Bill Text: MI HB4512 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: State financing and management; purchasing; state construction contract preference to firms owned by veterans with certain disabilities; establish. Amends sec. 241 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1241).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-6)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Assigned Pa 22'10 With Immediate Effect [HB4512 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4512-Engrossed.html
HB-4512, As Passed Senate, March 11, 2010
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4512
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
by amending section 241 (MCL 18.1241), as amended by 1999 PA 8.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 241. (1) Except for the contracts permitted in section
240, a contract shall not be awarded for the construction, repair,
remodeling, or demolition of a facility unless the contract is let
pursuant
to a bidding procedure which that
is approved by the
board. The department shall issue directives prescribing procedures
to be used to implement this section. The procedures shall require
a competitive solicitation in the award of any contract for
construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a facility.
(2) The department may award or approve the award, if the
board approves, of construction contracts to construct a project
for which the director is the agent and may expend, for the
purposes and in the manner set forth, the amounts appropriated. The
director is not the agent for a community college or institution of
higher education, but may act in that capacity upon the specific
request of a community college or institution of higher education.
(3) In awarding a contract under this section, the department
shall give a preference of up to 10% of the amount of the contract
to a qualified disabled veteran, as defined in section 261. If the
qualified disabled veteran otherwise meets the requirements of the
contract solicitation and with the preference is the lowest bidder,
the department shall enter into a construction contract with the
qualified disabled veteran under this act. If 2 or more qualified
disabled veterans are the lowest bidders on a contract, all other
things being equal, the qualified disabled veteran with the lowest
bid shall be awarded the contract under this act.