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Senate File 2266

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Bill Introduced: S.J. 357
Committee Report Issued: S.J. 364
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 904.802, Code 2001, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "State agency" means the government
  1  4 of the state of Iowa, including but not limited to all
  1  5 executive branch departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, and
  1  6 commissions, the judicial branch, the general assembly and all
  1  7 legislative agencies, institutions within the purview of the
  1  8 state board of regents, and any corporation whose primary
  1  9 function is to act as an instrumentality of the state.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 904.805, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2001,
  1 11 are amended to read as follows:
  1 12    1.  Conduct market studies and consult with public bodies
  1 13 and officers who are listed in section 904.807 state agencies,
  1 14 and with other potential purchasers, for the purpose of
  1 15 determining items or services needed and design features
  1 16 desired or required by potential purchasers of Iowa state
  1 17 industries products or services.
  1 18    2.  Receive, investigate and take appropriate action upon
  1 19 any complaints from potential purchasers of Iowa state
  1 20 industries products or services regarding lack of co-operation
  1 21 by Iowa state industries with public bodies and officers who
  1 22 are listed in section 904.807 state agencies, and with other
  1 23 potential purchasers.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 904.807, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 25 follows:
  1 26    904.807  PRICE LISTS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS STATE AGENCIES.
  1 27    The state director shall cause to be prepared from time to
  1 28 time classified and itemized price lists of the products
  1 29 manufactured by Iowa state industries.  Such lists shall be
  1 30 furnished to all boards of supervisors, boards of directors of
  1 31 school corporations, city councils, and all other state,
  1 32 county, city and school departments and officials state
  1 33 agencies, and other potential purchasers who are empowered to
  1 34 purchase supplies and equipment for public purposes.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  Section 904.808, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2001,
  2  1 are amended to read as follows:
  2  2    1.  A product possessing the performance characteristics of
  2  3 a product listed in the price lists prepared pursuant to
  2  4 section 904.807 shall not be purchased by any department or
  2  5 agency of state government a state agency from a source other
  2  6 than Iowa state industries, except:
  2  7    a.  When the purchase is made under emergency
  2  8 circumstances, which shall be explained in writing by the
  2  9 public body or officer who state agency which made or
  2 10 authorized the purchase if the state director so requests; or
  2 11    b.  When the state director releases, in writing, the
  2 12 obligation of the department or agency state agency to
  2 13 purchase the product from Iowa state industries, after
  2 14 determining that Iowa state industries is unable to meet the
  2 15 performance characteristics of the purchase request for the
  2 16 product, and a copy of the release is attached to the request
  2 17 to the director of revenue and finance for payment for a
  2 18 similar product, or when Iowa state industries is unable to
  2 19 furnish needed products, comparable in both quality and price
  2 20 to those available from alternative sources, within a
  2 21 reasonable length of time.  Any disputes arising between a
  2 22 purchasing department or agency state agency and Iowa state
  2 23 industries regarding similarity of products, or comparability
  2 24 of quality or price, or the availability of the product, shall
  2 25 be referred to the director of the department of general
  2 26 services, whose decision shall be subject to appeal as
  2 27 provided in section 18.7.  However, if the purchasing
  2 28 department is the department of general services, any matter
  2 29 which would be referred to the director under this paragraph
  2 30 shall be referred to the executive council in the same manner
  2 31 as if the matter were to be heard by the director of the
  2 32 department of general services.  The decision of the executive
  2 33 council is final.
  2 34    3.  A department or agency of the state agency shall
  2 35 cooperate and enter into agreements, if possible, for the
  3  1 provision of products and services under an inmate work
  3  2 program established by the state director under section
  3  3 904.703.
  3  4    Sec. 5.  Section 904.815, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  3  5 amended to read as follows:
  3  6    1.  Iowa state industries may produce and sell products to
  3  7 any tax-supported institution or governmental subdivision in
  3  8 any level of government which includes the state, county,
  3  9 city, or school corporation, or state agency as defined in
  3 10 section 904.802.  Iowa state industries may sell products to
  3 11 employees of those entities agencies.  
  3 12                           EXPLANATION
  3 13    This bill relates to the state purchasing products from
  3 14 Iowa state industries.
  3 15    The bill changes the terms "department or agency" and
  3 16 "public body or officer" to "state agency".  The bill defines
  3 17 "state agency" to mean the government of the state of Iowa,
  3 18 including but not limited to all executive branch departments,
  3 19 agencies, boards, bureaus, and commissions, the judicial
  3 20 branch, the general assembly and all legislative agencies,
  3 21 institutions within the purview of the state board of regents,
  3 22 and any corporation whose primary function is to act as an
  3 23 instrumentality of the state.
  3 24    The bill does not change what products are sold by Iowa
  3 25 state industries nor does it change the requirements for and
  3 26 exemptions to purchasing products from Iowa state industries.  
  3 27 LSB 5147SV 79
  3 28 jm/cls/14

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