Bill Text: FL H1059 | 2011 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Request for Information by Department of Lottery

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1059 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1059-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1059

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to a request for information by the
3	Department of the Lottery; providing definitions;
4	requiring the department to issue a request for
5	information to determine the feasibility of entering into
6	a management agreement with a manager to provide
7	management services to the department; requiring a report
8	to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of
9	the House of Representatives; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  (1)  For purposes of this section, the term:
14	(a)  "Department" means the Department of the Lottery.
15	(b)  "Management agreement" means a contractual agreement
16	entered into between the department and a manager to provide
17	management services to the department. Under such agreement, the
18	department shall continue to manage and operate the lottery.
19	(c)  "Manager" means an entity that provides management
20	services to the department on behalf of the department under a
21	management agreement.
22	(d)  "Request for information" means a written or
23	electronically posted request made by an agency to vendors for
24	information concerning commodities or contractual services.
25	Responses to these requests are not offers and may not be
26	accepted by the agency to form a binding contract.
27	(2)  The department shall issue a request for information
28	to determine the feasibility of entering into a management
29	agreement with a manager. The request for information, at a
30	minimum, must obtain the following information:
31	(a)  How the vendor proposes to improve the operation of
32	the department.
33	(b)  How the vendor proposes to increase lottery revenues.
34	(c)  The vendor's plan for implementing the proposed
35	improvements.
36	(d)  The cost savings and increased revenues that would be
37	generated by the vendor's proposals.
38	(e)  The vendor's proposed method of payment if awarded the
39	management agreement.
40	(3)  The department shall report the following information
41	to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the
42	House of Representatives no later than September 30, 2011:
43	(a)  A comparison of the management and operation of the
44	department with the management and operation of other state
45	lotteries.
46	(b)  A summary of the information gathered from the request
47	for information.
48	(c)  A recommendation as to the feasibility of entering
49	into a management agreement with a manager.
50	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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