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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6005 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000395 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Abney, Nardone, Kislak, Diaz, Ackerman, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Kazarian, and Bennett |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 37-2-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-2 entitled "State 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Purchases" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 37-2-22. Small purchases. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Procurements, not to exceed an aggregate amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for construction and five thousand dollars ($5,000) ten 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | thousand dollars ($10,000) for all other purchases may be made in accordance with small purchase 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | regulations promulgated by the chief purchasing officer. Procurement requirements shall not be 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under this section. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Section 45-55-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-55 entitled "Award of 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Municipal Contracts" is hereby amended to read as follows: 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 45-55-9. Small purchases. 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Procurements, not to exceed an aggregate amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for construction and five thousand dollars ($5,000) ten 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | thousand dollars ($10,000) for all other purchases may be made in accordance with small purchase 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | regulations promulgated by the municipality. These amounts shall be increased or decreased 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | annually hereafter at the same rate as the Boston Regional Consumer Price Index. Procurement 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | requirements shall not be artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under this section. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | A municipality may further reduce the aggregate purchase amount, as provided for in this section 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | by ordinance. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC000395 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on December 31, 2023. 1 |
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| 47 | 47 | | LC000395 |
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| 51 | 51 | | LC000395 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 53 | 53 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 54 | 54 | | OF |
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| 55 | 55 | | A N A C T |
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| 56 | 56 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES |
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| 57 | 57 | | *** |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would increase the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from ten 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | thousand dollars ($10,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for construction projects and 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | from five thousand dollars ($5,000) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for all other state and 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | municipal purchases. 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | This act would take effect on December 31, 2023. 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | LC000395 |
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