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Second Substitute H.B. 426
Representative Kevin S. Garn proposes the following substitute bill:
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GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT - PRIVATE
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PROPOSALS
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2008 GENERAL SESSION
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STATE OF UTAH
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Chief Sponsor: Kevin S. Garn
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Senate Sponsor:
Wayne L. Niederhauser
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill creates a program allowing a private entity to submit proposals to provide
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certain products or services to the Department of Technology Services or the Board of
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Education.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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. creates a program allowing the submission of a proposal to provide a product or
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service to the Department of Technology Services or the Board of Education;
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. requires the Board of Business and Economic Development to appoint a committee
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to evaluate a proposal under the program;
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. defines terms;
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. addresses the requirements of an initial proposal submitted to the committee;
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. provides for review of an initial proposal by the committee and the affected
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department;
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. addresses the issuance of an invitation for detailed proposals if the initial proposal is
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accepted by the committee;
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. provides requirements for a detailed proposal;
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. makes an initial proposal a protected record under Title 63, Chapter 2, Government
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Records Access and Management Act;
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. allows the committee, by rule, to maintain certain portions of an initial proposal as a
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protected record;
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. addresses cooperation between a private entity submitting a detailed proposal and
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the affected department;
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. requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget to prepare an economic
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feasibility report concerning a detailed proposal;
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. provides for the acceptance of a detailed proposal and the preparation and execution
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of a project agreement;
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. creates a restricted account, comprised of monies collected from fees for submitting
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a proposal;
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. establishes uses for which monies may be expended from the restricted account;
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. requires the establishment of fees for proposals and project agreements;
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. allows for the appointment of an advisory committee to assist the committee in
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evaluating proposals and preparing project agreements; and
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. makes technical changes.
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Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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AMENDS:
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63-2-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 3
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63-38f-203, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 148
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63-56-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
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63F-1-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 306
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ENACTS:
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63G-6-408.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2404, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2405, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2406, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2407, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2408, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2409, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2410, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2411, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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63M-1-2412, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1.
Section
63-2-304
is amended to read:
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63-2-304. Protected records.
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The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
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(1) trade secrets as defined in Section
13-24-2
if the person submitting the trade secret
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has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section
63-2-308
;
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(2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
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person if:
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(a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
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competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
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governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
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(b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
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than the public in obtaining access; and
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(c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with
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the information specified in Section
63-2-308
;
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(3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
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to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
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commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
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substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
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(4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
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competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
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defined in Subsection
11-13-103
(4);
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(5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
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employment, or academic examinations;
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(6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
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proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or
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agreement with a governmental entity, except that this Subsection (6) does not restrict the right
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of a person to see bids submitted to or by a governmental entity after bidding has closed;
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(7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real
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or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
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before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
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(a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
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entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
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(b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
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duty of confidentiality to the entity;
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(c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
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property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
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(d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
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property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
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of the property; or
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(e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
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and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
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the property as required under Section
78B-6-505
;
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(8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
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compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
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disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
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of the subject property, unless:
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(a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including
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the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
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(b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
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the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
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under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
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(9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
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purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
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release of the records:
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(a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
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enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
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(b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
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proceedings;
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(c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
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hearing;
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(d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
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generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of
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an investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
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government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
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(e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
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procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
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interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
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(10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an
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individual;
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(11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
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property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
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or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
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(12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
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facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
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with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
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(13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
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Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
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Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
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employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
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jurisdiction;
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(14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
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procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
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audits or collections;
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(15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
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until the final audit is released;
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(16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
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litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;
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(17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
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legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning
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litigation;
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(18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
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representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
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privileged as provided in Section
78B-1-137
;
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(19) (a) (i) personal files of a state legislator, including personal correspondence to or
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from a member of the Legislature; and
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(ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(a)(i), correspondence that gives notice of
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legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section; and
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(b) (i) an internal communication that is part of the deliberative process in connection
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with the preparation of legislation between:
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(A) members of a legislative body;
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(B) a member of a legislative body and a member of the legislative body's staff; or
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(C) members of a legislative body's staff; and
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(ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(b)(i), a communication that gives notice of
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legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
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(20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
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General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
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legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
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legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
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(b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
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Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
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asks that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such
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time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
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(21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
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General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared
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in response to these requests;
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(22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
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(23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
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pending litigation;
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(24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
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may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
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Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
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(25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
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concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
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personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
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(26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
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biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of
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valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
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(27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
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conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
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(28) records of an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
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Section
53B-1-102
regarding tenure evaluations, appointments, applications for admissions,
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retention decisions, and promotions, which could be properly discussed in a meeting closed in
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accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, provided that records of
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the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention, promotions, or those students
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admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
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(29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
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proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
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policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected
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those policies or courses of action or made them public;
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(30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
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revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
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recommendations in these areas;
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(31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
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that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
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records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
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if retained by it;
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(32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
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except as provided in Section
52-4-206
;
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(33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
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final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
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disclosure;
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(34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
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administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
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other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
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(35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
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by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
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or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
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person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
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be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
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(36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining
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the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
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copyrights, and trade secrets;
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(37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including an
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institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
53B-1-102
, and other
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information concerning the donation that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of
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the donor, provided that:
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(a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
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(b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
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classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
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(c) except for an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
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Section
53B-1-102
, the governmental unit to which the donation is made is primarily engaged
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in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no regulatory or legislative authority
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over the donor, a member of the donor's immediate family, or any entity owned or controlled
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by the donor or the donor's immediate family;
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(38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections
41-6a-404
,
41-12a-202
, and
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73-18-13
;
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(39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
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34A-2-205
;
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(40) (a) the following records of an institution within the state system of higher
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education defined in Section
53B-1-102
, which have been developed, discovered, disclosed to,
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or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
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(i) unpublished lecture notes;
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(ii) unpublished notes, data, and information:
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(A) relating to research; and
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(B) of:
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(I) the institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
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53B-1-102
; or
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(II) a sponsor of sponsored research;
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(iii) unpublished manuscripts;
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(iv) creative works in process;
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(v) scholarly correspondence; and
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(vi) confidential information contained in research proposals;
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(b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to prohibit disclosure of public
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information required pursuant to Subsection
53B-16-302
(2)(a) or (b); and
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(c) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
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(41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
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that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
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date that audit is completed and made public; and
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(b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
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Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that
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the records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would
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reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as
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protected records until the audit is completed and made public;
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(42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
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other document that indicates the location of:
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(a) a production facility; or
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(b) a magazine;
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(43) information contained in the database described in Section
62A-3-311.1
;
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(44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
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Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
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(45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
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National Guard's federal mission;
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(46) records provided by any pawn or secondhand business to a law enforcement
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agency or to the central database in compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop and
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Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act;
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(47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
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by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
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(48) except to the extent that the record is exempt from this chapter pursuant to Section
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63-2-106
, records related to an emergency plan or program prepared or maintained by the
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Division of Homeland Security the disclosure of which would jeopardize:
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(a) the safety of the general public; or
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(b) the security of:
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(i) governmental property;
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(ii) governmental programs; or
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(iii) the property of a private person who provides the Division of Homeland Security
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information;
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(49) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food relating to the National
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Animal Identification System or any other program that provides for the identification, tracing,
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or control of livestock diseases, including any program established under Title 4, Chapter 24,
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Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Livestock Inspection and
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Quarantine;
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(50) as provided in Section
26-39-109
:
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(a) information or records held by the Department of Health related to a complaint
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regarding a child care program or residential child care which the department is unable to
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substantiate; and
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(b) information or records related to a complaint received by the Department of Health
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from an anonymous complainant regarding a child care program or residential child care; [and]
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(51) unless otherwise classified as public under Section
63-2-301
and except as
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provided under Section
41-1a-116
, an individual's home address, home telephone number, or
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personal mobile phone number, if:
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(a) the individual is required to provide the information in order to comply with a law,
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ordinance, rule, or order of a government entity; and
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(b) the subject of the record has a reasonable expectation that this information will be
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kept confidential due to:
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(i) the nature of the law, ordinance, rule, or order; and
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(ii) the individual complying with the law, ordinance, rule, or order[.]; and
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(52) an initial proposal under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 24, Government Procurement
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Private Proposal Program, to the extent not made public by rules made under that chapter.
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Section 2.
Section
63-38f-203
is amended to read:
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63-38f-203. Powers and duties of director.
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(1) The director, with the approval of the governor, may:
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(a) by following the procedures and requirements of Title 63, Chapter 38e, Federal
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Funds Procedures, seek federal grants, loans, or participation in federal programs;
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(b) enter into lawful contracts or agreements with other states, any chamber of
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commerce organization, [and] any service club[; and], and a private entity pursuant to Section
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63M-1-2410
; and
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(c) annually prepare and submit to the governor a budget of the office's financial
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requirements.
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(2) If any federal program requires the expenditure of state funds as a condition to
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participation by the state in any fund, property, or service, with the governor's approval, the
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director shall expend whatever funds are necessary out of the money provided by the
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Legislature for the use of the office.
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Section 3.
Section
63-56-102
is amended to read:
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63-56-102. Application of chapter.
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(1) This chapter applies only to contracts solicited or entered into after the effective
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date of this chapter unless the parties agree to its application to a contract solicited or entered
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into prior to the effective date.
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(2) Except as provided in [Section] Sections
63-56-103
and
63G-6-408.5
, this chapter
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shall apply to every expenditure of public funds irrespective of their source, including federal
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assistance, by any state agency under any contract.
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(3) (a) Only the following sections shall apply to local public procurement units:
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Sections
63-56-103
,
63-56-105
,
63-56-301
,
63-56-303
through
63-56-420
,
63-56-422
,
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63-56-501
through
63-56-602
,
63-56-801
through
63-56-806
, and
63-56-815
through
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63-56-819
; provided, however, that, except as provided in Sections
63-56-906
and
63-56-907
,
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the jurisdiction of the procurement appeals board is limited to matters involving state agencies.
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(b) Subsections
63-56-208
(1)(b),
63-56-503
(4), and
63-56-504
(2) also apply to local
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public procurement units.
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(c) For the purpose of application of those sections and subsections to a local public
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procurement unit, "state" shall mean "local public procurement unit," "chief procurement
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officer" or "head of a purchasing agency" shall mean any person conducting procurement for a
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local public procurement unit, and "rules and regulations" shall mean ordinances and rules and
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regulations promulgated by a local public procurement unit to implement or supplement those
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sections.
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(d) In addition to the sections and subsections listed above and except as provided in
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Subsection
17B-1-108
(3) relating to local districts, each local public procurement unit shall
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adopt ordinances relating to the procurement of architect-engineer services not inconsistent
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with the provisions of Part 7, Architect-Engineer Services.
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(e) Any other section of this chapter, or its implementing regulations, may be adopted
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by any local public procurement unit.
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(f) Any other implementing regulations adopted by local public procurement units may
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not be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
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(4) Unless otherwise provided by statute, this chapter does not apply to procurement of
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real property.
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Section 4.
Section
63F-1-205
is amended to read:
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63F-1-205. Approval of acquisitions of information technology.
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(1) (a) [In] Except as provided in Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 24, Government
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Procurement Private Proposal Program, in accordance with Subsection (2), the chief
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information officer shall approve the acquisition by an executive branch agency of:
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(i) information technology equipment;
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(ii) telecommunications equipment;
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(iii) software;
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(iv) services related to the items listed in Subsections (1)(a)(i) through (iii); and
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(v) data acquisition.
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(b) The chief information officer may negotiate the purchase, lease, or rental of private
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or public information technology or telecommunication services or facilities in accordance with
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this section.
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(c) Where practical, efficient, and economically beneficial, the chief information
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officer shall use existing private and public information technology or telecommunication
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resources.
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(2) Before negotiating a purchase, lease, or rental under Subs