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United States of America/State of Florida: Limits placed on local-preference rules in government procurement

Announcement

21 May 2015

The law restricts local governments in the state – but not the state government itself – from enforcing local preferences in procurement.

 

 

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Number of interventions

1

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0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

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Implementation date

01 Jul 2015

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 21 May 2015
Public procurement localisation In force

On May 21, 2015 the governor of Florida signed into law a bill (SB 778) that, effective July 1, 2015, prohibits local governments from enacting laws that give preference to a local contractor in ci...

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