Bill Text: MI HB5274 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: State financing and management; other; posting of contracts over $25,000.00; require. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-31 - Referred To Committee On Reforms, Restructuring And Reinventing [HB5274 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5274-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5274

 

January 24, 2012, Introduced by Reps. McMillin, MacGregor, Somerville and Poleski and referred to the Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics.

 

     A bill to require public entities to provide certain contract

 

information for posting on a public website.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"public contract disclosure act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Contract" means an agreement for a public entity to

 

procure goods or services from a private entity for $25,000.00 or

 

more. Contract does not include an employment contract for a

 

position filled through a civil service or similar merit system or

 

a position normally filled by a vote of the electors.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of technology,

 

management, and budget.

 

     (c) "Public entity" means this state or a city, village,

 

township, county, department, board, agency, institution,

 

commission, authority, division, council, college, university,

 

school district, intermediate school district, special district, or

 

other public instrumentality of this state.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) Beginning June 30, 2012, a public entity shall

 

prepare a list with information concerning each of its contracts

 

that were entered into or that are in effect at any time during the

 

immediately preceding 12 months. The information listed concerning

 

each contract shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) The name of the contracting private entity.

 

     (b) The dollar amount of the contract.

 

     (2) The public entity shall submit the information indicated

 

in subsection (1) to the department electronically, in a format

 

specified by the department. The department shall post the

 

information on a public website within 45 days after receiving the

 

information.

 

     (3) A public entity shall update the information required to

 

be posted under this section at least monthly.