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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 337
CONTRACTING; ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL, AND USE OF PROPERTY
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F.S. 337.139
337.139 Efforts to encourage awarding contracts to disadvantaged business enterprises.In implementing chapter 90-136, Laws of Florida, the Department of Transportation shall institute procedures to encourage the awarding of contracts for professional services and construction to disadvantaged business enterprises. For the purposes of this section, the term “disadvantaged business enterprise” means a small business concern certified by the Department of Transportation to be owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The Department of Transportation shall develop and implement activities to encourage the participation of disadvantaged business enterprises in the contracting process. Such efforts may include:
(1) Presolicitation or prebid meetings for the purpose of informing disadvantaged business enterprises of contracting opportunities.
(2) Written notice to disadvantaged business enterprises of contract opportunities for commodities or contractual and construction services which the disadvantaged business provides.
(3) Provision of adequate information to disadvantaged business enterprises about the plans, specifications, and requirements of contracts or the availability of jobs.
(4) Breaking large contracts into several single-purpose contracts of a size which may be obtained by certified disadvantaged business enterprises.
History.s. 45, ch. 90-136; s. 84, ch. 99-385; s. 32, ch. 2012-174.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 337.139
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 337.139.



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CHARLES E. BURKETT AND ASSOCIATES, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 637 So. 2d 47 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . agency to make rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the act [see section 337.139 . . . See § 337.139 and 339.0805, Florida Statutes (1993). . . .