H.B. 316 Enrolled

PROCUREMENT AMENDMENTS FOR
EQUIPMENT USED DURING THE OLYMPICS
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: David Ure
This act modifies the Utah Procurement Code. The act allows for an exemption from
procurement code provisions when a public procurement unit purchases tangible assets used
in the Olympics.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
63-55b-163, as last amended by Chapters 1 and 210, Laws of Utah 2000
ENACTS:
63-56-35.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 63-55b-163 is amended to read:
63-55b-163. Repeal dates -- Title 63.
(1) Title 63, Chapter 95, Parts 2 and 3 are repealed July 1, 2004.
(2) Sections 63-63b-101 and 63-63b-102 are repealed on July 1, 2002.
(3) Section 63-56-35.9 is repealed July 1, 2005.
Section 2. Section 63-56-35.9 is enacted to read:
63-56-35.9. Purchase of tangible assets used during Olympics.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Command" means the State Olympic Public Safety Command created in Section
53-12-201 .
(b) "Exempt procurement unit" means any political subdivision exempt from the
requirements of this chapter.
(c) "Olympics" has the same meaning as in Section 63A-10-102 .
(d) "Organizing committee" has the same meaning as in Section 63A-10-102 .
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a public procurement unit may,

without competitive bidding or a competitive proposal, enter into a contract with a private entity, the
organizing committee, or the command to purchase a tangible asset that a private entity leased, sold,
or donated to the organizing committee or the command for use in connection with the Olympics if
the procurement unit conducts an independent cost analysis and makes a written finding that the
price offered for the tangible asset considered for purchase does not exceed the fair market value of
the asset.
(3) An exempt procurement unit may adopt a resolution or ordinance, substantially similar
to Subsection (2), that allows the exempt procurement unit to enter into a contract with a private
entity, the organizing committee, or the command to purchase a tangible asset as provided in
Subsection (2).

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