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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