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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 73.1, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 73.1 PREFERENCE – CONDITIONS. 1 4 Every commission, board, committee, officer or other 1 5 governing body of the state, or of any county, township, 1 6 school district or city, and every person acting as 1 7 contracting or purchasing agent for any such commission, 1 8 board, committee, officer or other governing body shall use 1 9 only those products and provisions grown and coal produced 1 10 within the state of Iowa and those services from service 1 11 providers located within the state of Iowa, when they are 1 12 found in marketable quantities in the state and are of a 1 13 quality reasonably suited to the purpose intended, and can be 1 14 secured without additional cost over foreign products and 1 15 services or productsofand services from producers and 1 16 providers in other states. This section shall apply to 1 17 horticultural products grown in this state even if the 1 18 products are not in the stage of processing that the agency 1 19 usually purchases the product. However, this section does not 1 20 apply to a school district purchasing food while the school 1 21 district is participating in the federal school lunch program. 1 22 Sec. 2. Section 73.2, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 23 follows: 1 24 73.2 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BIDS – FORM. 1 25 1. All requests hereafter made for bids and proposals for 1 26 materials, products, supplies, provisions,andother needed 1 27 articles, and services to be purchased at public expense, 1 28 shall be made in general terms and by general specifications 1 29 and not by brand, trade name or other individual mark. All 1 30 such requests and bids shall contain therein a paragraph in 1 31 easily legible print, reading as follows: 1 32 By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be 1 33 given to services from service providers located within the 1 34 state of Iowa and products and provisions grown and coal 1 35 produced within the state of Iowa. 2 1 2. Any service provider located within the state of Iowa 2 2 and any producer or provider of products and provisions grown 2 3 and coal produced within the state of Iowa shall be allowed to 2 4 respond to any request for bids or proposals for materials, 2 5 products, supplies, provisions, other needed articles, and 2 6 services provided by the producer or provider. 2 7 EXPLANATION 2 8 This bill provides for governmental preferences for 2 9 services from service providers located within the state of 2 10 Iowa when the services are found in marketable quantities in 2 11 the state and are of a quality reasonably suited to the 2 12 purpose intended, and can be secured without additional cost 2 13 over foreign services or services from providers in other 2 14 states. The bill also provides that any service provider 2 15 located within the state of Iowa and any producer or provider 2 16 of products and provisions grown and coal produced within the 2 17 state of Iowa shall be allowed to respond to any request for 2 18 bids or proposals for materials, products, supplies, 2 19 provisions, other needed articles, and services provided by 2 20 the producer or provider. 2 21 A person who violates the preference provisions is guilty 2 22 of a simple misdemeanor pursuant to Code section 73.5. 2 23 LSB 5164HH 79 2 24 tm/cls/14
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