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This bill aims to enhance governmental accountability and transparency in Florida by strengthening requirements for public agency contracts and financial oversight. Key provisions include mandating that all public agency contracts for services include clauses requiring contractors to comply with public records laws, ensuring they maintain, provide access to, and properly transfer or destroy public records. It also revises the Chief Financial Officer's (CFO) intergovernmental contract tracking system under the Transparency Florida Act, requiring state agencies to post detailed contract information online within 30 days of execution, including names of contracting entities, procurement methods, dates, compensation, payments made, performance measures, and justifications for non-competitive solicitations. Furthermore, the bill clarifies that contracts awarded through an invitation to bid must go to the responsible and responsive vendor with the lowest bid, and it empowers the CFO to audit executed contract documents and discuss findings with agency officials to ensure adequate internal controls and compliance. The bill also introduces new requirements for agreements funded with state or federal assistance, such as specifying a clear scope of work, quantifiable deliverables, financial consequences for nonperformance, and requiring a designated grant manager for each agreement. Finally, it amends various statutes to align definitions, procurement processes, and contract management requirements, including provisions for attorney fees in public records lawsuits and updated definitions for terms like "governmental entity" and "contract."