Bill Text: MI HB5766 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Counties; other; public notice regarding purchasing of county supplies; revise to make reference to the local government public notice act. Amends sec. 5 of 1917 PA 307 (MCL 45.85). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5560'14

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-10 - Printed Bill Filed 09/10/2014 [HB5766 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5766-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5766

 

September 9, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Crawford and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1917 PA 307, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the purchase of all supplies, merchandise

and articles of every description and character needed for the

maintenance and operation of all county offices, departments and

institutions, in counties adopting the provisions of this act,"

 

by amending section 5 (MCL 45.85).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5. It shall be is the duty of the purchasing agent

 

aforesaid of the county to contract for all supplies, merchandise,

 

printing, and articles of every description needed for the

 

maintenance and operation of each county office, department, and

 

institution, except those supplies that are of a strictly

 

perishable character, basing his or her contract or contracts upon

 

estimates to be furnished to him or her by the county officers and

 

heads of county departments and institutions. Such The estimates

 

shall be furnished by the first day of July of each year , for an

 

entire year. ; and all such Before January 1, 2015, contracts shall

 

be made after full notice by advertisement of not less than 4 weeks

 

in at least 4 of the leading newspapers of the state to be selected

 

by said the purchasing agent. Such Beginning January 1, 2015,

 

contracts shall be made after the purchasing agent provides tier C

 

public notice of the advertisement as set forth in the local

 

government public notice act. The advertisements shall call for

 

sealed bids or proposals to furnish the aggregate of the desired

 

article and supplies as estimated for by such the office,

 

department, or institution, naming the articles and supplies and

 

the quantities and character required, and all such the bids or

 

proposals shall be for the entire period of 1 year. ; such The

 

supplies, articles, and merchandise to shall be delivered at such

 

those times and in such those quantities as said the purchasing

 

agent may from time to time designate. , and should If the

 

supplies, or any portion thereof, as contracted for, be are not

 

sufficient for the year for which the contract or contracts shall

 

be are made, then the contractor or contractors shall be required

 

to furnish such additional supplies at the prices named for similar

 

articles under contract or contracts. : Provided, That should said

 

However, if the purchasing agent at any time discover discovers

 

that he or she could purchase the same supplies for less money for

 

any 1 year by buying the same for less time than 1 year, he shall

 

have or she has the authority to make such the purchase for a

 

shorter length of time, but not less than 3 months, it being the

 

purpose of this act to authorize and require said the purchasing

 

agent to make such contracts upon such terms as that will secure

 

the best and cheapest rates for the county in the purchase of

 

articles and supplies of necessity for said the offices,

 

departments, and institutions, and to that end he or she shall

 

reserve the right to reject any and all bids , or to accept any bid

 

in part or reject it in part. ; and if If none of the bids and or

 

proposals are deemed considered advantageous and satisfactory, he

 

the purchasing agent may buy in the open market until a proper and

 

satisfactory bid or proposal is offered. The period for which such

 

the bids or proposals are invited shall be clearly stated in said

 

the advertisements, as well as the terms and conditions

 

contemplated by the provisions of this act. When If the same

 

article is estimated for by 2 or more offices, departments, or

 

institutions, but of different brands or grades, the purchasing

 

agent may determine which of the brands or grades shall be

 

purchased so as to produce uniformity in use by all the offices,

 

departments, and institutions. : Provided, That However, all other

 

things being equal, supplies offered by bidders who have an

 

established local business in the county shall have preference.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 5560 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.