state government operations. The following shall 24
38-pertain to all state agencies when conducting public business: 25
19+governments under a state purchasing plan; removing a 6
20+provision requiring the use and procurement of ethanol 7
21+and biodiesel blended fuels; requiring the Department 8
22+of Management Services, before a specified date, to 9
23+make recommendations to state agencies, state 10
24+universities, community colleges, and local 11
25+governments relating to the procurement and 12
26+integration of electric and natural gas fuel vehicles; 13
27+providing an effective date. 14
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29+Be It Enacted by the Legislatu re of the State of Florida: 16
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31+ Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 286.29, 18
32+Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 19
33+ 286.29 Climate-friendly public business. —The Legislature 20
34+recognizes the importance of leadership by state government in 21
35+the area of energy efficiency and in reducing the greenhouse gas 22
36+emissions of state government operations. The following shall 23
37+pertain to all state agencies when conducting public business: 24
38+ (4) When procuring new vehicles, all state agencies, state 25
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51- (4) When procuring new vehicles, all s tate agencies, state 26
52-universities, community colleges, and local governments that 27
53-purchase vehicles under a state purchasing plan shall first 28
54-define the intended purpose for the vehicle and determine which 29
55-of the following use classes for which the vehicle is being 30
56-procured: 31
57- (a) State business travel, designated operator; 32
58- (b) State business travel, pool operators; 33
59- (c) Construction, agricultural, or maintenance work; 34
60- (d) Conveyance of passengers; 35
61- (e) Conveyance of building or maintenance materials and 36
62-supplies; 37
63- (f) Off-road vehicle, motorcycle, or all -terrain vehicle; 38
64- (g) Emergency response; or 39
65- (h) Other. 40
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67-Vehicles described in paragraphs (a) through (h), when being 42
68-processed for purchase or leasing agreements, must be selected 43
69-based on the lowest lifetime ownership costs, including costs 44
70-for operations, maintenance, and fuel when fuel economy data is 45
71-available, for the greatest fuel efficiency available for a 46
72-given use class when fuel economy data are available . Exceptions 47
73-may be made for individual vehicles in paragraph (g) when 48
74-accompanied, during the procurement process, by documentation 49
75-indicating that the operator or operators will exclusively be 50
51+universities, community colleges, and local governments that 26
52+purchase vehicles under a state purchasing plan shall first 27
53+define the intended purpose for the vehicle and determine which 28
54+of the following use classes for which the vehicle is being 29
55+procured: 30
56+ (a) State business travel, designated operator; 31
57+ (b) State business travel, pool operators; 32
58+ (c) Construction, agricultural, or maintenance work; 33
59+ (d) Conveyance of passengers; 34
60+ (e) Conveyance of building or maintenance materials and 35
61+supplies; 36
62+ (f) Off-road vehicle, motorcycle, or all -terrain vehicle; 37
63+ (g) Emergency response; or 38
64+ (h) Other. 39
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66+Vehicles described in paragraphs (a) through (h), when being 41
67+processed for purchase or leasing agreements, must be selected 42
68+based on the lowest lifetime ownership costs, inc luding costs 43
69+for fuel, operations, and maintenance, for the greatest fuel 44
70+efficiency available for a given use class when fuel economy 45
71+data are available. Exceptions may be made for individual 46
72+vehicles in paragraph (g) when accompanied, during the 47
73+procurement process, by documentation indicating that the 48
74+operator or operators will exclusively be emergency first 49
75+responders or have special documented need for exceptional 50
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88-emergency first responders or have special documented need for 51
89-exceptional vehicle performan ce characteristics. Any request for 52
90-an exception must be approved by the purchasing agency head and 53
91-any exceptional performance characteristics denoted as a part of 54
92-the procurement process prior to purchase. 55
93- (5) If a state agency purchases a vehicle with an internal 56
94-combustion engine, the state agency must All state agencies 57
95-shall use ethanol and biodiesel blended fuels or natural gas 58
96-fuels when available. State agencies administering central 59
97-fueling operations for state -owned vehicles with internal 60
98-combustion engines shall procure biofuels for fleet needs to the 61
99-greatest extent practicable. 62
100- Section 2. Before July 1, 2024, the Department of 63
101-Management Services shall make recommendations to state 64
102-agencies, state universities, community colleges, and loc al 65
103-governments regarding the procurement of electric and natural 66
104-gas fuel vehicles and other vehicles powered by renewable energy 67
105-as defined in s. 366.91(2), Florida Statutes, and best practices 68
106-for integrating such vehicles into existing fleets. 69
107- Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 70
88+vehicle performance characteristics. Any request for an 51
89+exception must be approved by the purchasing agency head and any 52
90+exceptional performance characteristics denoted as a part of the 53
91+procurement process prior to purchase. 54
92+ (5) All state agencies shall use ethanol and biodiesel 55
93+blended fuels when available. State agencies administering 56
94+central fueling operations for state -owned vehicles shall 57
95+procure biofuels for fleet needs to the greatest extent 58
96+practicable. 59
97+ Section 2. Before July 1, 2024, the Department of 60
98+Management Services shall make recommendations to state 61
99+agencies, state universities, community colleges, and local 62
100+governments regarding the procurement of electric and natural 63
101+gas fuel vehicles and best practices for integrating such 64
102+vehicles into existing fleets. 65
103+ Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 66