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AMENDMENT TO PROCUREMENT CODE EXEMPTIONS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

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House Sponsor: Keith Grover

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts language establishing an exemption from the Utah Procurement Code.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    exempts from the Utah Procurement Code purchases of certain firefighting supplies
             13      and equipment made by the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands.
             14      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             15          None
             16      Other Special Clauses:
             17          None
             18      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             19      AMENDS:
             20           63G-6a-107 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 445
             21     
             22      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             23          Section 1. Section 63G-6a-107 is amended to read:
             24           63G-6a-107. Exemptions from chapter -- Compliance with federal law.
             25          (1) Except for Part 23, Unlawful Conduct and Penalties, the provisions of this chapter
             26      are not applicable to:
             27          (a) funds administered under the Percent-for-Art Program of the Utah Percent-for-Art
             28      Act;
             29          (b) grants awarded by the state or contracts between the state and any of the following:


             30          (i) an educational procurement unit;
             31          (ii) a conservation district;
             32          (iii) a local building authority;
             33          (iv) a local district;
             34          (v) a public corporation;
             35          (vi) a special service district;
             36          (vii) a public transit district; or
             37          (viii) two or more of the entities described in Subsections (1)(b)(i) through (vii), acting
             38      under legislation that authorizes intergovernmental cooperation;
             39          (c) medical supplies or medical equipment, including service agreements for medical
             40      equipment, obtained through a purchasing consortium by the Utah State Hospital, the Utah
             41      State Developmental Center, the University of Utah Hospital, or any other hospital owned by
             42      the state or a political subdivision of the state, if:
             43          (i) the consortium uses a competitive procurement process; and
             44          (ii) the chief administrative officer of the hospital makes a written finding that the
             45      prices for purchasing medical supplies and medical equipment through the consortium are
             46      competitive with market prices;
             47          (d) the purchase of firefighting supplies or equipment by the Division of Forestry, Fire,
             48      and State Lands, created in Section 65A-1-4 , through the federal General Services
             49      Administration or the National Fire Cache system;
             50          [(d)] (e) goods purchased for resale; or
             51          [(e)] (f) any action taken by a majority of both houses of the Legislature.
             52          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the provisions of Part 23, Unlawful Conduct
             53      and Penalties, are not applicable to an entity described in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), (iii), (iv), (vi),
             54      (vii), or (viii).
             55          (b) This chapter does not prevent a procurement unit from complying with the terms
             56      and conditions of any grant, gift, or bequest that is otherwise consistent with law.
             57          (3) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter, when a procurement


             58      involves the expenditure of federal assistance, federal contract funds, local matching funds, or
             59      federal financial participation funds, the procurement unit shall comply with mandatory
             60      applicable federal law and regulations not reflected in this chapter.
             61          (4) This chapter does not supersede the requirements for retention or withholding of
             62      construction proceeds and release of construction proceeds as provided in Section 13-8-5 .


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