Bill Text: IA HF2382 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning requirements for state purchasing from prison industries. (Formerly HF 2083)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-11 - Subcommittee, Danielson, Dearden, and Feenstra. S.J. 536. [HF2382 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2382-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2382
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2083)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
requirements
for
state
purchasing
from
prison
1
industries.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
904.808,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
When
the
state
director
of
the
department
of
3
administrative
services
releases,
in
writing,
the
obligation
4
of
the
department
or
agency
to
purchase
the
product
from
5
Iowa
state
industries,
after
determining
that
Iowa
state
6
industries
is
unable
to
meet
the
performance
characteristics
7
of
the
purchase
request
for
the
product,
and
a
copy
of
the
8
release
is
attached
to
the
request
to
the
director
of
the
9
department
of
administrative
services
for
payment
for
a
similar
10
product,
or
when
Iowa
state
industries
is
unable
to
furnish
11
needed
products,
comparable
in
both
quality
and
price
to
those
12
available
from
alternative
sources,
within
a
reasonable
length
13
of
time.
Any
disputes
arising
between
a
purchasing
department
14
or
agency
and
Iowa
state
industries
regarding
similarity
15
of
products,
or
comparability
of
quality
or
price,
or
the
16
availability
of
the
product,
shall
be
referred
to
the
director
17
of
the
department
of
administrative
services,
whose
decision
18
shall
be
subject
to
appeal
as
provided
in
section
8A.313
.
19
However,
if
the
purchasing
department
is
the
department
of
20
administrative
services,
any
matter
which
would
be
referred
21
to
the
director
under
this
paragraph
shall
be
referred
to
the
22
executive
council
in
the
same
manner
as
if
the
matter
were
to
23
be
heard
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
administrative
24
services.
The
decision
of
the
executive
council
is
final.
25
Sec.
2.
REPEAL.
Section
8A.313,
Code
2014,
is
repealed.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
concerns
the
purchase
of
products
manufactured
by
30
Iowa
state
(prison)
industries
by
state
agencies.
31
Code
section
904.808,
concerning
state
government
32
purchasing,
is
amended
to
provide
that
the
director
of
the
33
department
of
administrative
services,
and
not
the
director
34
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections,
has
the
authority
to
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release
a
state
agency
from
the
requirement
to
purchase
from
1
Iowa
prison
industries
after
determining
that
Iowa
prison
2
industries
is
unable
to
meet
the
performance
characteristics
of
3
the
purchase
request
for
the
product,
or
is
unable
to
furnish
4
needed
products,
comparable
in
both
quality
and
price
to
those
5
available
from
alternative
sources,
within
a
reasonable
length
6
of
time.
Code
section
8A.313,
concerning
an
appeal
to
the
7
director
of
the
department
of
administrative
services
relative
8
to
disputes
arising
between
the
department
of
corrections
and
9
a
purchasing
department
or
agency
over
the
procurement
of
10
products
from
Iowa
state
industries,
is
repealed.
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