Bill Text: IA SF71 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning requirements for state purchasing from prison industries.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Subcommittee, Danielson, Feenstra, and Schoenjahn. S.J. 193. [SF71 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF71-Introduced.html
Senate File 71 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY FEENSTRA A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning requirements for state purchasing from prison 2 industries. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1692XS (2) 86 ec/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 8A.302, subsection 1, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. Providing a system of uniform standards and 1 4 specifications for purchasing. When the system is developed, 1 5 all items of general use shall be purchased by state agencies 1 6 through the department, exceptitems provided for under 1 7 section 904.808 oritems used by the state board of regents 1 8 and institutions under the control of the state board of 1 9 regents. However, the department may authorize the department 1 10 of transportation, the department for the blind, and any other 1 11 agencies otherwise exempted by law from centralized purchasing, 1 12 to directly purchase items used by those agencies without going 1 13 through the department, if the department of administrative 1 14 services determines such purchasing is in the best interests 1 15 of the state. However, items of general use may be purchased 1 16 through the department by any governmental entity. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 904.807, Code 2015, is amended to read as 1 18 follows: 1 19 904.807 Price liststo public officials==== Iowa state 1 20 industries. 1 21 The state director shall cause to be prepared from time 1 22 to time classified and itemized price lists of the products 1 23 manufactured by Iowa state industries. Such lists shall be 1 24 made available to the public and furnished to all boards of 1 25 supervisors, boards of directors of school corporations, 1 26 city councils, and all other state, county, city and school 1 27 departments and officials empowered to purchase supplies and 1 28 equipment for public purposes. 1 29 Sec. 3. Section 904.808, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended 1 30 by striking the subsection. 1 31 Sec. 4. REPEAL. Section 8A.313, Code 2015, is repealed. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 34 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 35 This bill concerns the purchase of products manufactured by 2 1 Iowa state (prison) industries by state agencies. 2 2 Code section 8A.302, concerning state government purchasing, 2 3 is amended to eliminate the exception from the requirements for 2 4 state agency purchasing of items of general use through the 2 5 department of administrative services for items produced by 2 6 prison industries. 2 7 Code section 904.807, concerning the preparation of price 2 8 lists for items produced by prison industries, is amended to 2 9 provide that the price lists shall be made available to the 2 10 public. 2 11 Code section 904.808, subsection 1, establishing state 2 12 purchasing requirements relative to items produced by prison 2 13 industries, is stricken. Code section 8A.313, providing 2 14 an appeal process relative to disputes arising out of the 2 15 purchasing provisions of Code section 904.808, is also 2 16 repealed. Code section 904.808 provides that state agencies 2 17 are required to purchase items produced by prison industries 2 18 unless a purchase from another source is made under emergency 2 19 circumstances or if prison industries is unable to meet the 2 20 performance characteristics of the purchase request for the 2 21 product by the state agency. LSB 1692XS (2) 86 ec/nh
