Bill Text: SC S1148 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Procurement Preference

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-10 - Referred to Committee on Finance [S1148 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-S1148-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 11-35-5350 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN CONSIDERING CERTAIN BIDS AND PROPOSALS AN AGENCY SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE TO A VENDOR WHO MEETS OR EXCEEDS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 23, Chapter 35, Title 11 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 11-35-5350.    When considering bids and proposals pursuant to this chapter, preference may be given to products which meet or exceed the following requirements:

    (1)    technology employed is approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and certified to meet or exceed the American National Standards for health effects of drinking water treatment chemicals (NSF/ANSI/CAN-60) and be registered for application by the State;

    (2)    technology used proven to remediate and prevent harmful algal blooms in areas of size of at least one thousand acres in the United States;

    (3)    treatment aim must be to reduce cyanotoxins in the water to less-than harmful levels;

    (4)    technology employed must be ready-to-use without limitation of size or shape of the waterbody;

    (5)    employment of technology allowing for application under emergency situations and within less than ninety-six hours from approval;

    (6)    products used are modular and can be used as a preventative measure;

    (7)    products used are quick and easy to apply and are safe to the applicator;

    (8)    products used float on the surface of the water and do not sink immediately to the bottom of the water column, to be diminished in effectiveness by mixing with sediment;

    (9)    products used are distributed autonomously across the waterbody after a localized application;

    (10)    products used with a time-release mechanism that applies constant and prolonged oxidative stress of the cyanobacteria triggered by the programmed cell death signaling cascade resulting in their collapse; and

    (11)    products manufactured in the United States."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.