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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 795 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Bailey |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0795 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002696 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 3, relative to public purchases. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 12-3-201(8)(B), is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | deleting subdivision (8)(B) and substituting: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (8) |
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| 20 | 19 | | (B) "Goods" also means all improvements to real property, including, but |
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| 21 | 20 | | not limited to, buildings, structures, equipment, fixtures, and anything else |
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| 22 | 21 | | permanently attached to real property, but does not include real property; |
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| 23 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 12-3-1201(c), is amended by |
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| 24 | 23 | | deleting the subsection and substituting: |
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| 25 | 24 | | (c) To the extent permitted by federal law or regulations, local governments may |
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| 26 | 25 | | make purchases of: |
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| 27 | 26 | | (1) Goods, except motor vehicles other than those manufactured for a |
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| 28 | 27 | | special purpose as defined in ยง 12-3-1208, or services included in federal |
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| 29 | 28 | | general service administration contracts or other applicable federal open |
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| 30 | 29 | | purchase contracts either directly or through the appropriate state agency; |
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| 31 | 30 | | provided, that no purchase under this section shall be made at a price higher |
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| 32 | 31 | | than that which is contained in the contract between the general services |
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| 33 | 32 | | administration and the vendor affected; and |
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| 34 | 33 | | (2) Goods and services directly, without bid or quotations, from vendors |
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| 35 | 34 | | awarded general services administration (GSA) schedule contracts at prices |
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