HLS 202ES-688 ORIGINAL
2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 48
BY REPRESENTATIVES GARY CARTER, BUTLER, DAVIS, DESHOTEL,
DUPLESSIS, KERNER, AND WILLARD
PROCUREMENT: Urges and requests the governor to modify small purchase procedures
through an executive order
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the governor to issue an executive order in accordance with R.S.
3 39:1596 to provide greater opportunities for small, local, and diverse businesses to
4 compete for the state's small purchase procurement needs.
5 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Procurement Code authorizes the governor to establish
6procedures for the procurement of small purchases; and
7 WHEREAS, the legislature created the Louisiana Initiative for Small
8Entrepreneurships, also known as the Hudson Initiative, and the Louisiana Initiative for
9Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships, also
10known as the Veteran Initiative, to facilitate the growth and stability of Louisiana's economy
11by fostering utilization by state interests of the business offerings available for state
12procurement and public contracts from Louisiana's small entrepreneurships and veteran and
13service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurships; and
14 WHEREAS, given the magnitude of the state's procurement and public contracting
15activity, state government is uniquely situated to create an environment where small
16entrepreneurships have an opportunity to thrive and ultimately enhance the stability of
17Louisiana's economy; and
18 WHEREAS, the governor issued Executive Order Number JBE 2017-18, relative to
19small purchase procedures, that included waivers for the requirement that agencies solicit
20a certain number of quotations if making purchases from a business certified in accordance
21with the Hudson Initiative and the Veteran Initiative; and
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1 WHEREAS, increasing the maximum amount of small purchases that qualify for this
2waiver would improve competitiveness for small, rural, minority, female, and veteran
3enterprises that wish to conduct business with the state.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
5Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the governor to issue an executive
6order in accordance with R.S. 39:1596 to provide greater opportunities for small, local, and
7diverse businesses to compete for the state's small purchase procurement needs.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
9of Louisiana further requests that the executive order contain the following changes to
10Executive Order Number JBE 2017-18:
11 (1) An increase in the defined maximum value of "small purchases" from twenty-
12five thousand dollars to thirty thousand dollars.
13 (2) An increase in the micro-purchase threshold from five thousand dollars to ten
14thousand dollars.
15 (3) An increase in the intermediate tier from fifteen thousand dollars to twenty
16thousand dollars.
17 (4) An increase in the exemption for purchases made from Hudson and Veterans
18Initiative-certified entrepreneurships from fifteen thousand to thirty thousand.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
20to the governor.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 48 Original 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Gary Carter
Urges and requests the governor to issue an executive order to provide greater opportunities
for small, local, and diverse businesses to compete for the state's small purchase procurement
needs.
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