Bill Text: IA HF293 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning state purchasing from prison industries for products manufactured in this state. (Formerly HSB 49.) Effective 7-1-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 626. [HF293 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF293-Introduced.html

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House File 293 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 49)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning state purchasing from prison industries for
  2    products manufactured in this state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8A.311, Code 2017, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  12A.  The director shall adopt rules which
  1  4 provide that a department or agency is not required to comply
  1  5 with the requirements of section 904.808 for the purchase of
  1  6 a product if the department or agency can verify that the
  1  7 product is manufactured within the state. However, the rules
  1  8 shall provide that if a department or agency is not required
  1  9 to comply with the requirements of section 904.808, Iowa state
  1 10 industries, as defined in section 904.802, shall be allowed to
  1 11 submit a bid to provide the product to be purchased.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    Code section 8A.311, concerning competitive bidding
  1 16 procedures, is amended to provide that the director of the
  1 17 department of administrative services (DAS) shall adopt rules
  1 18 providing that DAS or any other state agency shall not be
  1 19 required to comply with the requirements relating to purchasing
  1 20 from prison industries if the product to be purchased is
  1 21 manufactured in this state. The bill further provides that the
  1 22 rules shall also provide that if DAS or any other state agency
  1 23 is not required to comply, prison industries shall be allowed
  1 24 to submit a bid to provide the product.
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