Florida SB 7032: Trust Funds/State Opioid Settlement Trust Fund/Department of Health

Bill Text

7032 
Fleet Management 
2026-01-27T05:45:06Z 
Repealing a provision relating to the purchase or lease of motor vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft and prior approval of the Department of Management Services; authorizing state agencies to purchase vehicles from nonstate term contract vendors under a specified condition; deleting the requirement that the Department of Management Services approve the purchase of motor vehicles for certain departments and agencies; requiring that certain moneys designated or appropriated to agencies be transferred to the department upon services rendered, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 7032 

 By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability 

 585-02210-26 20267032__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to fleet management; repealing s. 
 3 287.15, F.S., relating to the purchase or lease of 
 4 motor vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft and prior 
 5 approval of the Department of Management Services; 
 6 amending s. 287.151, F.S.; authorizing state agencies 
 7 to purchase vehicles from nonstate term contract 
 8 vendors under a specified condition; amending s. 
 9 287.155, F.S.; deleting the requirement that the 
 10 Department of Management Services approve the purchase 
 11 of motor vehicles for certain departments and 
 12 agencies; creating s. 287.156, F.S.; requiring state 
 13 agencies to engage in certain powers, duties, and 
 14 responsibilities relating to purchasing, leasing, 
 15 acquiring, and disposing motor vehicles, watercraft, 
 16 and aircraft; amending s. 287.16, F.S.; revising the 
 17 powers, duties, and responsibilities of the department 
 18 relating to motor vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft; 
 19 amending s. 287.18, F.S.; authorizing the Secretary of 
 20 Management Services to request, rather than require, 
 21 certain departments and state agencies to repair 
 22 aircraft and motor vehicles and store and distribute 
 23 certain fuels; amending s. 287.19, F.S.; requiring 
 24 that certain moneys designated or appropriated to 
 25 agencies be transferred to the department upon 
 26 services rendered; amending s. 273.055, F.S.; deleting 
 27 the requirement of having approval from the department 
 28 before disposing of motor vehicles, watercraft, and 
 29 aircraft pursuant to specified provisions; providing 
 30 an effective date. 
 31 
 32 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 33 
 34 Section 1. Section 287.15, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 
 35 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 287.151, Florida 
 36 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 37 287.151 Limitation on classes of motor vehicles procured.— 
 38 (2) No Funds in the General Appropriations Act may not 
 39 shall be used to purchase any vehicle at prices in excess of the 
 40 standard prices negotiated by the Department of Management 
 41 Services. State agencies may purchase vehicles from nonstate 
 42 term contract vendors if the cost of the motor vehicle is equal 
 43 to or less than the cost of a similar class of vehicle found on 
 44 a state term contact. 
 45 Section 3. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 287.155, 
 46 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 47 287.155 Motor vehicles; purchase by Department of Children 
 48 and Families, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Department 
 49 of Health, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Department of 
 50 Corrections.— 
 51 (1) The Department of Children and Families, the Agency for 
 52 Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Health, the 
 53 Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of 
 54 Corrections may, subject to the approval of the Department of 
 55 Management Services, purchase automobiles, trucks, tractors, and 
 56 other automotive equipment for the use of institutions or 
 57 developmental disabilities centers under the management of the 
 58 Department of Children and Families, the Agency for Persons with 
 59 Disabilities, the Department of Health, and the Department of 
 60 Corrections, and for the use of residential facilities managed 
 61 or contracted by the Department of Juvenile Justice. 
 62 (3) The Department of Health is authorized, subject to the 
 63 approval of the Department of Management Services, to purchase 
 64 automobiles, trucks, and other automotive equipment for use by 
 65 county health departments. 
 66 Section 4. Section 287.156, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 67 read: 
 68 287.156 Powers and duties of state agencies.—State agencies 
 69 shall have all of the following powers, duties, and 
 70 responsibilities: 
 71 (1) To purchase, lease, acquire, or dispose of a motor 
 72 vehicle, a watercraft, or an aircraft. 
 73 (2) To establish and operate facilities for the 
 74 acquisition, disposal, operation, maintenance, repair, storage, 
 75 supervision, control, and regulation of motor vehicles, 
 76 watercraft, and aircraft and to operate facilities for those 
 77 purposes