<html><body><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-size:12pt;"><div>See attached two cases on local preference law, particularly the fifth dca case.</div>
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<div>Florida Statute 255.20 provides:</div>
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<div> (i) This subsection does not preempt the requirements of any small-business or disadvantaged-business enterprise program or any <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" id=TMB class=term onmouseover=pNav.tOn(this) title="Term (1)" onmouseout=pNav.tOff(this) onclick=pNav.setHitno(1,1)>local-preference</SPAN> ordinance.<BR class=br><BR>This is the only statute I found related to contracting that mentiosn local preferences. However, there are plenty of city and county ordinances on local preferences...</div>
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<div>Maybe Larry, Fred, April, Arnold, or Lee know more?.....</div>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Local preference ordinances<BR>From: "Richard A. Burt" <<a href="mailto:dick@burt-burt.com">dick@burt-burt.com</a>><BR>Date: Mon, January 30, 2012 10:58 am<BR>To: "'RPPTL constructionlaw'" <<a href="mailto:constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>><BR><BR>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">My client has asked this question: “</SPAN>Have you seen or heard about possible state legislation that would make local contractor preference on bids illegal?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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