House File 293 - Enrolled House File 293 AN ACT CONCERNING STATE PURCHASING FROM PRISON INDUSTRIES FOR PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN THIS STATE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 8A.311, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 12A. The director shall adopt rules which provide that a department or agency is not required to comply with the requirements of section 904.808 for the purchase of a product if the department or agency can verify that the product is manufactured within the state. However, the rules shall provide that if a department or agency is not required to comply with the requirements of section 904.808, Iowa state
House File 293, p. 2 industries, as defined in section 904.802, shall be allowed to submit a bid to provide the product to be purchased. ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER Speaker of the House ______________________________ JACK WHITVER President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 293, Eighty-seventh General Assembly. ______________________________ CARMINE BOAL Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2017 ______________________________ TERRY E. BRANSTAD Governor