(Primary Sponsor)_____________ bill NO. _____________

INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________

By Request of the ****

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ALLOWING A COUNTY TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENts WITH CERTAIN ENTITIES; EXEMPTING cooperative purchasing agreements from competitive bidding requirements; AMENDING SECTION 7-5-2304, MCA; and PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE."

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Power to enter and execute cooperative purchasing agreements. (1) A county may enter into an agreement for cooperative purchasing as defined in 18-4-401 with:

(a) the state;

(b) a political subdivision of the state or any other state; and

(c) any other government entity as defined in 2-11-103.

(2) Goods or services procured by participation in a cooperative purchasing agreement or program allowed in this section are considered to have been acquired in accordance with this part.

 

Section 2. Section 7-5-2304, MCA, is amended to read:

"7-5-2304. Exemptions from competitive bidding requirements. The provisions of 7-5-2301 do not apply to contracts for:

(1) public printing entered into in accordance with the provisions of Title 18, chapter 7, part 4; and

(2) purchases that, in the opinion of the governing body, are made necessary by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, other elements, epidemic, or riot or insurrection; for the immediate preservation of order or the public health; for the restoration of a condition of usefulness that has been destroyed by accident, wear, tear, or mischief; or for the relief of a stricken community overtaken by calamity; and

(3) a cooperative purchasing agreement allowed in [section 1]."

 

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 7, chapter 5, part 23, and the provisions of Title 7, chapter 5, part 23, apply to [section 1].

 

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Applicability. [This act] applies to contracts for cooperative purchasing entered into by a county on or after [the effective date of this act].