Bill Text: GA HB606 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Purchasing departments; public letting and bids; change provisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - House Second Readers [HB606 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB606-Introduced.html
11 LC 36
1895
House
Bill 606
By:
Representatives Taylor of the
55th,
Ashe of the
56th,
Gardner of the
57th,
Kaiser of the
59th,
Bell of the
58th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating and establishing a purchasing department in counties of
this state having a population of 200,000 or more, approved March 27, 1941 (Ga.
L. 1941, p. 408), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1980
(Ga. L. 1980, p. 3858) and an Act approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 583),
so as to change counties to which such Act is applicable; to change certain
provisions relative to public letting and bids; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating and establishing a purchasing department in counties of this state
having a population of 200,000 or more, approved March 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p.
408), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980,
p. 3858) and an Act approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 583), is amended by
revising Section 1 as follows:
"SECTION
1.
There
is hereby created in each county in this State having a population of 850,000 or
more according to the United States Census of 2000, or any future United States
census, a County Purchasing Department, which shall be set up, established, and
maintained under the jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, or other county authority."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by revising Section 9 as follows:
"SECTION
9.
(a)
If the county requires work, labor, supplies, materials, and equipment that
requires an expenditure of more than $50,000.00, such work, labor, supplies,
materials, and equipment shall be procured only by contract on public letting
founded on sealed bids under such regulations as shall be made by the board of
commissioners or other county authority. The terms of such contracts, subject
to such regulations and in conformity with law, shall be settled by the county
attorney as an act of preliminary specification to a proposal for bids. (b) The
agency letting the contract and the board of commissioners may reject all bids
that the board determines not to be in the best interest of the county. The
agency shall whenever possible award a contract procured pursuant to this
Section to the lowest responsible bidder. If the agency awards a contract to a
bidder that was not the lowest submitted bid, such agency shall document the
reasons for such award.
(c)
Bids submitted to a county or county agency pursuant to this Section shall not
be accepted after the time limit stated in the proposal for bids and shall not
be opened except in the presence of both the county purchasing agent or such
agent's designee and the head of the agency requesting the items. The bids
shall be decided by the agency letting the contract."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.