SF 195 (LSB 2073XS (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 195

BY  ANDERSON and FEENSTRA

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to requirements for state purchasing from prison industries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 904.808, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  When a comparable bid for a similar product has been received from an Iowa-based business and the director or agency head of the applicable department or agency of state government has determined the product from the Iowa-based business is comparable or of better value in both quality and price to a similar product available from Iowa state industries.
    Sec. 2.  Section 904.808, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A department or agency of the state shall
 
may cooperate and enter into agreements, if possible, for the provision of products and services under an inmate work program established by the state director under section 904.703.
EXPLANATION
   Code section 904.808(1) is amended to provide that a department or agency of state government is not required to purchase a product from Iowa state industries if a comparable bid for a similar product of comparable or better value has been received from an Iowa-based business.
   Code section 904.808(3), requiring a department or agency of the state to cooperate and enter into agreements, if possible, for the provision of products and services under an inmate work program, is amended to provide that a department or agency may cooperate and enter into such agreements.