Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1567 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 05/02/2022

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDME NT 
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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 1567 By: Rosino of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Bush of the House 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to state use; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3001, which relates to the State Use 
Committee; providing en tity name; modifying member of 
Council; requiring certain meetings; directing the 
State Purchasing Director to administer the State Use 
Program; providing certain authority and 
responsibilities; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 
3003, which relates to definitions; modifying certain 
definitions; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004 , 
which relates to procurement schedules; modifying 
entity responsible for procurement schedule; 
directing State Purchasing Director to award and 
manage contracts to certain organizations; directing 
deposit of certain fee; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3004.1, which relates to contracts; 
authorizing certain contracts or awards; modifying 
allowing expenditures; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 
3004.2, which relates to the State Use Commit tee 
Revolving Fund; allowing certain fee or levy; 
amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3005, which relates to 
fair market pricing; modifying entity responsible for 
determining fair market price of certain products and 
services; modifying time period for price changes to 
be effective; 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3006, which 
relates to distribution agency; allowing the State 
Purchasing Director to contract with a third-party 
for certain operations and dist ribution; amending 74 
O.S. 2021, Section 3007, which relates to procuring a 
product or service at a certain price; modifying 
procurement source; modifying entity responsible for 
determining fair market price; modifying procurement 
requirements; removing certain exemption; authorizing 
municipalities and counties to make certain purchases 
from qualified organizations; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3008, which relates to exceptions; removing   
 
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exemption; requiring certain pricing review; allowing 
for temporary exception under certain circumstances; 
allowing Central Purchasing Division to prescribe 
rules to carry out this act; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3009, which relates to annual reporting; 
requiring certain report; repealing 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3010, which relates to exemptions; providing 
for codification; and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
AUTHOR:  Add the following Senate Coauthor: Stephens 
 
AMENDMENT NO. 1.  Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill 
and insert: 
 
 
 
 
"An Act relating to state use; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3001, which relates to the State Use 
Committee; providing entity name; modifying member 
of Council; requiring certain meetings; directing 
the State Purchasing Director to administer the 
State Use Program; providing certain authority and 
responsibilities; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 
3003, which relates to definitions; modifying 
certain definitions; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 
3004, which relates to procurement schedules; 
modifying entity responsible for procurement 
schedule; directing State Purchasing Director to 
award and manage contracts to certain organizations; 
amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004.1, which relates 
to contracts; authorizing certain contracts or 
awards; directing deposit of certain fee; modifying 
allowing expenditures; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3004.2, which relates to the State Use 
Committee Revolving Fund; allowing certain fee or 
levy; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3005, which 
relates to fair market pricing; modifying entity 
responsible for determining fair market price of 
certain products and services ; modifying time period 
for price changes to be effectiv e; amending 74 O.S. 
2021, Section 3006, which relates to distribution 
agency; allowing the State Purchasing Director to 
contract with a third party for certain operations   
 
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and distribution; amending 74 O.S. 202 1, Section 
3007, which relates to procuring a product or 
service at a certain price; modifying procurement 
source; modifying entity responsible for determining 
fair market price; modifying procurement 
requirements; removing certain exemption; 
authorizing municipalities and counties to make 
certain purchases fro m qualified organizations; 
amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3008, which relates 
to exceptions; removing exemption; requiring certain 
pricing review; allowing for temporary exception 
under certain circumstance s; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3009, which relates to annual reporting; 
allowing Central Purchasing Division to prescribe 
rules to carry out this act; requiring certain 
report; repealing 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3010, which 
relates to exemptions; providing for codification; 
and providing an effec tive date. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2 021, Section 3001, is 
amended to read as follows : 
Section 3001. A.  There is hereby crea ted in the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services a committee an advisory council 
to be known as the "State Use Committee Advisory Council".  The 
Committee Council shall consist of seven (7) members and one 
nonvoting member as follows: 
1.  A private citizen conversant with the employment needs of 
people with severe significant disabilities who shall be appointed 
by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor to act as an advocate 
for the employment needs of people with severe significant 
disabilities;   
 
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2.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services or designee; 
3.  The Director of the Division of Services for the Blind and 
Visually Impaired of th e State Department of Rehabilitat ion 
Services, or designee; 
4.  The past president of Okl ahoma Community-Based Providers or 
designee to serve for a one-year period, who may be reappointed by 
the succeeding president One member who shall be a state use 
provider who shall be appointed by th e President Pro Tempore of the 
Senate; 
5.  An individual or a parent or guardian of an individua l with 
severe significant disabilities who participates in vocational 
programming through a sheltered environment facility qualified 
nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilit ies, to be selected 
by the Committee appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives; 
6.  The Director of Human Services, or designee; and 
7.  A certified procurement officer from any state age ncy 
appointed by the State Purchasing Director, select ed to represent 
the customer agencies of the State of Oklahoma; and 
8.  As a nonvoting member, a A person employed by the Office of 
Management and Enterp rise Services Central Purchasing Division as a 
contracting officer in the purchasing division , appointed by the 
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designated specifically to solicit, develop, and negotiate contracts 
with agencies and individuals. 
B.  The Committee shall elect from among its membership a Chair 
and a Vice Chair who shall both serve for a period of o ne (1) year. 
C. The private citizen citizens on the Committee Council shall 
serve for a period of two (2 ) years and may be reappointed by the 
appointing authority.  A ny private citizen appointed pursuant to 
this section to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of 
the term for which the predecess or was appointed shall be appointed 
only for the remainder of the term. 
D.  Any member of the Committee shall be pr ohibited from voting 
on any issue in which the member has an interest The State Use 
Advisory Council shall meet a minimum of twice a year for the 
purpose of exchanging ideas to market and improve the State Use 
Program. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of l aw to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3001.1 of Title 74, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
The State Purchasing Director, under th e supervision of the 
Director of the Office of Ma nagement and Enterprise Services, shall 
have authority and responsibility to admin ister and oversee the 
State Use Program including but not limited to: 
1. Promulgating rules relating to the program; 
2.  Qualification of organizations par ticipating in the program;   
 
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3.  Contracting with qualified organizations for products and 
services to be included on the procurement schedule; 
4.  Determination of fai r market price of all products and 
services to be included on the procurement schedule; and 
5. Designation and publication of a procurement schedule . 
SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3003, is 
amended to read as follows : 
Section 3003.  As used in this act Section 3001 et seq. o f this 
title: 
1.  "Blind person" means a person having a visual acuity n ot to 
exceed 20/200 in the bet ter eye, with correcting lenses, or visual 
acuity greater than 20/200 but with limitation in th e field of 
vision such that the widest diameter of visual f ield subtends an 
angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees; 
2.  "Committee Council" means the State Use Committee Advisory 
Council; 
3. "Qualified nonprofit agency for the severely handicapped 
employment of people with significant disabilities " means a 
nonprofit agency: 
a. employing severely disabled persons with significant 
disabilities who constitute at least seventy-five 
percent (75%) of the personnel direct labor hours 
engaged in direct production, manufacturing, 
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offered by the agency for procurement by this state 
and or who meet the definition of "blind person" blind 
person as provided for in paragraph 1 of this section, 
or 
b. which is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage 
and Hour Division of the United States Department of 
Labor; 
4. "Severely disabled person” "Person with significant 
disabilities" means an individual with a physical or mental 
disability constituting a s ubstantial handicap to employment and 
preventing the person from engaging in normal competitive employment 
and/or includes any blind person; 
5. "Qualified organization" means a blind person, or qualified 
nonprofit agency for the severely handicapped, or seve rely disabled 
person employment of people with significant disabilities 
contracting to supply goods or services; 
6. "Manufactured" means goods made by manual labor; 
7. "Produced" means to have brought into existence or created 
from raw materials; 
8. "Processed" means the action of taking something through an 
established and mostly routine set of procedures or steps to 
substantially convert a potential product from one form to another.  
This action involves a sequence of multiple steps each requiring a   
 
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distinct decision-making process to evolve a potential product to 
the next step; and 
9. "Assemble" means to put or fit together or put together the 
parts of a potential product; 
10.  "Central nonprofit agency (CNA)" means a qualified 501(c)3 
nonprofit entity meeting the qualifications in the Request for 
Procurement (RFP) issued by the Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services selected to administer and oversee the State Use Program; 
and 
11.  "Procurement schedule" means a designated schedule of 
products and services currently approved by the Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services Central Purchasing Division as suitable to 
procure from qualified organizations particip ating in the State Use 
Program. 
SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     74 O. S. 2021, Section 3004, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3004. The Committee Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services Central Purchasing Division shall designate and distribute 
by regulation a sched ule, hereinafter referred to as the procurement 
schedule, of the products directly manufactured, produced, processed 
or assembled or services directly performed, offered or provided by 
any severely disabled person with significant disabilities or 
qualified nonprofit agency for the severely disabled employment of 
people with significant disabilities, as defined by this act in   
 
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Section 3003 of this title, which the Committee State Purchasing 
Director determines are suitable for procurement by the state.  No 
state agency shall purchase, pursuant to Section 3007 of this title, 
products or services purporting to be made by severely disabled 
persons in workshops which are not certified by the Committee or by 
severely disabled individuals who are not certified by the Committee 
The products and services on contract will b e published on the 
procurement schedule and will be designated as mandatory.  The 
Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central Purchasing 
Division shall have the authority to qualify organizations for 
inclusion in the State Use Program, monitor qualified organizations 
for continued complia nce to remain active in the program, and remove 
organizations from the program.  Central Purchasing shall have the 
authority to award and manage contracts to the qualified 
organizations as well as to renegotiate or cancel contracts when 
appropriate. 
SECTION 5.    AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004. 1, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3004.1 A one-percent fee of any contract for p roducts 
or services of the severely disa bled shall be assessed against the 
qualified organization and The State Purchasing Director may enter 
or award contracts for products or services to a q ualified 
organization as defined in Section 3003 of this title and assess a 
contract management fee or l evy.  The contract management fee or   
 
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levy shall be deposited in the State Us e Committee Advisory Council 
Revolving Fund, as created in Section 3004.2 of this title, for the 
salary, administrative costs, annual trainings, professional 
association memberships, qualified agency operational improvement 
grants, periodic economic advantage study, Annual Report 
development, and other expenses incurred by the Central Purchasing 
Division of the Office of Management and Enterpr ise Services for 
promoting goods and services provi ded by qualified organizations. 
SECTION 6.     AMENDATORY    74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004.2 , is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3004.2 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a 
revolving fund for the Office of M anagement and Enterprise Services 
to be designated the "State Use Committee Advisory Council Revolving 
Fund".  The fund shall be a co ntinuing fund, not subject to fiscal 
year limitations, and shall consist of all proceeds from the one-
percent management fee or levy on contracts for purchases of 
products or services of the severely disabled people with 
significant disabilities, as provided in Section 3004.1 of this 
title. The fund shall be invested in any of the types of 
instruments in which the State Treasurer is authorized by l aw to 
invest.  Interest earned shall be retained b y the fund. All monies 
accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may 
be budgeted and expend ed by the Office of Management and Enterprise 
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buyer and clerical and technical support in the Central Purchasing 
Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services 
responsible for contracts for the products and services of the 
severely disabled people with significant disabilities and expenses 
the Office incurs to support Committee State Use operations 
including services of the Centralized Non-Profit Agency (CNA).  
Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warran ts issued by the 
State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for 
approval and payment. 
SECTION 7.    AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3005, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3005.  The Committee Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services Central Purchas ing Division shall determine the fair m arket 
price of all products and services included in the procurement 
schedule and shall revise such prices in accordance with changing 
market conditions; provided, h owever, a change in price shall not be 
effective prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) thirty (30) days 
from the date on which such change is made by the Committee 
approved. Approved fair market prices shall be reflected on State 
Use contracts and procurement schedules within thirty (30) days of 
approval and distribution. 
SECTION 8.     AMENDATORY    74 O.S. 2021, Section 3006, is 
amended to read as follows:   
 
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Section 3006. The Committee State Purchasing Director may 
designate contract with a central nonprofit agency to facilitate: 
1.  Management of the day-to-day operations of the program; 
2.  The facilitation, promotion, and the distribution of orders 
of the state for product s or services on the procurement schedule 
among qualified nonprofit agencies for people with severe 
significant disabilities; 
3.  Scheduling and conducting annual training sessions; 
4.  Publishing the approved State Use Procurement Schedule; 
5.  Promotion of the State Use Program through development and 
distribution of program marketing material, pr omotion of program 
through continued contact with current and fut ure customers; and 
6.  All other duties assigned by the RFP through the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services. 
SECTION 9.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3007, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3007. A.  Whenever the State of Oklahoma this state or 
any of its agencies intends to procure any product or service 
included in the procurement schedule, that entity shall secure the 
product or service from a qualified nonprofit agency providing 
employment to people with severe significant disabilities at the 
fair market price determin ed by the Committee Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services Central P urchasing Division, if the product   
 
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or service is available within the period required by the entity and 
meets the specifications of the entity. 
B.  An agency of this state shall not evade the intent and 
meaning of this section by slight variations from standards ad opted 
by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division. 
C.  Provided, the requirements of this section shall not apply 
to the procurement of j anitorial services by the Oklahoma State 
Bureau of Investigation.  The Bureau shall conduct background 
investigations and national criminal history record checks on 
companies and individu als with which it contracts to provide 
janitorial services. 
D.  When the fair market price for a product or service approved 
by the Committee exceeds a current m arket price for the same product 
or service, and such lower market price has been verified by t he 
agency through compliance with the fair market analysis process 
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the 
state use contracting office r may grant a temporary exception to a 
requesting agency so that the agency may purchase the pr oduct or 
service from the vendor offering the lower market price.  Th e 
temporary exception shall automatically expire when a new fair 
market price is established by the State Use Committee Any 
municipality or county agency of this state is authorized to 
purchase products and services from any qualified organization as   
 
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defined in Section 3003 of this title. The qualified organization 
shall be able to meet the needs and specifications for the products 
or services required by the purchasing body at the fai r market 
price.  Procurements made pursuant to the provisions of this sec tion 
shall not be subject to compet itive bid requirements. 
SECTION 10.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3008, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3008.  A. Nothing in Sections Section 3001 et seq. of 
this title pursuant to purchases of products and services from 
people with severe significant disabilities shall be construed to 
prohibit any department or agency of the state from manufacturing or 
supplying its own products or services for its own use.  
Procurements made pursuant to this act Section 3001 et seq. of this 
title shall not be subject t o the competitive bid requirements of 
the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, Section 85.1 et seq. of this 
title. 
B.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division shall require an annua l qualified organization 
pricing review for all products and services approved and designated 
on the procurement schedule.  The method of the pricing review shall 
be defined in the promulgated rules. 
C. When the fair market price for a product or service approved 
by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central 
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product or service and such lower market price has been verified by 
the agency through compliance with the fair market ana lysis process 
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division, the State Use contracting officer may grant a 
temporary exception to a requesting agency so that the agency may 
purchase the product or service from the supplier offering the lower 
market price. 
SECTION 11.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3009, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3009. A.  The State Use Committee Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services Central Purch asing Division shall prescribe 
rules to carry out the purposes of the provisions of Sections 3 001 
through 3009 of this title. 
B.  The rules shall include r equirements for: 
1.  Publishing a catalog listing goods and services and jobs 
that workshops qualified agencies employing people with significant 
disabilities can provide the state, annually; and 
2.  Conducting a minimum of six two meetings per year of the 
State Use Council, in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, 
Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Okl ahoma Statutes; 
3. Making available to contractors the mi nutes of all meetings; 
4.  Notifying contractors a t least ten (10) days prior to 
meeting dates.  Meetings shall be called by the Committee Chair; and   
 
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5.  Establishing guidelines by which a vendor ma y file a 
grievance. 
C.  The Committee shall report any vio lations of the intent of 
the laws to the Attorney General's office within thirty (30) days of 
their determination of such violations. 
D.  The Committee shall file an Annual Report On an annual 
basis, the Office of Management and Enterprise Ser vices shall, 
within sixty (60) days after the close of the legislative fiscal 
year with, transmit a strategic plan for the State Use Program to 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Governor. 
SECTION 12.    REPEALER     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3010, is 
hereby repealed. 
SECTION 13.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2022." 
Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2022. 
 
 
 
 
  
Presiding Officer of the House of 
 	Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ____ day of _______ ___, 2022. 
 
 
 
 
  
Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
   
 
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ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 1567 	By: Rosino of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Bush of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to state use; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3001, which relates to the State Use 
Committee; providing en tity name; modifying member of 
Council; requiring certain meetings; directing the 
State Purchasing Director to administer the State Use 
Program; providing certain authority and 
responsibilities; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 
3003, which relates to definitions; modifying certain 
definitions; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004 , 
which relates to procurement schedules; modifying 
entity responsible for procurement schedule; 
directing State Purchasing Director to award and 
manage contracts to certain organizations; directing 
deposit of certain fee; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3004.1, which relates to contracts; 
authorizing certain contracts or awards; modifying 
allowing expenditures; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 
3004.2, which relates to the State Use Committee 
Revolving Fund; allowing certain fee or levy; 
amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3005, which relates to 
fair market pricing; modifying entity responsible for 
determining fair market price of certain products and 
services; modifying time period for price changes to 
be effective; 74 O.S. 2021, Section 3006, which 
relates to distribution agency; allowing the State 
Purchasing Director to contract with a third-party 
for certain operations and dist ribution; amending 74 
O.S. 2021, Section 3007, which relates to procuring a 
product or service at a certain price; modifying 
procurement source; modifying en tity responsible for 
determining fair market price; modifying procurement 
requirements; removing certain exemption; authorizing 
municipalities and counties to make certain purchases 
from qualified organizations; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3008, which relates to exceptions; removing 
exemption; requiring certain pricing review; allowing 
for temporary exception under certain circumstances;   
 
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allowing Central Purchasing Division to prescribe 
rules to carry out this act; amending 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3009, which re lates to annual reporting; 
requiring certain report; repealing 74 O.S. 2021, 
Section 3010, which relates to exemptions; providing 
for codification; and providing an effec tive date. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : 
SECTION 14.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Secti on 3001, is 
amended to read as follows : 
Section 3001. A.  There is hereby created in t he Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services a committee an advisory council 
to be known as the "State Use Committee Advisory Council".  The 
Committee Council shall consist of seven (7) members and one 
nonvoting member as follows: 
1.  A private citizen conversant with the employment needs of 
people with severe significant disabilities who shall be appointed 
by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor to act as an advo cate 
for the employment needs of people with severe significant 
disabilities; 
2.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services or designee; 
3.  The Director of the Division of Services for the Blind and 
Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabilitat ion 
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4.  The past president of Oklahoma Community-Based Providers or 
designee to serve for a one-year period, who may be reappointed by 
the succeeding president One member who shall be a state use 
provider who shall be appointed by th e President Pro Tempore of the 
Senate; 
5.  An individual or a parent or guardian of an individua l with 
severe significant disabilities who participates in vocational 
programming through a sheltered environment facility qualified non-
profit agency for individuals with disabilit ies, to be selected by 
the Committee appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives; 
6.  The Director of Human Services, or designee; and 
7.  A certified procurement officer from any state agency 
appointed by the State Purchasing Director, selecte d to represent 
the customer agencies of the State of Oklaho ma; and 
8.  As a nonvoting member, a A person employed by the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services Central Purchasing Division as a 
contracting officer in the purchasing division , appointed by the 
State Purchasing Director with the advice of the Committee and 
designated specifically to solicit, develop, and negotiate contracts 
with agencies and individuals . 
B.  The Committee shall elect from among its membership a Chair 
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C. The private citizen citizens on the Committee Council shall 
serve for a period of two (2 ) years and may be reappointed by the 
appointing authority.  Any private citizen appointed pursuant to 
this section to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expira tion of 
the term for which the predecess or was appointed shall be appointed 
only for the remainder of the term. 
D.  Any member of the Committee shall be prohibited f rom voting 
on any issue in which the member h as an interest The State Use 
Advisory Council shall meet a minimum of twice a year for the 
purpose of exchanging ideas to market and improve the State Use 
Program. 
SECTION 15.     NEW LAW     A ne w section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3001.1 of Title 74, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
The State Purchasing Director, under the supervision of the 
Director of the Office of Manag ement and Enterprise Services, shall 
have authority and responsibility to admin ister and oversee the 
State Use Program including but not limited to: 
1. Promulgating rules relating to the program; 
2.  Qualification of organizations par ticipating in the program; 
3.  Contracting with qualified organizations f or products and 
services to be included on the procur ement schedule; 
4.  Determination of fai r market price of all products and 
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5. Designation and publication of a procurement schedule . 
SECTION 16.     AMENDATORY    74 O.S. 2021, Section 3003, is 
amended to read as follows : 
Section 3003.  As used in this act Section 3001 et seq. of this 
title: 
1.  "Blind person" means a person having a visual acuity not to 
exceed 20/200 in the bet ter eye, with correcting lenses, or visual 
acuity greater than 20/200 but with limitation in th e field of 
vision such that the widest diameter of visual fie ld subtends an 
angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees; 
2.  "Committee Council" means the State Use Committee Advisory 
Council; 
3. "Qualified nonprofit agency for the severely handicapped 
employment of people with significant disabilities " means a 
nonprofit agency: 
a. employing severely disabled persons with significant 
disabilities who constitute at le ast seventy-five 
percent (75%) of the personnel direct labor hours 
engaged in direct production, manufacturing, 
processing and/or assembling of products or services 
offered by the agency for procurement by this state 
and or who meet the definition of "blind person" blind 
person as provided for in paragrap h 1 of this section, 
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b. which is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage 
and Hour Division of the United States Department of 
Labor; 
4. "Severely disabled person” “Person with significant 
disabilities" means an individual with a physical or mental 
disability constituting a s ubstantial handicap to employment and 
preventing the person from engaging in normal competitive employment 
and/or includes any blind person; 
5. "Qualified organization" means a blind person, or qualified 
nonprofit agency for the severely handicapped, or seve rely disabled 
person employment of people with significant disabilities 
contracting to supply goods or services; 
6. "Manufactured" means goods made by manual labor; 
7. "Produced" means to have brought into exis tence or created 
from raw materials; 
8. "Processed" means the action of taking something through an 
established and mostly routine set of procedures or steps to 
substantially convert a potential product from one form to another.  
This action involves a sequence of multiple steps each requiring a 
distinct decision-making process to evolve a potential product to 
the next step; and 
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10.  "Central nonprofit agency (CNA)" means a qualified 501(c)3 
nonprofit entity meeting the qualifications in the Request for 
Procurement (RFP) issued by the Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services selected to administer and oversee the State Use Program; 
and 
11.  "Procurement schedule" means a designated schedule of 
products and services currently approved by the Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services Central Purchasing Division as suitable to 
procure from qualified organizations particip ating in the State Use 
Program. 
SECTION 17.     AMENDATORY     74 O. S. 2021, Section 3004, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3004. The Committee Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services Central Purchasing Division shall designate and distribute 
by regulation a schedul e, hereinafter referred to as the procurement 
schedule, of the products directly manufactured, produced, processed 
or assembled or services directly performed, offered o r provided by 
any severely disabled person with significant disabilities or 
qualified nonprofit agency for the severely disabled employment of 
people with significant disabilities, as defined by this act in 
Section 3003 of this title, which the Committee State Purchasing 
Director determines are suitable for procurement by the state.  The 
products and services on contract will b e published on the 
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agency shall purchase, pursuant to Section 3007 of this title, 
products or services purporting to be made by severely disabled 
persons in workshops which are not certified by the Committee or by 
severely disabled individuals who are not certified by the Committee 
The Office of Management and Enterprise Ser vices Central Purchasing 
Division shall have the authority to qualify organizations for 
inclusion in the State Use Program, monitor qualified organizations 
for continued complia nce to remain active in the program, and remove 
organizations from the program.  Central Purchasing shall have the 
authority to award and manage contracts to the qualified 
organizations as well as to renegotiate or cancel contracts when 
appropriate. 
SECTION 18.    AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004.1, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3004.1. A one-percent fee of any contract for products 
or services of the severely disa bled shall be assessed against the 
qualified organization and The State Purchasing Director may enter 
or award contracts for products or services to a qualified 
organization as defined in Section 3003 of this title and assess a 
contract management fee or l evy.  The contract management fee or 
levy shall be deposited in the State Us e Committee Advisory Council 
Revolving Fund, as created in Section 3004.2 of this title, for the 
salary, administrative costs, annual trainings, professional 
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grants, periodic economic advantage study, Annual Report 
development, and other expenses incurred by the Central Purchasing 
Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for 
promoting goods and services provi ded by qualified organizations. 
SECTION 19.     AMENDATORY    74 O.S. 2021, Section 3004.2 , is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3004.2. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a 
revolving fund for the Office of M anagement and Enterprise Services 
to be designated the "State Use Committee Advisory Council Revolving 
Fund".  The fund shall be a co ntinuing fund, not subject to fiscal 
year limitations, and shall consist of all proceeds from the one-
percent management fee or levy on contracts for purchases of 
products or services of the severely disabled people with 
significant disabilities, as provided in Section 3004.1 of this 
title. The fund shall be invested in any of the types of 
instruments in which the State Treasurer is authorized by l aw to 
invest.  Interest earned shall be retained b y the fund.  All monies 
accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may 
be budgeted and expend ed by the Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services for the salary and other administrativ e expenses of the 
buyer and clerical and technical support in the Central Purchasing 
Division of the Office of M anagement and Enterprise Services 
responsible for contracts for the products and services of the 
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the Office incurs to support Committee State Use operations 
including services of the Centralized Non-Profit Agency (CNA).  
Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warran ts issued by the 
State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Servic es for 
approval and payment. 
SECTION 20.    AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3005, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3005.  The Committee Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services Central Purchas ing Division shall determine the fair m arket 
price of all products and services included in the procurement 
schedule and shall revise such prices in accor dance with changing 
market conditions; provided, h owever, a change in price shall not be 
effective prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) thirty (30) days 
from the date on which such change is made by the Committee 
approved. Approved fair market prices shall be re flected on State 
Use contracts and procurement schedules within thirty (30) days of 
approval and distribution. 
SECTION 21.     AMENDATORY    74 O.S. 2021, Section 3006, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3006. The Committee State Purchasing Director may 
designate contract with a central nonprofit agency to facilitate 
the: 
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2.  The facilitation, promotion, and the distribution of orders 
of the state for products or serv ices on the procurement schedule 
among qualified nonprofit agencies for people with severe 
significant disabilities; 
3.  Scheduling and conducting annual training sessions; 
4.  Publishing the approved State Use Procurement Schedule; 
5.  Promotion of the State Use Program through development and 
distribution of program marketing material, pr omotion of program 
through continued contact with current and fut ure customers; and 
6.  All other duties assigned by the RFP through the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services . 
SECTION 22.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3007, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3007. A.  Whenever the State of Oklahoma this state or 
any of its agencies intends to procure any product or service 
included in the procurement schedule, that entity shall secure the 
product or service from a qualified nonprofit agency providing 
employment to people with severe significant disabilities at the 
fair market price determin ed by the Committee Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services Central P urchasing Division, if the product 
or service is available within the period required by the entity and 
meets the specifications of the entity. 
B.  An agency of this state shall not evade the intent and 
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by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division. 
C.  Provided, the requirements of this section shall not apply 
to the procurement of j anitorial services by the Oklahoma State 
Bureau of Investigation.  The Bureau shall conduct background 
investigations and national criminal history record checks on 
companies and individu als with which it contracts to provide 
janitorial services. 
D.  When the fair market price for a product or service approved 
by the Committee exceeds a current m arket price for the same product 
or service, and such lower market price has been verified by t he 
agency through compliance with the fair market analysis process 
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the 
state use contracting office r may grant a temporary exception to a 
requesting agency so that the agency may purchase the pr oduct or 
service from the vendor offering the lower market price.  Th e 
temporary exception shall automatically expire when a new fair 
market price is established by the State Use Committee Any 
municipality or county agency of this state is authorized to 
purchase products and services from any qualified organization as 
defined in Section 3003 of this title. The qualified organization 
shall be able to meet the needs and specifications for the products 
or services required by the purchasing body at the fai r market 
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SECTION 23.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3008, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3008.  A. Nothing in Sections Section 3001 et seq. of 
this title pursuant to purchases of products and services from 
people with severe significant disabilities shall be construed to 
prohibit any department or agency of the state from manufacturing or 
supplying its own products or services for its own use.  
Procurements made pursuant to this act Section 3001 et seq. of this 
title shall not be subject t o the competitive bid requirements of 
the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, Section 85.1 et seq. of this 
title. 
B.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division shall require an annua l qualified organization 
pricing review for all products and services approved and designated 
on the procurement schedule.  The method of the pricing review shall 
be defined in the promulgated rules. 
C. When the fair market price for a product or service approved 
by the Office of Management and E nterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division exceeds a current market price for the same 
product or service, and such lower market price has been verified by 
the agency through compliance with the fair market ana lysis process 
approved by the Office of Ma nagement and Enterprise Services Central 
Purchasing Division, the State Use contracting officer m ay grant a 
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purchase the product or service from the supplier offering the lower 
market price. 
SECTION 24.     AMENDATORY    74 O.S. 2021, Section 3009, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 3009. A.  The State Use Committee Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services Central Purch asing Division shall prescribe 
rules to carry out the purposes of the provisions of Sections 3 001 
through 3009 of this title. 
B.  The rules shall include r equirements for: 
1.  Publishing a catalog listing goods and services and jobs 
that workshops qualified agencies employing people with significant 
disabilities can provide the state, annually; and 
2.  Conducting a minimum of six two meetings per year of the 
State Use Council, in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, 
Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Okl ahoma Statutes; 
3. Making available to contractors the mi nutes of all meetings; 
4. Notifying contractors a t least ten (10) days prior to 
meeting dates.  Meetings shall be called by the Committee Chair; and 
5.  Establishing guidelines by which a vendor ma y file a 
grievance. 
C.  The Committee shall report any vio lations of the intent of 
the laws to the Attorney General's office within thirty (30) days of 
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D. C.  The Committee shall file a n Annual Report On an annual 
basis, the Office of Mana gement and Enterprise Services shall within 
sixty (60) days after the close of the legislative fiscal year, 
transmit a strategic plan for the State Use Program with to the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Governor. 
SECTION 25.    REPEALER     74 O.S. 2021, Section 3010, is 
hereby repealed. 
SECTION 26.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2022. 
Passed the Senate the 14th day of March, 2022. 
 
 
  
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Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 
2022. 
 
 
  
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 	of Representatives