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4 | 4 | | Legislative Activities Amendments |
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5 | 5 | | 2025 GENERAL SESSION |
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6 | 6 | | STATE OF UTAH |
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7 | 7 | | Chief Sponsor: Michael K. McKell |
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8 | 8 | | House Sponsor: Val L. Peterson |
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11 | 11 | | 3 |
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12 | 12 | | LONG TITLE |
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13 | 13 | | 4 |
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14 | 14 | | General Description: |
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15 | 15 | | 5 |
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16 | 16 | | This bill amends provisions related to the Legislative Management Committee (LMC), the |
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18 | 18 | | State Capitol Preservation Board, and the Legislature. |
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19 | 19 | | 7 |
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20 | 20 | | Highlighted Provisions: |
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22 | 22 | | This bill: |
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24 | 24 | | ▸ clarifies that LMC oversees workplace harassment and discrimination policy governance |
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26 | 26 | | and updates references to that policy; |
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28 | 28 | | ▸ provides that LMC shall oversee and develop policies governing branch-wide internal |
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30 | 30 | | administrative matters for the Legislature; |
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32 | 32 | | ▸ eliminates certain administrative duties of the presiding officer and the majority and |
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34 | 34 | | minority leaders of each house and the chairman of LMC; |
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36 | 36 | | ▸ repeals the LMC Subcommittee on Oversight; |
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38 | 38 | | ▸ eliminates the Legislature's responsibility to print, store, and distribute the Utah Code |
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39 | 39 | | 17 |
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40 | 40 | | Annotated; |
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42 | 42 | | ▸ repeals a provision governing legislators who attend meetings of the Legislature; |
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44 | 44 | | ▸ updates the definition of a legislative procurement unit to include the House, Senate, or a |
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46 | 46 | | staff office of the Legislature; |
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48 | 48 | | ▸ repeals certain quinquennial reporting requirements applicable to legislative boards and |
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50 | 50 | | the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel; |
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52 | 52 | | ▸ for the State Capitol Preservation Board: |
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54 | 54 | | ● specifies certain rules that the board shall promulgate to govern, administer, and |
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56 | 56 | | regulate capitol hill; |
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58 | 58 | | ● provides that the board's authority to promulgate a rule described above does not |
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60 | 60 | | restrict LMC from adopting a similar policy on behalf of the Legislature; |
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62 | 62 | | ● provides that if there is a conflict between a board rule and an LMC policy the LMC |
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80 | 80 | | 37 |
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81 | 81 | | ▸ makes technical and conforming changes. |
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82 | 82 | | 38 |
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83 | 83 | | Money Appropriated in this Bill: |
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84 | 84 | | 39 |
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85 | 85 | | None |
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86 | 86 | | 40 |
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87 | 87 | | Other Special Clauses: |
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88 | 88 | | 41 |
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89 | 89 | | This bill provides a special effective date. |
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90 | 90 | | 42 |
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91 | 91 | | Utah Code Sections Affected: |
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92 | 92 | | 43 |
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93 | 93 | | AMENDS: |
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94 | 94 | | 44 |
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95 | 95 | | 36-11-501, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 339 |
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96 | 96 | | 45 |
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97 | 97 | | 36-12-7, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 425 |
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98 | 98 | | 46 |
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99 | 99 | | 36-13-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1987, Chapter 130 |
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100 | 100 | | 47 |
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101 | 101 | | 63G-6a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 291, 408 and 438 |
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102 | 102 | | 48 |
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103 | 103 | | 63O-1-201, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 425 |
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104 | 104 | | 49 |
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105 | 105 | | 63O-2-301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 425 |
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106 | 106 | | 50 |
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107 | 107 | | ENACTS: |
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108 | 108 | | 51 |
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109 | 109 | | 68-3-13.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953 |
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110 | 110 | | 52 |
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111 | 111 | | REPEALS: |
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112 | 112 | | 53 |
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113 | 113 | | 36-12-8.1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 425 |
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114 | 114 | | 54 |
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115 | 115 | | 36-12-10, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 14 |
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116 | 116 | | 55 |
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117 | 117 | | 36-12-17, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1985, Chapter 47 |
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118 | 118 | | 56 |
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119 | 119 | | 36-12-22, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 154 |
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120 | 120 | | 57 |
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123 | 123 | | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: |
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125 | 125 | | Section 1. Section 36-11-501 is amended to read: |
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127 | 127 | | 36-11-501 . Unlawful harassment -- Investigation -- Penalties. |
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128 | 128 | | 61 |
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129 | 129 | | (1) A lobbyist may not engage in conduct that violates: |
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130 | 130 | | 62 |
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131 | 131 | | (a) federal workplace discrimination and harassment requirements; |
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133 | 133 | | 63 |
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134 | 134 | | (b) [Utah Senate or Utah House] Legislative Management Committee policies governing |
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135 | 135 | | 64 |
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136 | 136 | | workplace discrimination or harassment; |
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137 | 137 | | 65 |
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138 | 138 | | (c) Utah executive branch policies governing workplace discrimination or harassment; or |
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139 | 139 | | 66 |
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140 | 140 | | (d) any combination of [Subsections] Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c). |
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141 | 141 | | 67 |
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142 | 142 | | (2)(a) The lieutenant governor may take an action described in Subsection (3) against a |
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143 | 143 | | 68 |
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144 | 144 | | lobbyist if the lieutenant governor finds, after giving the lobbyist notice and an |
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145 | 145 | | 69 |
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146 | 146 | | opportunity to be heard, that the lobbyist engaged in a serious violation, or multiple |
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147 | 147 | | 70 |
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148 | 148 | | violations, of this section. |
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150 | 150 | | (b) The lieutenant governor shall post on the lieutenant governor's website a copy of the [ |
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151 | 151 | | 72 |
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152 | 152 | | Utah Senate's harassment policy, the Utah House's harassment policy,] Legislative |
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153 | 153 | | 73 |
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154 | 154 | | Management Committee's workplace discrimination and harassment policy and the |
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155 | 155 | | 74 |
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156 | 156 | | executive branch's harassment policies. |
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158 | 158 | | (3) If the lieutenant governor makes a finding described in Subsection (2)(a), the lieutenant |
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159 | 159 | | 76 |
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160 | 160 | | governor may, taking into account the seriousness of the violation or the seriousness or |
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161 | 161 | | 77 |
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162 | 162 | | frequency of multiple violations, do either or both of the following: |
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164 | 164 | | (a) impose an administrative fine against the lobbyist, not to exceed $2,000; or |
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165 | 165 | | 79 |
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166 | 166 | | (b) suspend the lobbyist's license for a period of up to five years. |
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168 | 168 | | (4) A record that relates to an investigation under this section is a protected record, to the |
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170 | 170 | | extent permitted by Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management |
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172 | 172 | | Act. |
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174 | 174 | | (5)(a) A lobbyist who is a victim of workplace discrimination or harassment by an |
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175 | 175 | | 84 |
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176 | 176 | | executive worker may file a complaint under the state executive branch's applicable |
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178 | 178 | | workplace discrimination and harassment policy. |
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180 | 180 | | (b) A lobbyist who is a victim of workplace discrimination or harassment by a |
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181 | 181 | | 87 |
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182 | 182 | | legislative worker may file a complaint under the [Utah Senate's workplace |
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183 | 183 | | 88 |
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184 | 184 | | discrimination and harassment policy or the Utah House's] Legislative Management |
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185 | 185 | | 89 |
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186 | 186 | | Committee's workplace discrimination and harassment policy. |
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187 | 187 | | 90 |
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188 | 188 | | Section 2. Section 36-12-7 is amended to read: |
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190 | 190 | | 36-12-7 . Legislative Management Committee -- Duties -- Litigation. |
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192 | 192 | | (1) The Senate or House Management Committee shall: |
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194 | 194 | | (a) receive legislative resolutions directing studies on legislative matters and may assign |
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196 | 196 | | these studies to the appropriate interim committee of its chamber; |
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197 | 197 | | 95 |
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198 | 198 | | (b) assign to interim committees of the same chamber, matters of legislative study not |
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199 | 199 | | 96 |
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200 | 200 | | specifically contained in a legislative resolution but considered significant to the |
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202 | 202 | | 97 |
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203 | 203 | | welfare of the state; |
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204 | 204 | | 98 |
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205 | 205 | | (c) receive requests from interim committees of its chamber for matters to be included |
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206 | 206 | | 99 |
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207 | 207 | | on the study agenda of the requesting committee. Appropriate bases for denying a |
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208 | 208 | | 100 |
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209 | 209 | | study include inadequate funding to properly complete the study or duplication of the |
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210 | 210 | | 101 |
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211 | 211 | | work; |
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212 | 212 | | 102 |
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213 | 213 | | (d) establish a budget account for interim committee day as designated by Legislative |
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215 | 215 | | Management Committee and for all other legislative committees of its chamber and |
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217 | 217 | | allocate to that account sufficient funds to adequately provide for the work of the |
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218 | 218 | | 105 |
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219 | 219 | | committee; and |
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221 | 221 | | (e) designate the time and place for periodic meetings of the interim committees. |
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222 | 222 | | 107 |
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223 | 223 | | (2) To maximize the use of legislators' available time, the Senate and House Management |
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225 | 225 | | Committees should attempt to schedule the committee meetings of their respective |
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226 | 226 | | 109 |
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227 | 227 | | chambers during the same one or two-day period each month. This does not preclude an |
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228 | 228 | | 110 |
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229 | 229 | | interim committee from meeting at any time it determines necessary to complete its |
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230 | 230 | | 111 |
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231 | 231 | | business. |
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232 | 232 | | 112 |
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233 | 233 | | (3)(a) The Legislative Management Committee shall: |
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235 | 235 | | (i) appoint, after recommendation of the appropriate subcommittee of the Legislative |
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236 | 236 | | 114 |
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237 | 237 | | Management Committee, without regard to political affiliation, and subject to |
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238 | 238 | | 115 |
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239 | 239 | | approval of a majority vote of both chambers, individuals qualified for the |
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240 | 240 | | 116 |
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241 | 241 | | positions of director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, |
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242 | 242 | | 117 |
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243 | 243 | | legislative fiscal analyst, legislative general counsel, and legislative auditor |
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244 | 244 | | 118 |
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245 | 245 | | general; |
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246 | 246 | | 119 |
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247 | 247 | | (ii) [develop] oversee branch-wide internal administrative matters for the Legislature, |
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248 | 248 | | 120 |
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249 | 249 | | including providing for the establishment of policies for: |
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250 | 250 | | 121 |
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251 | 251 | | (A) personnel management, compensation, and training of all professional |
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252 | 252 | | 122 |
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253 | 253 | | legislative staff; and |
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254 | 254 | | 123 |
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255 | 255 | | (B) other legislative branch-wide administrative matters; |
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256 | 256 | | 124 |
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257 | 257 | | (iii) develop a policy within the limits of legislative appropriation for the |
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258 | 258 | | 125 |
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259 | 259 | | authorization and payment to legislators of compensation and travel expenses, |
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260 | 260 | | 126 |
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261 | 261 | | including out-of-state travel; |
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262 | 262 | | 127 |
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263 | 263 | | (iv) approve special study budget requests of the legislative directors; and |
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264 | 264 | | 128 |
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265 | 265 | | (v) assist the speaker-elect of the House of Representatives and the president-elect of |
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266 | 266 | | 129 |
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267 | 267 | | the Senate, upon selection by their majority party caucus, to organize their |
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268 | 268 | | 130 |
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269 | 269 | | respective chambers of the Legislature and assume the direction of the operation |
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271 | 271 | | 131 |
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272 | 272 | | of the Legislature in the forthcoming annual general session. |
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273 | 273 | | 132 |
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274 | 274 | | (b)(i)(A) An appointment under Subsection (3)(a)(i) is for a six-year term, subject |
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275 | 275 | | 133 |
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276 | 276 | | to renewal by a majority vote of the Legislative Management Committee. |
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277 | 277 | | 134 |
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278 | 278 | | (B) Each renewal is for an additional six-year term and is not subject to approval |
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279 | 279 | | 135 |
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280 | 280 | | by the Legislature. |
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281 | 281 | | 136 |
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282 | 282 | | (ii) The Legislature by a majority vote of both chambers or the Legislative |
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283 | 283 | | 137 |
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284 | 284 | | Management Committee by a two-thirds vote may remove an individual appointed |
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285 | 285 | | 138 |
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286 | 286 | | under this Subsection (3) before the expiration of the individual's term for such |
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287 | 287 | | 139 |
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288 | 288 | | causes as inefficiency, incompetency, failure to maintain skills or adequate |
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289 | 289 | | 140 |
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290 | 290 | | performance levels, insubordination, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in |
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291 | 291 | | 141 |
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292 | 292 | | office. |
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293 | 293 | | 142 |
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294 | 294 | | (c) If a vacancy occurs in a position appointed under this Subsection (3), the Legislative |
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295 | 295 | | 143 |
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296 | 296 | | Management Committee shall appoint an individual to fill the vacancy until the |
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297 | 297 | | 144 |
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298 | 298 | | Legislature approves or rejects the individual's appointment by a majority vote of |
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299 | 299 | | 145 |
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300 | 300 | | both chambers. |
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301 | 301 | | 146 |
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302 | 302 | | (4)(a) The Legislature delegates to the Legislative Management Committee the |
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303 | 303 | | 147 |
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304 | 304 | | authority, by means of a majority vote of the committee, to direct the legislative |
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305 | 305 | | 148 |
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306 | 306 | | general counsel in matters involving the Legislature's participation in litigation. |
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307 | 307 | | 149 |
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308 | 308 | | (b) The Legislature has an unconditional right to intervene in a state court action and |
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309 | 309 | | 150 |
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310 | 310 | | may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action |
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311 | 311 | | 151 |
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312 | 312 | | challenges: |
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313 | 313 | | 152 |
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314 | 314 | | (i) the constitutionality of a state statute; |
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315 | 315 | | 153 |
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316 | 316 | | (ii) the validity of legislation; or |
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317 | 317 | | 154 |
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318 | 318 | | (iii) any action of the Legislature. |
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319 | 319 | | 155 |
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320 | 320 | | (c) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of a state statute, the |
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321 | 321 | | 156 |
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322 | 322 | | validity of legislation, or any action of the Legislature, the Legislature may seek to |
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323 | 323 | | 157 |
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324 | 324 | | intervene, to file an amicus brief, or to present argument in accordance with federal |
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325 | 325 | | 158 |
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326 | 326 | | rules of procedure. |
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327 | 327 | | 159 |
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328 | 328 | | (d) Intervention by the Legislature pursuant to Subsection (4)(b) or (c) does not limit the |
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329 | 329 | | 160 |
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330 | 330 | | duty of the attorney general to appear and prosecute legal actions or defend state |
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331 | 331 | | 161 |
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332 | 332 | | agencies, officers or employees as otherwise provided by law. |
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333 | 333 | | 162 |
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334 | 334 | | (e) In any action in which the Legislature intervenes or participates, legislative counsel |
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335 | 335 | | 163 |
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336 | 336 | | and the attorney general shall function independently from each other in the |
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337 | 337 | | 164 |
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338 | 338 | | representation of their respective clients. |
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340 | 340 | | 165 |
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341 | 341 | | (f) The attorney general shall notify the legislative general counsel of a claim in |
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342 | 342 | | 166 |
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343 | 343 | | accordance with Subsection 67-5-1(1)(y). |
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344 | 344 | | 167 |
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345 | 345 | | Section 3. Section 36-13-1 is amended to read: |
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347 | 347 | | 36-13-1 . Distribution of legislative publications by Legislature. |
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348 | 348 | | 169 |
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349 | 349 | | The Legislature is responsible for printing, storing, and distributing: |
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350 | 350 | | 170 |
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351 | 351 | | (1) the legislative session laws; |
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352 | 352 | | 171 |
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353 | 353 | | (2) the House and Senate Journals; and |
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354 | 354 | | 172 |
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355 | 355 | | [(3) the Utah Code Annotated; and] |
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356 | 356 | | 173 |
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357 | 357 | | [(4)] (3) [all ]other legislative reports and publications[ of Utah statutes]. |
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358 | 358 | | 174 |
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359 | 359 | | Section 4. Section 63G-6a-103 is amended to read: |
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361 | 361 | | 63G-6a-103 . Definitions. |
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363 | 363 | | As used in this chapter: |
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365 | 365 | | (1) "Approved vendor" means a person who has been approved for inclusion on an |
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366 | 366 | | 178 |
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367 | 367 | | approved vendor list through the approved vendor list process. |
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369 | 369 | | (2) "Approved vendor list" means a list of approved vendors established under Section |
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371 | 371 | | 63G-6a-507. |
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372 | 372 | | 181 |
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373 | 373 | | (3) "Approved vendor list process" means the procurement process described in Section |
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374 | 374 | | 182 |
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375 | 375 | | 63G-6a-507. |
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376 | 376 | | 183 |
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377 | 377 | | (4) "Bidder" means a person who submits a bid or price quote in response to an invitation |
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378 | 378 | | 184 |
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379 | 379 | | for bids. |
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380 | 380 | | 185 |
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381 | 381 | | (5) "Bidding process" means the procurement process described in Part 6, Bidding. |
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382 | 382 | | 186 |
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383 | 383 | | (6) "Board" means the Utah State Procurement Policy Board, created in Section 63G-6a-202. |
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384 | 384 | | 187 |
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385 | 385 | | (7) "Change directive" means a written order signed by the procurement officer that directs |
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386 | 386 | | 188 |
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387 | 387 | | the contractor to suspend work or make changes, as authorized by contract, without the |
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388 | 388 | | 189 |
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389 | 389 | | consent of the contractor. |
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391 | 391 | | (8) "Change order" means a written alteration in specifications, delivery point, rate of |
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392 | 392 | | 191 |
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393 | 393 | | delivery, period of performance, price, quantity, or other provisions of a contract, upon |
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394 | 394 | | 192 |
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395 | 395 | | mutual agreement of the parties to the contract. |
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396 | 396 | | 193 |
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397 | 397 | | (9) "Chief procurement officer" means the individual appointed under Section 63A-2-102. |
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398 | 398 | | 194 |
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399 | 399 | | (10) "Conducting procurement unit" means a procurement unit that conducts all aspects of a |
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400 | 400 | | 195 |
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401 | 401 | | procurement: |
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402 | 402 | | 196 |
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403 | 403 | | (a) except: |
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405 | 405 | | (i) reviewing a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form; and |
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406 | 406 | | 198 |
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407 | 407 | | (ii) causing the publication of a notice of a solicitation; and |
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409 | 409 | | 199 |
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410 | 410 | | (b) including: |
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411 | 411 | | 200 |
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412 | 412 | | (i) preparing any solicitation document; |
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413 | 413 | | 201 |
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414 | 414 | | (ii) appointing an evaluation committee; |
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415 | 415 | | 202 |
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416 | 416 | | (iii) conducting the evaluation process, except the process relating to scores |
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417 | 417 | | 203 |
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418 | 418 | | calculated for costs of proposals; |
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419 | 419 | | 204 |
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420 | 420 | | (iv) selecting and recommending the person to be awarded a contract; |
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421 | 421 | | 205 |
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422 | 422 | | (v) negotiating the terms and conditions of a contract, subject to the issuing |
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423 | 423 | | 206 |
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424 | 424 | | procurement unit's approval; and |
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425 | 425 | | 207 |
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426 | 426 | | (vi) contract administration. |
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427 | 427 | | 208 |
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428 | 428 | | (11) "Conservation district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-3-102. |
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429 | 429 | | 209 |
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430 | 430 | | (12) "Construction project": |
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431 | 431 | | 210 |
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432 | 432 | | (a) means a project for the construction, renovation, alteration, improvement, or repair of |
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433 | 433 | | 211 |
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434 | 434 | | a public facility on real property, including all services, labor, supplies, and materials |
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435 | 435 | | 212 |
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436 | 436 | | for the project; and |
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437 | 437 | | 213 |
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438 | 438 | | (b) does not include services and supplies for the routine, day-to-day operation, repair, |
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439 | 439 | | 214 |
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440 | 440 | | or maintenance of an existing public facility. |
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441 | 441 | | 215 |
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442 | 442 | | (13) "Construction manager/general contractor": |
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444 | 444 | | (a) means a contractor who enters into a contract: |
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446 | 446 | | (i) for the management of a construction project; and |
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447 | 447 | | 218 |
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448 | 448 | | (ii) that allows the contractor to subcontract for additional labor and materials that are |
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449 | 449 | | 219 |
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450 | 450 | | not included in the contractor's cost proposal submitted at the time of the |
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451 | 451 | | 220 |
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452 | 452 | | procurement of the contractor's services; and |
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453 | 453 | | 221 |
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454 | 454 | | (b) does not include a contractor whose only subcontract work not included in the |
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455 | 455 | | 222 |
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456 | 456 | | contractor's cost proposal submitted as part of the procurement of the contractor's |
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457 | 457 | | 223 |
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458 | 458 | | services is to meet subcontracted portions of change orders approved within the |
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459 | 459 | | 224 |
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460 | 460 | | scope of the project. |
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461 | 461 | | 225 |
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462 | 462 | | (14) "Construction subcontractor": |
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464 | 464 | | (a) means a person under contract with a contractor or another subcontractor to provide |
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465 | 465 | | 227 |
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466 | 466 | | services or labor for the design or construction of a construction project; |
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467 | 467 | | 228 |
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468 | 468 | | (b) includes a general contractor or specialty contractor licensed or exempt from |
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469 | 469 | | 229 |
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470 | 470 | | licensing under Title 58, Chapter 55, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act; and |
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471 | 471 | | 230 |
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472 | 472 | | (c) does not include a supplier who provides only materials, equipment, or supplies to a |
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473 | 473 | | 231 |
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474 | 474 | | contractor or subcontractor for a construction project. |
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475 | 475 | | 232 |
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476 | 476 | | (15) "Contract" means an agreement for a procurement. |
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479 | 479 | | (16) "Contract administration" means all functions, duties, and responsibilities associated |
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480 | 480 | | 234 |
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481 | 481 | | with managing, overseeing, and carrying out a contract between a procurement unit and |
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483 | 483 | | a contractor, including: |
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484 | 484 | | 236 |
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485 | 485 | | (a) implementing the contract; |
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486 | 486 | | 237 |
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487 | 487 | | (b) ensuring compliance with the contract terms and conditions by the conducting |
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488 | 488 | | 238 |
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489 | 489 | | procurement unit and the contractor; |
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490 | 490 | | 239 |
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491 | 491 | | (c) executing change orders; |
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492 | 492 | | 240 |
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493 | 493 | | (d) processing contract amendments; |
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494 | 494 | | 241 |
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495 | 495 | | (e) resolving, to the extent practicable, contract disputes; |
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496 | 496 | | 242 |
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497 | 497 | | (f) curing contract errors and deficiencies; |
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498 | 498 | | 243 |
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499 | 499 | | (g) terminating a contract; |
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500 | 500 | | 244 |
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501 | 501 | | (h) measuring or evaluating completed work and contractor performance; |
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502 | 502 | | 245 |
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503 | 503 | | (i) computing payments under the contract; and |
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504 | 504 | | 246 |
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505 | 505 | | (j) closing out a contract. |
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506 | 506 | | 247 |
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507 | 507 | | (17) "Contractor" means a person who is awarded a contract with a procurement unit. |
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508 | 508 | | 248 |
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509 | 509 | | (18) "Cooperative procurement" means procurement conducted by, or on behalf of: |
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510 | 510 | | 249 |
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511 | 511 | | (a) more than one procurement unit; or |
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512 | 512 | | 250 |
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513 | 513 | | (b) a procurement unit and a cooperative purchasing organization. |
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514 | 514 | | 251 |
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515 | 515 | | (19) "Cooperative purchasing organization" means an organization, association, or alliance |
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516 | 516 | | 252 |
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517 | 517 | | of purchasers established to combine purchasing power in order to obtain the best value |
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518 | 518 | | 253 |
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519 | 519 | | for the purchasers by engaging in procurements in accordance with Section 63G-6a-2105. |
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520 | 520 | | 254 |
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521 | 521 | | (20) "Cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contract" means a contract under which the contractor |
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522 | 522 | | 255 |
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523 | 523 | | is paid a percentage of the total actual expenses or costs in addition to the contractor's |
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524 | 524 | | 256 |
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525 | 525 | | actual expenses or costs. |
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526 | 526 | | 257 |
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527 | 527 | | (21) "Cost-reimbursement contract" means a contract under which a contractor is |
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528 | 528 | | 258 |
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529 | 529 | | reimbursed for costs which are allowed and allocated in accordance with the contract |
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530 | 530 | | 259 |
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531 | 531 | | terms and the provisions of this chapter, and a fee, if any. |
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532 | 532 | | 260 |
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533 | 533 | | (22) "Days" means calendar days, unless expressly provided otherwise. |
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534 | 534 | | 261 |
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535 | 535 | | (23) "Definite quantity contract" means a fixed price contract that provides for a specified |
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536 | 536 | | 262 |
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537 | 537 | | amount of supplies over a specified period, with deliveries scheduled according to a |
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538 | 538 | | 263 |
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539 | 539 | | specified schedule. |
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540 | 540 | | 264 |
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541 | 541 | | (24) "Design professional" means: |
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542 | 542 | | 265 |
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543 | 543 | | (a) an individual licensed as an architect under Title 58, Chapter 3a, Architects |
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544 | 544 | | 266 |
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545 | 545 | | Licensing Act; |
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547 | 547 | | 267 |
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548 | 548 | | (b) an individual licensed as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor under |
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549 | 549 | | 268 |
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550 | 550 | | Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors |
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551 | 551 | | 269 |
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552 | 552 | | Licensing Act; |
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553 | 553 | | 270 |
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554 | 554 | | (c) an individual licensed under Title 58, Chapter 53, Landscape Architects Licensing |
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555 | 555 | | 271 |
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556 | 556 | | Act, to engage in the practice of landscape architecture, as defined in Section |
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557 | 557 | | 272 |
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558 | 558 | | 58-53-102; or |
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559 | 559 | | 273 |
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560 | 560 | | (d) an individual certified as a commercial interior designer under Title 58, Chapter 86, |
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561 | 561 | | 274 |
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562 | 562 | | State Certification of Commercial Interior Designers Act. |
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563 | 563 | | 275 |
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564 | 564 | | (25) "Design professional procurement process" means the procurement process described |
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565 | 565 | | 276 |
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566 | 566 | | in Part 15, Design Professional Services. |
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567 | 567 | | 277 |
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568 | 568 | | (26) "Design professional services" means: |
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569 | 569 | | 278 |
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570 | 570 | | (a) professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in |
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571 | 571 | | 279 |
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572 | 572 | | Section 58-3a-102; |
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573 | 573 | | 280 |
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574 | 574 | | (b) professional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102; |
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575 | 575 | | 281 |
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576 | 576 | | (c) master planning and programming services; |
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577 | 577 | | 282 |
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578 | 578 | | (d) professional services within the scope of the practice of landscape architecture, as |
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579 | 579 | | 283 |
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580 | 580 | | defined in Section 58-53-102; or |
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581 | 581 | | 284 |
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582 | 582 | | (e) services within the scope of the practice of commercial interior design, as defined in |
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583 | 583 | | 285 |
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584 | 584 | | Section 58-86-102. |
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585 | 585 | | 286 |
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586 | 586 | | (27) "Design-build" means the procurement of design professional services and |
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587 | 587 | | 287 |
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588 | 588 | | construction by the use of a single contract. |
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589 | 589 | | 288 |
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590 | 590 | | (28) "Division" means the Division of Purchasing and General Services, created in Section |
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591 | 591 | | 289 |
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592 | 592 | | 63A-2-101. |
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593 | 593 | | 290 |
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594 | 594 | | (29) "Educational procurement unit" means: |
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595 | 595 | | 291 |
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596 | 596 | | (a) a school district; |
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597 | 597 | | 292 |
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598 | 598 | | (b) a public school, including a local school board or a charter school; |
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599 | 599 | | 293 |
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600 | 600 | | (c) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; |
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601 | 601 | | 294 |
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602 | 602 | | (d) the Utah Education and Telehealth Network; |
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603 | 603 | | 295 |
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604 | 604 | | (e) an institution of higher education of the state described in Section 53B-1-102; or |
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605 | 605 | | 296 |
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606 | 606 | | (f) the State Board of Education. |
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607 | 607 | | 297 |
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608 | 608 | | (30) "Established catalogue price" means the price included in a catalogue, price list, |
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609 | 609 | | 298 |
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610 | 610 | | schedule, or other form that: |
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611 | 611 | | 299 |
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612 | 612 | | (a) is regularly maintained by a manufacturer or contractor; |
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613 | 613 | | 300 |
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614 | 614 | | (b) is published or otherwise available for inspection by customers; and |
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616 | 616 | | 301 |
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617 | 617 | | (c) states prices at which sales are currently or were last made to a significant number of |
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618 | 618 | | 302 |
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619 | 619 | | any category of buyers or buyers constituting the general buying public for the |
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620 | 620 | | 303 |
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621 | 621 | | supplies or services involved. |
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622 | 622 | | 304 |
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623 | 623 | | (31)(a) "Executive branch procurement unit" means a department, division, office, |
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624 | 624 | | 305 |
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625 | 625 | | bureau, agency, or other organization within the state executive branch. |
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626 | 626 | | 306 |
---|
627 | 627 | | (b) "Executive branch procurement unit" does not include the Colorado River Authority |
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628 | 628 | | 307 |
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629 | 629 | | of Utah as provided in Section 63M-14-210. |
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630 | 630 | | 308 |
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631 | 631 | | (32) "Facilities division" means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, |
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632 | 632 | | 309 |
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633 | 633 | | created in Section 63A-5b-301. |
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634 | 634 | | 310 |
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635 | 635 | | (33) "Fixed price contract" means a contract that provides a price, for each procurement |
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636 | 636 | | 311 |
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637 | 637 | | item obtained under the contract, that is not subject to adjustment except to the extent |
---|
638 | 638 | | 312 |
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639 | 639 | | that: |
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640 | 640 | | 313 |
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641 | 641 | | (a) the contract provides, under circumstances specified in the contract, for an |
---|
642 | 642 | | 314 |
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643 | 643 | | adjustment in price that is not based on cost to the contractor; or |
---|
644 | 644 | | 315 |
---|
645 | 645 | | (b) an adjustment is required by law. |
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646 | 646 | | 316 |
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647 | 647 | | (34) "Fixed price contract with price adjustment" means a fixed price contract that provides |
---|
648 | 648 | | 317 |
---|
649 | 649 | | for an upward or downward revision of price, precisely described in the contract, that: |
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650 | 650 | | 318 |
---|
651 | 651 | | (a) is based on the consumer price index or another commercially acceptable index, |
---|
652 | 652 | | 319 |
---|
653 | 653 | | source, or formula; and |
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654 | 654 | | 320 |
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655 | 655 | | (b) is not based on a percentage of the cost to the contractor. |
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656 | 656 | | 321 |
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657 | 657 | | (35) "Grant" means an expenditure of public funds or other assistance, or an agreement to |
---|
658 | 658 | | 322 |
---|
659 | 659 | | expend public funds or other assistance, for a public purpose authorized by law, without |
---|
660 | 660 | | 323 |
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661 | 661 | | acquiring a procurement item in exchange. |
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662 | 662 | | 324 |
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663 | 663 | | (36) "Human services procurement item" means a procurement item used to provide |
---|
664 | 664 | | 325 |
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665 | 665 | | services or support to a child, youth, adult, or family. |
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666 | 666 | | 326 |
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667 | 667 | | (37) "Immaterial error": |
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668 | 668 | | 327 |
---|
669 | 669 | | (a) means an irregularity or abnormality that is: |
---|
670 | 670 | | 328 |
---|
671 | 671 | | (i) a matter of form that does not affect substance; or |
---|
672 | 672 | | 329 |
---|
673 | 673 | | (ii) an inconsequential variation from a requirement of a solicitation that has no, little, |
---|
674 | 674 | | 330 |
---|
675 | 675 | | or a trivial effect on the procurement process and that is not prejudicial to other |
---|
676 | 676 | | 331 |
---|
677 | 677 | | vendors; and |
---|
678 | 678 | | 332 |
---|
679 | 679 | | (b) includes: |
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680 | 680 | | 333 |
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681 | 681 | | (i) a missing signature, missing acknowledgment of an addendum, or missing copy of |
---|
682 | 682 | | 334 |
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683 | 683 | | a professional license, bond, or insurance certificate; |
---|
685 | 685 | | 335 |
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686 | 686 | | (ii) a typographical error; |
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687 | 687 | | 336 |
---|
688 | 688 | | (iii) an error resulting from an inaccuracy or omission in the solicitation; and |
---|
689 | 689 | | 337 |
---|
690 | 690 | | (iv) any other error that the procurement official reasonably considers to be |
---|
691 | 691 | | 338 |
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692 | 692 | | immaterial. |
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693 | 693 | | 339 |
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694 | 694 | | (38) "Indefinite quantity contract" means a fixed price contract that: |
---|
695 | 695 | | 340 |
---|
696 | 696 | | (a) is for an indefinite amount of procurement items to be supplied as ordered by a |
---|
697 | 697 | | 341 |
---|
698 | 698 | | procurement unit; and |
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699 | 699 | | 342 |
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700 | 700 | | (b)(i) does not require a minimum purchase amount; or |
---|
701 | 701 | | 343 |
---|
702 | 702 | | (ii) provides a maximum purchase limit. |
---|
703 | 703 | | 344 |
---|
704 | 704 | | (39) "Independent procurement unit" means: |
---|
705 | 705 | | 345 |
---|
706 | 706 | | (a)(i) a legislative procurement unit; |
---|
707 | 707 | | 346 |
---|
708 | 708 | | (ii) a judicial branch procurement unit; |
---|
709 | 709 | | 347 |
---|
710 | 710 | | (iii) an educational procurement unit; |
---|
711 | 711 | | 348 |
---|
712 | 712 | | (iv) a local government procurement unit; |
---|
713 | 713 | | 349 |
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714 | 714 | | (v) a conservation district; |
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715 | 715 | | 350 |
---|
716 | 716 | | (vi) a local building authority; |
---|
717 | 717 | | 351 |
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718 | 718 | | (vii) a special district; |
---|
719 | 719 | | 352 |
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720 | 720 | | (viii) a public corporation; |
---|
721 | 721 | | 353 |
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722 | 722 | | (ix) a special service district; or |
---|
723 | 723 | | 354 |
---|
724 | 724 | | (x) the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201; |
---|
725 | 725 | | 355 |
---|
726 | 726 | | (b) the facilities division, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided |
---|
727 | 727 | | 356 |
---|
728 | 728 | | under Title 63A, Chapter 5b, Administration of State Facilities; |
---|
729 | 729 | | 357 |
---|
730 | 730 | | (c) the attorney general, but only to the extent of the procurement authority provided |
---|
731 | 731 | | 358 |
---|
732 | 732 | | under Title 67, Chapter 5, Attorney General; |
---|
733 | 733 | | 359 |
---|
734 | 734 | | (d) the Department of Transportation, but only to the extent of the procurement authority |
---|
735 | 735 | | 360 |
---|
736 | 736 | | provided under Title 72, Transportation Code; |
---|
737 | 737 | | 361 |
---|
738 | 738 | | (e) the Department of Health and Human Services, but only for the procurement of a |
---|
739 | 739 | | 362 |
---|
740 | 740 | | human services procurement item; or |
---|
741 | 741 | | 363 |
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742 | 742 | | (f) any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has statutory |
---|
743 | 743 | | 364 |
---|
744 | 744 | | procurement authority outside this chapter, but only to the extent of that statutory |
---|
745 | 745 | | 365 |
---|
746 | 746 | | procurement authority. |
---|
747 | 747 | | 366 |
---|
748 | 748 | | (40)(a) "Interlocal entity" means a separate political subdivision created under Title 11, |
---|
749 | 749 | | 367 |
---|
750 | 750 | | Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act. |
---|
751 | 751 | | 368 |
---|
752 | 752 | | (b) "Interlocal entity" does not include a project entity. |
---|
754 | 754 | | 369 |
---|
755 | 755 | | (41) "Invitation for bids": |
---|
756 | 756 | | 370 |
---|
757 | 757 | | (a) means a document used to solicit: |
---|
758 | 758 | | 371 |
---|
759 | 759 | | (i) bids to provide a procurement item to a procurement unit; or |
---|
760 | 760 | | 372 |
---|
761 | 761 | | (ii) quotes for a price of a procurement item to be provided to a procurement unit; and |
---|
762 | 762 | | 373 |
---|
763 | 763 | | (b) includes all documents attached to or incorporated by reference in a document |
---|
764 | 764 | | 374 |
---|
765 | 765 | | described in Subsection (41)(a). |
---|
766 | 766 | | 375 |
---|
767 | 767 | | (42) "Issuing procurement unit" means a procurement unit that: |
---|
768 | 768 | | 376 |
---|
769 | 769 | | (a) reviews a solicitation to verify that it is in proper form; |
---|
770 | 770 | | 377 |
---|
771 | 771 | | (b) causes the notice of a solicitation to be published; and |
---|
772 | 772 | | 378 |
---|
773 | 773 | | (c) negotiates and approves the terms and conditions of a contract. |
---|
774 | 774 | | 379 |
---|
775 | 775 | | (43) "Judicial procurement unit" means: |
---|
776 | 776 | | 380 |
---|
777 | 777 | | (a) the Utah Supreme Court; |
---|
778 | 778 | | 381 |
---|
779 | 779 | | (b) the Utah Court of Appeals; |
---|
780 | 780 | | 382 |
---|
781 | 781 | | (c) the Judicial Council; |
---|
782 | 782 | | 383 |
---|
783 | 783 | | (d) a state judicial district; or |
---|
784 | 784 | | 384 |
---|
785 | 785 | | (e) an office, committee, subcommittee, or other organization within the state judicial |
---|
786 | 786 | | 385 |
---|
787 | 787 | | branch. |
---|
788 | 788 | | 386 |
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789 | 789 | | (44) "Labor hour contract" is a contract under which: |
---|
790 | 790 | | 387 |
---|
791 | 791 | | (a) the supplies and materials are not provided by, or through, the contractor; and |
---|
792 | 792 | | 388 |
---|
793 | 793 | | (b) the contractor is paid a fixed rate that includes the cost of labor, overhead, and profit |
---|
794 | 794 | | 389 |
---|
795 | 795 | | for a specified number of labor hours or days. |
---|
796 | 796 | | 390 |
---|
797 | 797 | | (45) "Legislative procurement unit" means: |
---|
798 | 798 | | 391 |
---|
799 | 799 | | (a) the Legislature; |
---|
800 | 800 | | 392 |
---|
801 | 801 | | (b) the Senate; |
---|
802 | 802 | | 393 |
---|
803 | 803 | | (c) the House of Representatives; or |
---|
804 | 804 | | 394 |
---|
805 | 805 | | (d) a staff office of the Legislature[, the Senate, or the House of Representatives; or] . |
---|
806 | 806 | | 395 |
---|
807 | 807 | | [(e) a committee, subcommittee, commission, or other organization:] |
---|
808 | 808 | | 396 |
---|
809 | 809 | | [(i) within the state legislative branch; or] |
---|
810 | 810 | | 397 |
---|
811 | 811 | | [(ii)(A) that is created by statute to advise or make recommendations to the |
---|
812 | 812 | | 398 |
---|
813 | 813 | | Legislature;] |
---|
814 | 814 | | 399 |
---|
815 | 815 | | [(B) the membership of which includes legislators; and] |
---|
816 | 816 | | 400 |
---|
817 | 817 | | [(C) for which the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel provides |
---|
818 | 818 | | 401 |
---|
819 | 819 | | staff support.] |
---|
820 | 820 | | 402 |
---|
821 | 821 | | (46) "Local building authority" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-2-102. |
---|
823 | 823 | | 403 |
---|
824 | 824 | | (47) "Local government procurement unit" means: |
---|
825 | 825 | | 404 |
---|
826 | 826 | | (a) a county, municipality, interlocal entity, or project entity, and each office of the |
---|
827 | 827 | | 405 |
---|
828 | 828 | | county, municipality, interlocal entity, or project entity, unless: |
---|
829 | 829 | | 406 |
---|
830 | 830 | | (i) the county or municipality adopts a procurement code by ordinance; |
---|
831 | 831 | | 407 |
---|
832 | 832 | | (ii) the interlocal entity adopts procurement rules or policies as provided in |
---|
833 | 833 | | 408 |
---|
834 | 834 | | Subsection 11-13-226(2); or |
---|
835 | 835 | | 409 |
---|
836 | 836 | | (iii) the project entity adopts a procurement code through the process described in |
---|
837 | 837 | | 410 |
---|
838 | 838 | | Section 11-13-316; |
---|
839 | 839 | | 411 |
---|
840 | 840 | | (b)(i) a county or municipality that has adopted this entire chapter by ordinance, and |
---|
841 | 841 | | 412 |
---|
842 | 842 | | each office or agency of that county or municipality; and |
---|
843 | 843 | | 413 |
---|
844 | 844 | | (ii) a project entity that has adopted this entire chapter through the process described |
---|
845 | 845 | | 414 |
---|
846 | 846 | | in Subsection 11-13-316; or |
---|
847 | 847 | | 415 |
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848 | 848 | | (c) a county, municipality, or project entity, and each office of the county, municipality, |
---|
849 | 849 | | 416 |
---|
850 | 850 | | or project entity that has adopted a portion of this chapter to the extent that: |
---|
851 | 851 | | 417 |
---|
852 | 852 | | (i) a term in the ordinance is used in the adopted chapter; or |
---|
853 | 853 | | 418 |
---|
854 | 854 | | (ii) a term in the ordinance is used in the language a project entity adopts in its |
---|
855 | 855 | | 419 |
---|
856 | 856 | | procurement code through the process described in Section 11-13-316. |
---|
857 | 857 | | 420 |
---|
858 | 858 | | (48) "Multiple award contracts" means the award of a contract for an indefinite quantity of |
---|
859 | 859 | | 421 |
---|
860 | 860 | | a procurement item to more than one person. |
---|
861 | 861 | | 422 |
---|
862 | 862 | | (49) "Multiyear contract" means a contract that extends beyond a one-year period, |
---|
863 | 863 | | 423 |
---|
864 | 864 | | including a contract that permits renewal of the contract, without competition, beyond |
---|
865 | 865 | | 424 |
---|
866 | 866 | | the first year of the contract. |
---|
867 | 867 | | 425 |
---|
868 | 868 | | (50) "Municipality" means a city or town. |
---|
869 | 869 | | 426 |
---|
870 | 870 | | (51) "Nonadopting local government procurement unit" means: |
---|
871 | 871 | | 427 |
---|
872 | 872 | | (a) a county or municipality that has not adopted Part 16, Protests, Part 17, Procurement |
---|
873 | 873 | | 428 |
---|
874 | 874 | | Appeals Board, Part 18, Appeals to Court and Court Proceedings, and Part 19, |
---|
875 | 875 | | 429 |
---|
876 | 876 | | General Provisions Related to Protest or Appeal; and |
---|
877 | 877 | | 430 |
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878 | 878 | | (b) each office or agency of a county or municipality described in Subsection (51)(a). |
---|
879 | 879 | | 431 |
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880 | 880 | | (52) "Offeror" means a person who submits a proposal in response to a request for |
---|
881 | 881 | | 432 |
---|
882 | 882 | | proposals. |
---|
883 | 883 | | 433 |
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884 | 884 | | (53) "Preferred bidder" means a bidder that is entitled to receive a reciprocal preference |
---|
885 | 885 | | 434 |
---|
886 | 886 | | under the requirements of this chapter. |
---|
887 | 887 | | 435 |
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888 | 888 | | (54) "Procure" means to acquire a procurement item through a procurement. |
---|
889 | 889 | | 436 |
---|
890 | 890 | | (55) "Procurement" means the acquisition of a procurement item through an expenditure of |
---|
892 | 892 | | 437 |
---|
893 | 893 | | public funds, or an agreement to expend public funds, including an acquisition through a |
---|
894 | 894 | | 438 |
---|
895 | 895 | | public-private partnership. |
---|
896 | 896 | | 439 |
---|
897 | 897 | | (56) "Procurement item" means an item of personal property, a technology, a service, or a |
---|
898 | 898 | | 440 |
---|
899 | 899 | | construction project. |
---|
900 | 900 | | 441 |
---|
901 | 901 | | (57) "Procurement official" means: |
---|
902 | 902 | | 442 |
---|
903 | 903 | | (a) for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief |
---|
904 | 904 | | 443 |
---|
905 | 905 | | procurement officer; |
---|
906 | 906 | | 444 |
---|
907 | 907 | | (b) for a legislative procurement unit, the individual, individuals, or body designated in a |
---|
908 | 908 | | 445 |
---|
909 | 909 | | policy adopted by the Legislative Management Committee; |
---|
910 | 910 | | 446 |
---|
911 | 911 | | (c) for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council or an individual or body |
---|
912 | 912 | | 447 |
---|
913 | 913 | | designated by the Judicial Council by rule; |
---|
914 | 914 | | 448 |
---|
915 | 915 | | (d) for a local government procurement unit: |
---|
916 | 916 | | 449 |
---|
917 | 917 | | (i) the legislative body of the local government procurement unit; or |
---|
918 | 918 | | 450 |
---|
919 | 919 | | (ii) an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit; |
---|
920 | 920 | | 451 |
---|
921 | 921 | | (e) for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district or the board of |
---|
922 | 922 | | 452 |
---|
923 | 923 | | trustees' designee; |
---|
924 | 924 | | 453 |
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925 | 925 | | (f) for a special service district, the governing body of the special service district or the |
---|
926 | 926 | | 454 |
---|
927 | 927 | | governing body's designee; |
---|
928 | 928 | | 455 |
---|
929 | 929 | | (g) for a local building authority, the board of directors of the local building authority or |
---|
930 | 930 | | 456 |
---|
931 | 931 | | the board of directors' designee; |
---|
932 | 932 | | 457 |
---|
933 | 933 | | (h) for a conservation district, the board of supervisors of the conservation district or the |
---|
934 | 934 | | 458 |
---|
935 | 935 | | board of supervisors' designee; |
---|
936 | 936 | | 459 |
---|
937 | 937 | | (i) for a public corporation, the board of directors of the public corporation or the board |
---|
938 | 938 | | 460 |
---|
939 | 939 | | of directors' designee; |
---|
940 | 940 | | 461 |
---|
941 | 941 | | (j) for a school district or any school or entity within a school district, the board of the |
---|
942 | 942 | | 462 |
---|
943 | 943 | | school district or the board's designee; |
---|
944 | 944 | | 463 |
---|
945 | 945 | | (k) for a charter school, the individual or body with executive authority over the charter |
---|
946 | 946 | | 464 |
---|
947 | 947 | | school or the designee of the individual or body; |
---|
948 | 948 | | 465 |
---|
949 | 949 | | (l) for an institution of higher education described in Section 53B-2-101, the president of |
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950 | 950 | | 466 |
---|
951 | 951 | | the institution of higher education or the president's designee; |
---|
952 | 952 | | 467 |
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953 | 953 | | (m) for the State Board of Education, the State Board of Education or the State Board of |
---|
954 | 954 | | 468 |
---|
955 | 955 | | Education's designee; |
---|
956 | 956 | | 469 |
---|
957 | 957 | | (n) for the Utah Board of Higher Education, the Commissioner of Higher Education or |
---|
958 | 958 | | 470 |
---|
959 | 959 | | the designee of the Commissioner of Higher Education; |
---|
961 | 961 | | 471 |
---|
962 | 962 | | (o) for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the |
---|
963 | 963 | | 472 |
---|
964 | 964 | | executive director of the Utah Communications Authority or the executive director's |
---|
965 | 965 | | 473 |
---|
966 | 966 | | designee; or |
---|
967 | 967 | | 474 |
---|
968 | 968 | | (p)(i) for the facilities division, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the |
---|
969 | 969 | | 475 |
---|
970 | 970 | | facilities division as an independent procurement unit under the procurement |
---|
971 | 971 | | 476 |
---|
972 | 972 | | authority provided under Title 63A, Chapter 5b, Administration of State Facilities, |
---|
973 | 973 | | 477 |
---|
974 | 974 | | the director of the facilities division or the director's designee; |
---|
975 | 975 | | 478 |
---|
976 | 976 | | (ii) for the attorney general, and only to the extent of procurement activities of the |
---|
977 | 977 | | 479 |
---|
978 | 978 | | attorney general as an independent procurement unit under the procurement |
---|
979 | 979 | | 480 |
---|
980 | 980 | | authority provided under Title 67, Chapter 5, Attorney General, the attorney |
---|
981 | 981 | | 481 |
---|
982 | 982 | | general or the attorney general's designee; |
---|
983 | 983 | | 482 |
---|
984 | 984 | | (iii) for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, and only to |
---|
985 | 985 | | 483 |
---|
986 | 986 | | the extent of procurement activities of the Department of Transportation as an |
---|
987 | 987 | | 484 |
---|
988 | 988 | | independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided under |
---|
989 | 989 | | 485 |
---|
990 | 990 | | Title 72, Transportation Code, the executive director of the Department of |
---|
991 | 991 | | 486 |
---|
992 | 992 | | Transportation or the executive director's designee; |
---|
993 | 993 | | 487 |
---|
994 | 994 | | (iv) for the Department of Health and Human Services, and only to the extent of the |
---|
995 | 995 | | 488 |
---|
996 | 996 | | procurement activities of the Department of Health and Human Services as an |
---|
997 | 997 | | 489 |
---|
998 | 998 | | independent procurement unit, the executive director of the Department of Health |
---|
999 | 999 | | 490 |
---|
1000 | 1000 | | and Human Services or the executive director's designee; or |
---|
1001 | 1001 | | 491 |
---|
1002 | 1002 | | (v) for any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has |
---|
1003 | 1003 | | 492 |
---|
1004 | 1004 | | statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, and only to the extent of the |
---|
1005 | 1005 | | 493 |
---|
1006 | 1006 | | procurement activities of the department, division, office, or entity as an |
---|
1007 | 1007 | | 494 |
---|
1008 | 1008 | | independent procurement unit under the procurement authority provided outside |
---|
1009 | 1009 | | 495 |
---|
1010 | 1010 | | this chapter for the department, division, office, or entity, the chief executive |
---|
1011 | 1011 | | 496 |
---|
1012 | 1012 | | officer of the department, division, office, or entity or the chief executive officer's |
---|
1013 | 1013 | | 497 |
---|
1014 | 1014 | | designee. |
---|
1015 | 1015 | | 498 |
---|
1016 | 1016 | | (58) "Procurement unit"means: |
---|
1017 | 1017 | | 499 |
---|
1018 | 1018 | | (a) a legislative procurement unit; |
---|
1019 | 1019 | | 500 |
---|
1020 | 1020 | | (b) an executive branch procurement unit; |
---|
1021 | 1021 | | 501 |
---|
1022 | 1022 | | (c) a judicial procurement unit; |
---|
1023 | 1023 | | 502 |
---|
1024 | 1024 | | (d) an educational procurement unit; |
---|
1025 | 1025 | | 503 |
---|
1026 | 1026 | | (e) the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201; |
---|
1027 | 1027 | | 504 |
---|
1028 | 1028 | | (f) a local government procurement unit; |
---|
1030 | 1030 | | 505 |
---|
1031 | 1031 | | (g) a special district; |
---|
1032 | 1032 | | 506 |
---|
1033 | 1033 | | (h) a special service district; |
---|
1034 | 1034 | | 507 |
---|
1035 | 1035 | | (i) a local building authority; |
---|
1036 | 1036 | | 508 |
---|
1037 | 1037 | | (j) a conservation district; or |
---|
1038 | 1038 | | 509 |
---|
1039 | 1039 | | (k) a public corporation. |
---|
1040 | 1040 | | 510 |
---|
1041 | 1041 | | (59) "Professional service" means labor, effort, or work that requires specialized |
---|
1042 | 1042 | | 511 |
---|
1043 | 1043 | | knowledge, expertise, and discretion, including labor, effort, or work in the field of: |
---|
1044 | 1044 | | 512 |
---|
1045 | 1045 | | (a) accounting; |
---|
1046 | 1046 | | 513 |
---|
1047 | 1047 | | (b) administrative law judge service; |
---|
1048 | 1048 | | 514 |
---|
1049 | 1049 | | (c) architecture; |
---|
1050 | 1050 | | 515 |
---|
1051 | 1051 | | (d) construction design and management; |
---|
1052 | 1052 | | 516 |
---|
1053 | 1053 | | (e) engineering; |
---|
1054 | 1054 | | 517 |
---|
1055 | 1055 | | (f) financial services; |
---|
1056 | 1056 | | 518 |
---|
1057 | 1057 | | (g) information technology; |
---|
1058 | 1058 | | 519 |
---|
1059 | 1059 | | (h) the law; |
---|
1060 | 1060 | | 520 |
---|
1061 | 1061 | | (i) medicine; |
---|
1062 | 1062 | | 521 |
---|
1063 | 1063 | | (j) psychiatry; or |
---|
1064 | 1064 | | 522 |
---|
1065 | 1065 | | (k) underwriting. |
---|
1066 | 1066 | | 523 |
---|
1067 | 1067 | | (60) "Project entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-13-103. |
---|
1068 | 1068 | | 524 |
---|
1069 | 1069 | | (61) "Protest officer" means: |
---|
1070 | 1070 | | 525 |
---|
1071 | 1071 | | (a) for the division or an independent procurement unit: |
---|
1072 | 1072 | | 526 |
---|
1073 | 1073 | | (i) the procurement official; |
---|
1074 | 1074 | | 527 |
---|
1075 | 1075 | | (ii) the procurement official's designee who is an employee of the procurement unit; |
---|
1076 | 1076 | | 528 |
---|
1077 | 1077 | | or |
---|
1078 | 1078 | | 529 |
---|
1079 | 1079 | | (iii) a person designated by rule made by the rulemaking authority; or |
---|
1080 | 1080 | | 530 |
---|
1081 | 1081 | | (b) for a procurement unit other than an independent procurement unit, the chief |
---|
1082 | 1082 | | 531 |
---|
1083 | 1083 | | procurement officer or the chief procurement officer's designee who is an employee |
---|
1084 | 1084 | | 532 |
---|
1085 | 1085 | | of the division . |
---|
1086 | 1086 | | 533 |
---|
1087 | 1087 | | (62) "Public corporation" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63E-1-102. |
---|
1088 | 1088 | | 534 |
---|
1089 | 1089 | | (63) "Public entity" means the state or any other government entity within the state that |
---|
1090 | 1090 | | 535 |
---|
1091 | 1091 | | expends public funds. |
---|
1092 | 1092 | | 536 |
---|
1093 | 1093 | | (64) "Public facility" means a building, structure, infrastructure, improvement, or other |
---|
1094 | 1094 | | 537 |
---|
1095 | 1095 | | facility of a public entity. |
---|
1096 | 1096 | | 538 |
---|
1097 | 1097 | | (65) "Public funds" means money, regardless of its source, including from the federal |
---|
1099 | 1099 | | 539 |
---|
1100 | 1100 | | government, that is owned or held by a procurement unit. |
---|
1101 | 1101 | | 540 |
---|
1102 | 1102 | | (66) "Public transit district" means a public transit district organized under Title 17B, |
---|
1103 | 1103 | | 541 |
---|
1104 | 1104 | | Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act. |
---|
1105 | 1105 | | 542 |
---|
1106 | 1106 | | (67) "Public-private partnership" means an arrangement or agreement, occurring on or after |
---|
1107 | 1107 | | 543 |
---|
1108 | 1108 | | January 1, 2017, between a procurement unit and one or more contractors to provide for |
---|
1109 | 1109 | | 544 |
---|
1110 | 1110 | | a public need through the development or operation of a project in which the contractor |
---|
1111 | 1111 | | 545 |
---|
1112 | 1112 | | or contractors share with the procurement unit the responsibility or risk of developing, |
---|
1113 | 1113 | | 546 |
---|
1114 | 1114 | | owning, maintaining, financing, or operating the project. |
---|
1115 | 1115 | | 547 |
---|
1116 | 1116 | | (68) "Qualified vendor" means a vendor who: |
---|
1117 | 1117 | | 548 |
---|
1118 | 1118 | | (a) is responsible; and |
---|
1119 | 1119 | | 549 |
---|
1120 | 1120 | | (b) submits a responsive statement of qualifications under Section 63G-6a-410 that |
---|
1121 | 1121 | | 550 |
---|
1122 | 1122 | | meets the minimum mandatory requirements, evaluation criteria, and any applicable |
---|
1123 | 1123 | | 551 |
---|
1124 | 1124 | | score thresholds set forth in the request for statement of qualifications. |
---|
1125 | 1125 | | 552 |
---|
1126 | 1126 | | (69) "Real property" means land and any building, fixture, improvement, appurtenance, |
---|
1127 | 1127 | | 553 |
---|
1128 | 1128 | | structure, or other development that is permanently affixed to land. |
---|
1129 | 1129 | | 554 |
---|
1130 | 1130 | | (70) "Request for information" means a nonbinding process through which a procurement |
---|
1131 | 1131 | | 555 |
---|
1132 | 1132 | | unit requests information relating to a procurement item. |
---|
1133 | 1133 | | 556 |
---|
1134 | 1134 | | (71) "Request for proposals" means a document used to solicit proposals to provide a |
---|
1135 | 1135 | | 557 |
---|
1136 | 1136 | | procurement item to a procurement unit, including all other documents that are attached |
---|
1137 | 1137 | | 558 |
---|
1138 | 1138 | | to that document or incorporated in that document by reference. |
---|
1139 | 1139 | | 559 |
---|
1140 | 1140 | | (72) "Request for proposals process" means the procurement process described in Part 7, |
---|
1141 | 1141 | | 560 |
---|
1142 | 1142 | | Request for Proposals. |
---|
1143 | 1143 | | 561 |
---|
1144 | 1144 | | (73) "Request for statement of qualifications" means a document used to solicit information |
---|
1145 | 1145 | | 562 |
---|
1146 | 1146 | | about the qualifications of a person interested in responding to a potential procurement, |
---|
1147 | 1147 | | 563 |
---|
1148 | 1148 | | including all other documents attached to that document or incorporated in that |
---|
1149 | 1149 | | 564 |
---|
1150 | 1150 | | document by reference. |
---|
1151 | 1151 | | 565 |
---|
1152 | 1152 | | (74) "Requirements contract" means a contract: |
---|
1153 | 1153 | | 566 |
---|
1154 | 1154 | | (a) under which a contractor agrees to provide a procurement unit's entire requirements |
---|
1155 | 1155 | | 567 |
---|
1156 | 1156 | | for certain procurement items at prices specified in the contract during the contract |
---|
1157 | 1157 | | 568 |
---|
1158 | 1158 | | period; and |
---|
1159 | 1159 | | 569 |
---|
1160 | 1160 | | (b) that: |
---|
1161 | 1161 | | 570 |
---|
1162 | 1162 | | (i) does not require a minimum purchase amount; or |
---|
1163 | 1163 | | 571 |
---|
1164 | 1164 | | (ii) provides a maximum purchase limit. |
---|
1165 | 1165 | | 572 |
---|
1166 | 1166 | | (75) "Responsible" means being capable, in all respects, of: |
---|
1168 | 1168 | | 573 |
---|
1169 | 1169 | | (a) meeting all the requirements of a solicitation; and |
---|
1170 | 1170 | | 574 |
---|
1171 | 1171 | | (b) fully performing all the requirements of the contract resulting from the solicitation, |
---|
1172 | 1172 | | 575 |
---|
1173 | 1173 | | including being financially solvent with sufficient financial resources to perform the |
---|
1174 | 1174 | | 576 |
---|
1175 | 1175 | | contract. |
---|
1176 | 1176 | | 577 |
---|
1177 | 1177 | | (76) "Responsive" means conforming in all material respects to the requirements of a |
---|
1178 | 1178 | | 578 |
---|
1179 | 1179 | | solicitation. |
---|
1180 | 1180 | | 579 |
---|
1181 | 1181 | | (77) "Rule" includes a policy or regulation adopted by the rulemaking authority, if adopting |
---|
1182 | 1182 | | 580 |
---|
1183 | 1183 | | a policy or regulation is the method the rulemaking authority uses to adopt provisions |
---|
1184 | 1184 | | 581 |
---|
1185 | 1185 | | that govern the applicable procurement unit. |
---|
1186 | 1186 | | 582 |
---|
1187 | 1187 | | (78) "Rulemaking authority" means: |
---|
1188 | 1188 | | 583 |
---|
1189 | 1189 | | (a) for a legislative procurement unit, the Legislative Management Committee; |
---|
1190 | 1190 | | 584 |
---|
1191 | 1191 | | (b) for a judicial procurement unit, the Judicial Council; |
---|
1192 | 1192 | | 585 |
---|
1193 | 1193 | | (c)(i) only to the extent of the procurement authority expressly granted to the |
---|
1194 | 1194 | | 586 |
---|
1195 | 1195 | | procurement unit by statute: |
---|
1196 | 1196 | | 587 |
---|
1197 | 1197 | | (A) for the facilities division, the facilities division; |
---|
1198 | 1198 | | 588 |
---|
1199 | 1199 | | (B) for the Office of the Attorney General, the attorney general; |
---|
1200 | 1200 | | 589 |
---|
1201 | 1201 | | (C) for the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201, the |
---|
1202 | 1202 | | 590 |
---|
1203 | 1203 | | executive director of the Department of Transportation; |
---|
1204 | 1204 | | 591 |
---|
1205 | 1205 | | (D) for the Department of Health and Human Services, the executive director of |
---|
1206 | 1206 | | 592 |
---|
1207 | 1207 | | the Department of Health and Human Services; and |
---|
1208 | 1208 | | 593 |
---|
1209 | 1209 | | (E) for any other executive branch department, division, office, or entity that has |
---|
1210 | 1210 | | 594 |
---|
1211 | 1211 | | statutory procurement authority outside this chapter, the governing authority of |
---|
1212 | 1212 | | 595 |
---|
1213 | 1213 | | the department, division, office, or entity; and |
---|
1214 | 1214 | | 596 |
---|
1215 | 1215 | | (ii) for each other executive branch procurement unit, the board; |
---|
1216 | 1216 | | 597 |
---|
1217 | 1217 | | (d) for a local government procurement unit: |
---|
1218 | 1218 | | 598 |
---|
1219 | 1219 | | (i) the governing body of the local government unit; or |
---|
1220 | 1220 | | 599 |
---|
1221 | 1221 | | (ii) an individual or body designated by the local government procurement unit; |
---|
1222 | 1222 | | 600 |
---|
1223 | 1223 | | (e) for a school district or a public school, the board, except to the extent of a school |
---|
1224 | 1224 | | 601 |
---|
1225 | 1225 | | district's own nonadministrative rules that do not conflict with the provisions of this |
---|
1226 | 1226 | | 602 |
---|
1227 | 1227 | | chapter; |
---|
1228 | 1228 | | 603 |
---|
1229 | 1229 | | (f) for a state institution of higher education, the Utah Board of Higher Education; |
---|
1230 | 1230 | | 604 |
---|
1231 | 1231 | | (g) for the State Board of Education or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the |
---|
1232 | 1232 | | 605 |
---|
1233 | 1233 | | State Board of Education; |
---|
1234 | 1234 | | 606 |
---|
1235 | 1235 | | (h) for a public transit district, the chief executive of the public transit district; |
---|
1237 | 1237 | | 607 |
---|
1238 | 1238 | | (i) for a special district other than a public transit district or for a special service district, |
---|
1239 | 1239 | | 608 |
---|
1240 | 1240 | | the board, except to the extent that the board of trustees of the special district or the |
---|
1241 | 1241 | | 609 |
---|
1242 | 1242 | | governing body of the special service district makes its own rules: |
---|
1243 | 1243 | | 610 |
---|
1244 | 1244 | | (i) with respect to a subject addressed by board rules; or |
---|
1245 | 1245 | | 611 |
---|
1246 | 1246 | | (ii) that are in addition to board rules; |
---|
1247 | 1247 | | 612 |
---|
1248 | 1248 | | (j) for the Utah Educational Savings Plan, created in Section 53B-8a-103, the Utah |
---|
1249 | 1249 | | 613 |
---|
1250 | 1250 | | Board of Higher Education; |
---|
1251 | 1251 | | 614 |
---|
1252 | 1252 | | (k) for the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, created in Section |
---|
1253 | 1253 | | 615 |
---|
1254 | 1254 | | 53C-1-201, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees; |
---|
1255 | 1255 | | 616 |
---|
1256 | 1256 | | (l) for the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201, the |
---|
1257 | 1257 | | 617 |
---|
1258 | 1258 | | School and Institutional Trust Fund Board of Trustees; |
---|
1259 | 1259 | | 618 |
---|
1260 | 1260 | | (m) for the Utah Communications Authority, established in Section 63H-7a-201, the |
---|
1261 | 1261 | | 619 |
---|
1262 | 1262 | | Utah Communications Authority board, created in Section 63H-7a-203; or |
---|
1263 | 1263 | | 620 |
---|
1264 | 1264 | | (n) for any other procurement unit, the board. |
---|
1265 | 1265 | | 621 |
---|
1266 | 1266 | | (79) "Service": |
---|
1267 | 1267 | | 622 |
---|
1268 | 1268 | | (a) means labor, effort, or work to produce a result that is beneficial to a procurement |
---|
1269 | 1269 | | 623 |
---|
1270 | 1270 | | unit; |
---|
1271 | 1271 | | 624 |
---|
1272 | 1272 | | (b) includes a professional service; and |
---|
1273 | 1273 | | 625 |
---|
1274 | 1274 | | (c) does not include labor, effort, or work provided under an employment agreement or a |
---|
1275 | 1275 | | 626 |
---|
1276 | 1276 | | collective bargaining agreement. |
---|
1277 | 1277 | | 627 |
---|
1278 | 1278 | | (80) "Small purchase process" means the procurement process described in Section |
---|
1279 | 1279 | | 628 |
---|
1280 | 1280 | | 63G-6a-506. |
---|
1281 | 1281 | | 629 |
---|
1282 | 1282 | | (81) "Sole source contract" means a contract resulting from a sole source procurement. |
---|
1283 | 1283 | | 630 |
---|
1284 | 1284 | | (82) "Sole source procurement" means a procurement without competition pursuant to a |
---|
1285 | 1285 | | 631 |
---|
1286 | 1286 | | determination under Subsection 63G-6a-802(1)(a) that there is only one source for the |
---|
1287 | 1287 | | 632 |
---|
1288 | 1288 | | procurement item. |
---|
1289 | 1289 | | 633 |
---|
1290 | 1290 | | (83) "Solicitation" means an invitation for bids, request for proposals, or request for |
---|
1291 | 1291 | | 634 |
---|
1292 | 1292 | | statement of qualifications. |
---|
1293 | 1293 | | 635 |
---|
1294 | 1294 | | (84) "Solicitation response" means: |
---|
1295 | 1295 | | 636 |
---|
1296 | 1296 | | (a) a bid submitted in response to an invitation for bids; |
---|
1297 | 1297 | | 637 |
---|
1298 | 1298 | | (b) a proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals; or |
---|
1299 | 1299 | | 638 |
---|
1300 | 1300 | | (c) a statement of qualifications submitted in response to a request for statement of |
---|
1301 | 1301 | | 639 |
---|
1302 | 1302 | | qualifications. |
---|
1303 | 1303 | | 640 |
---|
1304 | 1304 | | (85) "Special district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. |
---|
1306 | 1306 | | 641 |
---|
1307 | 1307 | | (86) "Special service district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17D-1-102. |
---|
1308 | 1308 | | 642 |
---|
1309 | 1309 | | (87) "Specification" means any description of the physical or functional characteristics or of |
---|
1310 | 1310 | | 643 |
---|
1311 | 1311 | | the nature of a procurement item included in an invitation for bids or a request for |
---|
1312 | 1312 | | 644 |
---|
1313 | 1313 | | proposals, or otherwise specified or agreed to by a procurement unit, including a |
---|
1314 | 1314 | | 645 |
---|
1315 | 1315 | | description of: |
---|
1316 | 1316 | | 646 |
---|
1317 | 1317 | | (a) a requirement for inspecting or testing a procurement item; or |
---|
1318 | 1318 | | 647 |
---|
1319 | 1319 | | (b) preparing a procurement item for delivery. |
---|
1320 | 1320 | | 648 |
---|
1321 | 1321 | | (88) "Standard procurement process" means: |
---|
1322 | 1322 | | 649 |
---|
1323 | 1323 | | (a) the bidding process; |
---|
1324 | 1324 | | 650 |
---|
1325 | 1325 | | (b) the request for proposals process; |
---|
1326 | 1326 | | 651 |
---|
1327 | 1327 | | (c) the approved vendor list process; |
---|
1328 | 1328 | | 652 |
---|
1329 | 1329 | | (d) the small purchase process; or |
---|
1330 | 1330 | | 653 |
---|
1331 | 1331 | | (e) the design professional procurement process. |
---|
1332 | 1332 | | 654 |
---|
1333 | 1333 | | (89) "State cooperative contract" means a contract awarded by the division for and in behalf |
---|
1334 | 1334 | | 655 |
---|
1335 | 1335 | | of all public entities. |
---|
1336 | 1336 | | 656 |
---|
1337 | 1337 | | (90) "Statement of qualifications" means a written statement submitted to a procurement |
---|
1338 | 1338 | | 657 |
---|
1339 | 1339 | | unit in response to a request for statement of qualifications. |
---|
1340 | 1340 | | 658 |
---|
1341 | 1341 | | (91) "Subcontractor": |
---|
1342 | 1342 | | 659 |
---|
1343 | 1343 | | (a) means a person under contract to perform part of a contractual obligation under the |
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1344 | 1344 | | 660 |
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1345 | 1345 | | control of the contractor, whether the person's contract is with the contractor directly |
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1346 | 1346 | | 661 |
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1347 | 1347 | | or with another person who is under contract to perform part of a contractual |
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1348 | 1348 | | 662 |
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1349 | 1349 | | obligation under the control of the contractor; and |
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1350 | 1350 | | 663 |
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1351 | 1351 | | (b) includes a supplier, distributor, or other vendor that furnishes supplies or services to |
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1352 | 1352 | | 664 |
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1353 | 1353 | | a contractor. |
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1354 | 1354 | | 665 |
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1355 | 1355 | | (92) "Technology" means the same as "information technology," as defined in Section |
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1356 | 1356 | | 666 |
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1357 | 1357 | | 63A-16-102. |
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1358 | 1358 | | 667 |
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1359 | 1359 | | (93) "Tie bid" means that the lowest responsive bids of responsible bidders are identical in |
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1360 | 1360 | | 668 |
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1361 | 1361 | | price. |
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1362 | 1362 | | 669 |
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1363 | 1363 | | (94) "Time and materials contract" means a contract under which the contractor is paid: |
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1364 | 1364 | | 670 |
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1365 | 1365 | | (a) the actual cost of direct labor at specified hourly rates; |
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1366 | 1366 | | 671 |
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1367 | 1367 | | (b) the actual cost of materials and equipment usage; and |
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1368 | 1368 | | 672 |
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1369 | 1369 | | (c) an additional amount, expressly described in the contract, to cover overhead and |
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1370 | 1370 | | 673 |
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1371 | 1371 | | profit, that is not based on a percentage of the cost to the contractor. |
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1372 | 1372 | | 674 |
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1373 | 1373 | | (95) "Transitional costs": |
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1375 | 1375 | | 675 |
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1376 | 1376 | | (a) means the costs of changing: |
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1377 | 1377 | | 676 |
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1378 | 1378 | | (i) from an existing provider of a procurement item to another provider of that |
---|
1379 | 1379 | | 677 |
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1380 | 1380 | | procurement item; or |
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1381 | 1381 | | 678 |
---|
1382 | 1382 | | (ii) from an existing type of procurement item to another type; |
---|
1383 | 1383 | | 679 |
---|
1384 | 1384 | | (b) includes: |
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1385 | 1385 | | 680 |
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1386 | 1386 | | (i) training costs; |
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1387 | 1387 | | 681 |
---|
1388 | 1388 | | (ii) conversion costs; |
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1389 | 1389 | | 682 |
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1390 | 1390 | | (iii) compatibility costs; |
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1391 | 1391 | | 683 |
---|
1392 | 1392 | | (iv) costs associated with system downtime; |
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1393 | 1393 | | 684 |
---|
1394 | 1394 | | (v) disruption of service costs; |
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1395 | 1395 | | 685 |
---|
1396 | 1396 | | (vi) staff time necessary to implement the change; |
---|
1397 | 1397 | | 686 |
---|
1398 | 1398 | | (vii) installation costs; and |
---|
1399 | 1399 | | 687 |
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1400 | 1400 | | (viii) ancillary software, hardware, equipment, or construction costs; and |
---|
1401 | 1401 | | 688 |
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1402 | 1402 | | (c) does not include: |
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1403 | 1403 | | 689 |
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1404 | 1404 | | (i) the costs of preparing for or engaging in a procurement process; or |
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1405 | 1405 | | 690 |
---|
1406 | 1406 | | (ii) contract negotiation or drafting costs. |
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1407 | 1407 | | 691 |
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1408 | 1408 | | (96) "Vendor": |
---|
1409 | 1409 | | 692 |
---|
1410 | 1410 | | (a) means a person who is seeking to enter into a contract with a procurement unit to |
---|
1411 | 1411 | | 693 |
---|
1412 | 1412 | | provide a procurement item; and |
---|
1413 | 1413 | | 694 |
---|
1414 | 1414 | | (b) includes: |
---|
1415 | 1415 | | 695 |
---|
1416 | 1416 | | (i) a bidder; |
---|
1417 | 1417 | | 696 |
---|
1418 | 1418 | | (ii) an offeror; |
---|
1419 | 1419 | | 697 |
---|
1420 | 1420 | | (iii) an approved vendor; |
---|
1421 | 1421 | | 698 |
---|
1422 | 1422 | | (iv) a design professional; and |
---|
1423 | 1423 | | 699 |
---|
1424 | 1424 | | (v) a person who submits an unsolicited proposal under Section 63G-6a-712. |
---|
1425 | 1425 | | 700 |
---|
1426 | 1426 | | Section 5. Section 63O-1-201 is amended to read: |
---|
1427 | 1427 | | 701 |
---|
1428 | 1428 | | 63O-1-201 . Capitol building -- Direction and control. |
---|
1429 | 1429 | | 702 |
---|
1430 | 1430 | | (1) In the basement of the State Capitol: |
---|
1431 | 1431 | | 703 |
---|
1432 | 1432 | | (a) except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), the entire basement is under the |
---|
1433 | 1433 | | 704 |
---|
1434 | 1434 | | direction and control of the board, which shall allocate space, as needed, for security |
---|
1435 | 1435 | | 705 |
---|
1436 | 1436 | | offices, the Supreme Court, and others; |
---|
1437 | 1437 | | 706 |
---|
1438 | 1438 | | (b) the following areas are under the direction and control of the Legislature: |
---|
1439 | 1439 | | 707 |
---|
1440 | 1440 | | (i) the Legislative Printing office and Bill Room; |
---|
1441 | 1441 | | 708 |
---|
1442 | 1442 | | (ii) the Sergeant Lounge; and |
---|
1444 | 1444 | | 709 |
---|
1445 | 1445 | | (iii) the press room; and |
---|
1446 | 1446 | | 710 |
---|
1447 | 1447 | | (c) the following areas in the southwest corner are under the direction and control of the |
---|
1448 | 1448 | | 711 |
---|
1449 | 1449 | | governor: |
---|
1450 | 1450 | | 712 |
---|
1451 | 1451 | | (i) the governor's parking area; |
---|
1452 | 1452 | | 713 |
---|
1453 | 1453 | | (ii) the operations center; |
---|
1454 | 1454 | | 714 |
---|
1455 | 1455 | | (iii) the executive suite; and |
---|
1456 | 1456 | | 715 |
---|
1457 | 1457 | | (iv) the executive detail area. |
---|
1458 | 1458 | | 716 |
---|
1459 | 1459 | | (2) On the first floor of the State Capitol: |
---|
1460 | 1460 | | 717 |
---|
1461 | 1461 | | (a) the following are under the direction and control of the governor: |
---|
1462 | 1462 | | 718 |
---|
1463 | 1463 | | (i) the office suites located on the northwest and southwest sides; and |
---|
1464 | 1464 | | 719 |
---|
1465 | 1465 | | (ii) the dignitary holding area and elevator, which the Legislature may schedule |
---|
1466 | 1466 | | 720 |
---|
1467 | 1467 | | through the Utah Highway Patrol Dignitary Protection Bureau; |
---|
1468 | 1468 | | 721 |
---|
1469 | 1469 | | (b) suite 180, in the southeast corner, is under the direction and control of the board and |
---|
1470 | 1470 | | 722 |
---|
1471 | 1471 | | assigned for the use of the state treasurer; and |
---|
1472 | 1472 | | 723 |
---|
1473 | 1473 | | (c) the following are under the direction and control of the board: |
---|
1474 | 1474 | | 724 |
---|
1475 | 1475 | | (i) the board offices, located in suite 120, immediately to the east of the State |
---|
1476 | 1476 | | 725 |
---|
1477 | 1477 | | Capitol's north entrance; |
---|
1478 | 1478 | | 726 |
---|
1479 | 1479 | | (ii) the Visitor Services Office, located in suite 130, immediately to the west of the |
---|
1480 | 1480 | | 727 |
---|
1481 | 1481 | | State Capitol's north entrance; |
---|
1482 | 1482 | | 728 |
---|
1483 | 1483 | | (iii) the vending room to the south of the Visitor Services Office; |
---|
1484 | 1484 | | 729 |
---|
1485 | 1485 | | (iv) all vestibules, and the room on the east of the south vestibule; |
---|
1486 | 1486 | | 730 |
---|
1487 | 1487 | | (v) the public area beneath the rotunda and the adjacent public areas; |
---|
1488 | 1488 | | 731 |
---|
1489 | 1489 | | (vi) all conference rooms and storage rooms accessed from the areas described in |
---|
1490 | 1490 | | 732 |
---|
1491 | 1491 | | Subsection (2)(c)(v); |
---|
1492 | 1492 | | 733 |
---|
1493 | 1493 | | (vii) suite 110, to the south of the board offices; |
---|
1494 | 1494 | | 734 |
---|
1495 | 1495 | | (viii) the Visitors Center; and |
---|
1496 | 1496 | | 735 |
---|
1497 | 1497 | | (ix) the Presentation Room. |
---|
1498 | 1498 | | 736 |
---|
1499 | 1499 | | (3) On the second floor of the State Capitol: |
---|
1500 | 1500 | | 737 |
---|
1501 | 1501 | | (a) suite 250, in the northeast corner, is under the direction and control of the Legislature; |
---|
1502 | 1502 | | 738 |
---|
1503 | 1503 | | (b) suite 220, to the west of suite 230, is under the direction and control of the governor, |
---|
1504 | 1504 | | 739 |
---|
1505 | 1505 | | until a substantially similar space in the Senate Building is assigned to the executive |
---|
1506 | 1506 | | 740 |
---|
1507 | 1507 | | branch under Section 63O-1-203, after which suite 220, to the west of suite 230, is |
---|
1508 | 1508 | | 741 |
---|
1509 | 1509 | | under the direction and control of the Legislature; |
---|
1510 | 1510 | | 742 |
---|
1511 | 1511 | | [(b)] (c) before January 1, 2025, suite 260, to the west of suite 250, is under the direction |
---|