West Virginia House Bill 4447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-10 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require spending units and subdivisions to purchase commodities and services on a competitive basis; authorize the secretary of the Department of Administration to issue a notice to cease and desist when purchases are not made on a competitive basis; clarify the purposes and policies of the Purchasing Division; clarify the applicability of the article; authorize the Director of the Purchasing Division to issue a notice to cease and desist when purchases are not made on a competitive basis except during a declared state of emergency; require the Director of the Purchasing Division to comply with federal law and authorized regulations when a procurement involves the expenditure of federal assistance or contract funds; require the Director of the Purchasing Division to offer mandatory annual procurement training; and clarify that any person found to have willfully entered into a contract contrary to the article shall be subject to penalty. The bill also establishes criminal offenses for a person or combination of persons, to agree, plan or scheme to submit bids, not to submit bids or to withdraw bids in a manner prearranged among themselves in order to arrive at a predetermined result; and providing criminal penalties upon conviction.

Relating to state procurement

Del. Gary Howell [R]	Sen. Ryan Ferns [R]	Del. Anna Border-Sheppard [R]	Del. Larry Faircloth [R]
Del. William Romine [R]	Del. Larry Kump [R]	Del. Michael Folk [R]	Del. Scott Cadle [R]
Sen. Randy Smith [R]	Sen. Karen Arvon [R]	Del. Tom Azinger [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-10	House	To House Judiciary
2014-02-10	House	Introduced in House
2014-02-10	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2014-02-10	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5A	1	10	New Code	See Bill Text
5A	3	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
5A	3	14	New Code	See Bill Text
5A	3	17	Amended Code	Citation Text
5A	3	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
61	5A	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4447&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4447%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4447