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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 652 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GREGORY (15). |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2444S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To repeal section 217.575, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the |
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| 9 | 9 | | Missouri vocational enterprises program. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Section 217.57 5, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 217.575, 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 217.575. 1. All goods manufactured, services provided 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | or produce of the vocational enterprises program of the 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | state shall, upon the requisition of the proper official, be 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | furnished to the state, to any public institution owned, 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | managed or controlled by the state, or to any private entity 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | that is leasing space to any agency of the state government 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | for use in space leased to the state agency, at such prices 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | as shall be determined as provided in subsection 4 of this 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | section. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2. No goods or services so manufactured, provided or 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | produced shall be purchased from any other source for the 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | state or public institutions of the st ate unless the 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | department shall certify the goods or services included in 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | the requisition cannot be furnished or supplied by the 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | vocational enterprises program within ninety days, or, in 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the event the same goods or services cannot be procured on 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the open market within ninety days, that the vocational 17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | enterprises program cannot supply them within a reasonable 18 SB 652 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | time. No claims for the payment of such goods or services 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be audited or paid without this certificate. One copy 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | each of the requisitio n or certificate shall be retained by 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the department. This subsection shall not apply to goods or 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | services with a market price of less than six hundred 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | dollars. 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3. The division of purchasing and the division of 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | facilities management, design and construction shall 26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | cooperate with the department in seeking to promote for use 27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | by state agencies and in state -owned or -occupied facilities 28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the products manufactured and services provided by the 29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | vocational enterprises program. 30 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 4. The vocational enterprises program shall fix and 31 |
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| 46 | 46 | | determine the prices at which goods and produce so 32 |
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| 47 | 47 | | manufactured and produced and services so provided shall be 33 |
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| 48 | 48 | | furnished, and the prices shall be uniform to all. The cost 34 |
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| 49 | 49 | | shall not be fixed at more than the market pric e for like 35 |
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| 50 | 50 | | goods and services. 36 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 5. Any differences between the vocational enterprises 37 |
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| 52 | 52 | | program and the state, its departments, divisions, agencies, 38 |
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| 53 | 53 | | institutions, or the political subdivisions of the state as 39 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to style, design, price or quality of go ods shall be 40 |
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| 55 | 55 | | submitted to arbitrators whose decision shall be final. One 41 |
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| 56 | 56 | | of the arbitrators shall be named by the program, one by the 42 |
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| 57 | 57 | | office, department, political subdivision or institution 43 |
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| 58 | 58 | | concerned, and one by agreement of the other two. The 44 |
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| 59 | 59 | | arbitrators shall receive no compensation; however, their 45 |
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| 60 | 60 | | necessary expenses shall be paid by the office, department, 46 |
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| 61 | 61 | | political subdivision or institution against which the award 47 |
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| 62 | 62 | | is given, or, in the event of a compromise decision, by both 48 |
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| 63 | 63 | | parties, the amount to be paid by each party in portions to 49 |
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| 64 | 64 | | be determined by the arbitrators. 50 SB 652 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 6. The vocational enterprises program may sell office 51 |
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| 66 | 66 | | systems and furniture to any department, agency, or 52 |
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| 67 | 67 | | institution of the state or any political subdivision of the 53 |
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| 68 | 68 | | state either through outright purchase or through payment 54 |
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| 69 | 69 | | plan agreement, including handling charges, over a specified 55 |
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| 70 | 70 | | number of months contingent on the solvency of the working 56 |
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| 71 | 71 | | capital revolving fund. Prior approval shall be required by 57 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the division of facilities management, design and 58 |
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| 73 | 73 | | construction for state agencies in situations where the 59 |
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| 74 | 74 | | office of administration controlled state -owned office space 60 |
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| 75 | 75 | | is involved and space in which a lease contract executed by 61 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the office of administration is in effe ct. 62 |
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