House Study Bill 200 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
                                            BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to bidding requirements for public improvement
  2    projects completed by certain state entities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1305XD 83
  5 ec/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 26.14A, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  If Except as provided in subsection 3, if the total
  1  4 estimated cost of the public improvement does not warrant
  1  5 either competitive quotations under section 26.14 or
  1  6 competitive bidding under section 26.3, the governmental
  1  7 entity may nevertheless proceed with competitive quotations or
  1  8 competitive bidding for the public improvement.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 26.14A, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1 10 the following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  The state, excluding the state board
  1 12 of regents and the state department of transportation, shall
  1 13 proceed with competitive quotations or competitive bidding for
  1 14 a public improvement even if the total estimated cost of the
  1 15 public improvement does not warrant either competitive
  1 16 quotations under section 26.14 or competitive bidding under
  1 17 section 26.3.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill provides that the state, excluding the state
  1 20 board of regents and the state department of transportation,
  1 21 shall use either competitive quotations or competitive bidding
  1 22 for all public improvements of any cost.
  1 23    Public improvement is defined in Code chapter 26 to mean a
  1 24 building or construction work which is constructed and paid
  1 25 for by a governmental entity.
  1 26 LSB 1305XD 83
  1 27 ec/rj/8