1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; authorizing
1.3 	participation of day training and habilitation
1.4 	services providers in state cooperative purchasing
1.5 	agreements; including certain rehabilitation
1.6 	facilities, extended employment providers, and day
1.7 	training and habilitation services providers in the
1.8 	state agency acquisition process; amending Minnesota
1.9 	Statutes 2004, sections 16C.10, subdivision 5; 471.59,
1.10 	subdivision 1.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16C.10,
1.13 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 5.Specific purchases.  The solicitation process
1.15 	described in this chapter is not required for acquisition of the
1.16 	following:
1.17 	(1) merchandise for resale purchased under policies
1.18 	determined by the commissioner;
1.19 	(2) farm and garden products which, as determined by the
1.20 	commissioner, may be purchased at the prevailing market price on
1.21 	the date of sale;
1.22 	(3) goods and services from the Minnesota correctional
1.23 	facilities;
1.24 	(4) goods and services from rehabilitation facilities and ,
1.25 	extended employment providers that are certified by the
1.26 	commissioner of employment and economic development, and day
1.27 	training and habilitation services licensed under sections
1.28 	245B.01 to 245B.08;
2.1 	(5) goods and services for use by a community-based
2.2 	facility operated by the commissioner of human services;
2.3 	(6) goods purchased at auction or when submitting a sealed
2.4 	bid at auction provided that before authorizing such an action,
2.5 	the commissioner consult with the requesting agency to determine
2.6 	a fair and reasonable value for the goods considering factors
2.7 	including, but not limited to, costs associated with submitting
2.8 	a bid, travel, transportation, and storage.  This fair and
2.9 	reasonable value must represent the limit of the state's bid;
2.10 	and
2.11 	(7) utility services where no competition exists or where
2.12 	rates are fixed by law or ordinance.
2.13 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.14 	following final enactment.

2.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 471.59,
2.16 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subdivision 1.Agreement.  Two or more governmental
2.18 	units, by agreement entered into through action of their
2.19 	governing bodies, may jointly or cooperatively exercise any
2.20 	power common to the contracting parties or any similar powers,
2.21 	including those which are the same except for the territorial
2.22 	limits within which they may be exercised.  The agreement may
2.23 	provide for the exercise of such powers by one or more of the
2.24 	participating governmental units on behalf of the other
2.25 	participating units.  The term "governmental unit" as used in
2.26 	this section includes every city, county, town, school district,
2.27 	other political subdivision of this or another state, another
2.28 	state, the University of Minnesota, nonprofit hospitals licensed
2.29 	under sections 144.50 to 144.56, rehabilitation facilities and
2.30 	extended employment providers that are certified by the
2.31 	commissioner of employment and economic development, day
2.32 	training and habilitation services licensed under sections
2.33 	245B.01 to 245B.08,and any agency of the state of Minnesota or
2.34 	the United States, and includes any instrumentality of a
2.35 	governmental unit.  For the purpose of this section, an
2.36 	instrumentality of a governmental unit means an instrumentality
3.1 	having independent policy making and appropriating authority.
3.2 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
3.3 	following final enactment.