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STATE PURCHASING DIRECTOR DUTIES

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2023 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ashlee Matthews

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Senate Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions relating to the duties of the state purchasing director.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     modifies the duties of the state purchasing director relating to the operation,
13     management, and maintenance of the surplus property program;
14          ▸     authorizes the state purchasing director to establish a contract administration
15     service; and
16          ▸     repeals language relating to the state purchasing director's authority to establish
17     microfilming, duplicating, printing, and addressograph services.
18     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19          None
20     Other Special Clauses:
21          None
22     Utah Code Sections Affected:
23     AMENDS:
24          63A-2-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 169
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 63A-2-103 is amended to read:
28          63A-2-103. Duties and authority of purchasing director -- State agency
29     requirements -- Rate schedule.
30          (1) The purchasing director:
31          (a) shall operate, manage, and maintain:
32          (i) a central mailing service; and
33          (ii) an electronic central store system for procuring goods and services;
34          (b) shall[, except when a state surplus property contractor administers the surplus
35     property program,] operate, manage, and maintain the surplus property program; and
36          [(c) shall, when a state surplus property contractor administers the surplus property
37     program, oversee the state surplus property contractor's administration of the surplus property
38     program in accordance with Part 4, Surplus Property Services; and]
39          [(d)] (c) may establish [microfilming, duplicating, printing, addressograph, and]:
40          (i) a contract administration service, including contract performance surveys; and
41          (ii) other central services.
42          (2) (a) Each state agency shall:
43          (i) subscribe to all of the services described in Subsection (1)(a), unless the director
44     delegates the director's authority to a state agency under Section 63A-2-104[.]; and
45          (ii) complete contract performance surveys as requested by the purchasing director
46     under Subsection (1)(c)(i).
47          (b) An institution of higher education, the State Board of Education, a school district,
48     or a political subdivision of the state may subscribe to one or more of the services described in
49     Subsection (1)(a).
50          (3) (a) The purchasing director shall:
51          (i) prescribe a schedule of rates to be charged for all services provided by the division
52     after the purchasing director:
53          (A) submits the proposed rates for services provided by the division's internal service
54     fund to the Rate Committee established in Section 63A-1-114; and
55          (B) obtains the approval of the Legislature, as required by Section 63J-1-410;
56          (ii) ensure that the rates are approximately equal to the cost of providing the services;
57     and
58          (iii) annually conduct a market analysis of rates.
59          (b) A market analysis under Subsection (3)(a)(iii) shall include a comparison of the
60     division's rates with the rates of other public or private sector providers if comparable services
61     and rates are reasonably available.