Bill Text: OR HB2667 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to public procurement; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Chapter 741, (2013 Laws): Effective date August 14, 2014. [HB2667 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2667-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2667
Sponsored by Representative FREDERICK; Representatives
KENY-GUYER, WITT (Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to public procurement; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Task Force on Procuring Through Small
and Local Businesses is established, consisting of nine members
appointed as follows:
(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint:
(A) Two members from among members of the Senate.
(B) One member who is a minority individual or a woman, as
those terms are defined in ORS 200.005, who owns or operates a
small or local business.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint:
(A) Two members from among members of the House of
Representatives.
(B) One member who is a minority individual or a woman, as
those terms are defined in ORS 200.005, who owns or operates a
small or local business.
(c) The Governor shall appoint three members as follows:
(A) One member who is a minority individual or a woman, as
those terms are defined in ORS 200.005, who owns or operates a
small or local business;
(B) An employee of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services; and
(C) An employee of the Department of Transportation.
(2) The task force shall:
(a) Study the extent to which contracting agencies award public
contract to minority-owned, woman-owned or emerging small
businesses in this state and describe and categorize the types of
public contracts that contracting agencies typically award to
minority-owned, woman-owned or emerging small businesses in this
state;
(b) Evaluate the extent to which large procurements for goods
and services, including construction services, could feasibly be
broken into smaller procurements that would be within the
capabilities and expertise of minority-owned, woman-owned and
emerging small businesses in this state;
(c) Investigate and recommend incentives that can help to
induce contracting agencies to award public contracts to
minority-owned, woman-owned or emerging small businesses; and
(d) Report the results of the study the task force conducts
under paragraph (a) of this subsection in a manner that makes
comprehensive data about public contracting awards to
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minority-owned, woman-owned or emerging small businesses in this
state visible, understandable and useable and that illuminates
the particular impact that contracting agencies' public
contracting practices have on:
(A) Minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses and
emerging small businesses, each as separate categories of
businesses; and
(B) Specific groups of minority individuals who own small or
local businesses, including but not limited to individuals who
are:
(i) Asian American, as described in ORS 200.005 (4)(c), or
Pacific Islander;
(ii) Black, as described in ORS 200.005 (4)(a), or African
American;
(iii) Hispanic, as described in ORS 200.005 (4)(b), or Latino;
(iv) Portuguese, as described in ORS 200.005 (4)(d);
(v) American Indian or Alaskan Native, as described in ORS
200.005 (4)(e); and
(vi) A member of another group that the Advocate for Minority,
Women and Emerging Small Business has determined is socially and
economically disadvantaged. + }
{ + (3) The task force may:
(a) Consult and communicate with any person;
(b) Hold hearings and receive testimony and other evidence;
(c) Request data and information from contracting agencies; and
(d) Take other actions that are consistent with the task
force's purpose.
(4) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(5) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
(6) The task force shall elect a member of the task force to
serve as chairperson.
(7) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
(8) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
(9) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
(10) The task force shall submit a report in the manner
provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for
legislation, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly
related to public contracting as appropriate no later than
September 1, 2014.
(11) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
provide staff support to the task force.
(12) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses the
members incur in performing the members' official duties in the
manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for
expenses incurred in performing functions of the task force shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services for purposes of the task force.
(13) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in performing the
task force's duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating
to confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
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members of the task force consider necessary to perform the
members' duties. + }
SECTION 2. { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on
January 1, 2015. + }
SECTION 3. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House June 27, 2013
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Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate July 1, 2013
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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