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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Ucci, Martin, Marshall, and O'Brien

     Date Introduced: January 15, 2014

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 37-2-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-2 entitled "State

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Purchases" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     37-2-22. Small purchases. -- Procurements, not to exceed an aggregate amount of ten

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thousand dollars ($10,000) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for construction and five thousand

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dollars ($5,000) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for all other purchases may be made in

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accordance with small purchase regulations promulgated by the chief purchasing officer.

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Procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase

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under this section.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES

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     This act would increase the minimum amount of state purchases subject to competitive

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bidding from ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for construction

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and from five thousand dollars ($5,000) to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for all other

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purchases.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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