Senate File 195 - Introduced SENATE FILE 195 BY ANDERSON and FEENSTRA A BILL FOR An Act relating to requirements for state purchasing from 1 prison industries. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2073XS (2) 85 ec/nh
S.F. 195 Section 1. Section 904.808, subsection 1, Code 2013, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. When a comparable bid for a similar 3 product has been received from an Iowa-based business and 4 the director or agency head of the applicable department or 5 agency of state government has determined the product from the 6 Iowa-based business is comparable or of better value in both 7 quality and price to a similar product available from Iowa 8 state industries. 9 Sec. 2. Section 904.808, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended 10 to read as follows: 11 3. A department or agency of the state shall may cooperate 12 and enter into agreements, if possible, for the provision of 13 products and services under an inmate work program established 14 by the state director under section 904.703 . 15 EXPLANATION 16 Code section 904.808(1) is amended to provide that a 17 department or agency of state government is not required to 18 purchase a product from Iowa state industries if a comparable 19 bid for a similar product of comparable or better value has 20 been received from an Iowa-based business. 21 Code section 904.808(3), requiring a department or agency of 22 the state to cooperate and enter into agreements, if possible, 23 for the provision of products and services under an inmate work 24 program, is amended to provide that a department or agency may 25 cooperate and enter into such agreements. 26 -1- LSB 2073XS (2) 85 ec/nh 1/ 1