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SENATE BILL NO. 1103 – Hwy dist/certain purchase exmpt bid

SENATE BILL NO. 1103

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S1103.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
HIGHWAY DISTRICTS - Amends and adds to existing law to exempt certain
highway district equipment purchases from the requirement for bids; and to
provide that a highway district may purchase equipment at a public auction
if the highway district board of commissioners has made a finding that the
equipment may be purchased at a public auction at a lower price.
                                                                        
02/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1103
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO HIGHWAY DISTRICT PURCHASES; AMENDING SECTION 40-906,  IDAHO  CODE,
  3        TO  EXEMPT  CERTAIN  EQUIPMENT  PURCHASES  FROM  THE REQUIREMENT FOR BIDS;
  4        AMENDING CHAPTER 9, TITLE 40, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
  5        40-906A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE  THAT  A  HIGHWAY  DISTRICT  MAY  PURCHASE
  6        EQUIPMENT AT A PUBLIC AUCTION IF THE HIGHWAY DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSION-
  7        ERS  HAS  MADE  A  FINDING THAT THE EQUIPMENT MAY BE PURCHASED AT A PUBLIC
  8        AUCTION AT A LOWER PRICE.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 1.  That Section 40-906, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        40-906.  EXPENDITURES  FOR  WHICH  BIDS REQUIRED. Except as otherwise pro-
 13    vided in section 40-906A,  Idaho  Code,  wWhen  the  expenditure  contemplated
 14    exceeds  five  thousand dollars ($5,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars
 15    ($25,000) the district shall obtain price or cost  quotations  from  at  least
 16    three  (3) responsible vendors in the business of supplying such goods or ser-
 17    vices. To enhance small business bidding  opportunities,  the  district  shall
 18    seek  a minimum of three (3) price quotations from registered vendors having a
 19    significant Idaho economic presence as defined in section 67-2349, Idaho Code.
 20    If the district finds that it is impractical or impossible to obtain three (3)
 21    quotations for the proposed transaction, the district may acquire the property
 22    in any manner the district deems best. The district  shall  then  procure  the
 23    goods  or  services from the responsible vendor quoting the lowest price. When
 24    the expenditure contemplated exceeds twenty-five thousand  dollars  ($25,000),
 25    it  shall  be  contracted  for and let to the lowest responsible bidder. Where
 26    both bids and quality of property offered are the same,  preference  shall  be
 27    given to the property of local and domestic production and manufacture or from
 28    bidders  having  a  significant  Idaho economic presence as defined in section
 29    67-2349, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 9, Title 40, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
 31    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 32    ignated as Section 40-906A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 33        40-906A.  EQUIPMENT PURCHASE AT PUBLIC AUCTION. Notwithstanding the provi-
 34    sions of section 40-906, Idaho Code, a highway district may purchase equipment
 35    at a public auction if the highway district board of commissioners has made  a
 36    finding that the price of the equipment to be purchased at a public auction is
 37    lower than the price of the equipment on the market.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                          RS 10891
                              
 This legislation creates a new section of Idaho Code section
 40-906(A), Title 40, to allow highway district commissioners
 to purchase equipment at public auction. In some cases,
 equipment may be purchased at a less expensive rate through
 a public auction.
 
 
 
 
 None to the General Fund.
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 Contact
 Name: Stuart 0. Davis; Executive Director, Idaho Association
 of Highway Districts, Inc.
 
 Phone: 859-9378
 
 
 
 
 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                                                      S 110