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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 96 Original 2016 First Extraordinary Session Richard
Abstract: Requires a 15% reduction in the total dollar amount for professional, personal, and
consulting service contracts under the jurisdiction of the office of state procurement for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017.
Proposed law requires the total dollar amount for professional, personal, and consulting service
contracts under the jurisdiction of the office of state procurement for FY 2016-2017 to be 15% less
than the amount in the prior fiscal year.
Proposed law requires the office of state procurement to submit reports on the status of the
implementation of proposed law to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Proposed law prohibits the office of state procurement from approving any contract if such approval
would increase the total dollar amount of contracts above the amount required in proposed law,
unless such contract meets all of the following criteria:
(1)Either no employee of the contracting department or agency is both competent and available
to perform the services or the services are not the type readily susceptible to being performed
by persons employed by the state on a continuing basis.
(2)The services are not available as a product of a prior or existing contract.
(3)The contracting department or agency has submitted a written plan to monitor and evaluate
the performance called for in the proposed contract.
(4)It is more cost effective to obtain the services through the contract than to have the services
provided by the contracting department or agency if the department or agency can provide
the services or by agreement with another state department or agency.
(5)The contract represents a priority expenditure for state government.
Proposed law does not apply to any professional, personal, or consulting service contract of the
secretary of state necessary to perform any constitutional or statutory function of the office.
Present law provides for certain determinations by the state chief procurement officer prior to the
approval of proposed contracts. Proposed law retains present law and further provides that a contract shall not be awarded to any
entity for which an appropriation was enacted through a line item appropriation in the General
Appropriations Act for the fiscal year in which the contract is proposed, and subsequently vetoed by
the governor, for such amount or services as contained in the appropriation without prior approval
of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Effective July 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 39:1591 and 1624(C))