1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state procurement; modifying cooperative purchasing provisions;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16C.03, subdivision 10; 16C.11.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 10.Cooperative purchasing. The commissioner is authorized to enter into a 
1.7 	cooperative purchasing agreement for the provision of goods, services, and utilities with 
1.8 	one or more other states or governmental units, as described in section 471.59, subdivision 
1.9 	1, entities defined in section 16C.23, subdivision 1, a registered combined charitable 
1.10 	organization and its affiliated agencies as defined in section 309.501, or a charitable 
1.11 	organization as defined in section 309.50, subdivision 4, that is also a recipient of a state 
1.12 	grant or contract. The commissioner is authorized to enter into cooperative purchasing 
1.13 	agreements for the purchase of goods, services, and utilities with health care facilities that 
1.14 	are required to provide indigent care or any entity recognized by another state's statutes as 
1.15 	authorized to use that state's commodity or service contracts. 

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.11, is amended to read:
1.17 	16C.11 COOPERATIVE PURCHASING VENTURE; PURCHASING 
1.18 	REVOLVING FUND.
1.19 	The commissioner may enter into joint or cooperative purchasing agreements with 
1.20 	any entity that is authorized under section 471.59 to do so 16C.03, subdivision 10. The 
1.21 	cooperative purchasing venture revolving fund is a separate account in the state treasury. 
1.22 	The commissioner may charge a fee to cover the commissioner's administrative expenses 
1.23 	to governmental units entities that have joint or cooperative purchasing agreements 
2.1 	with the state under section 471.59 16C.03, subdivision 10. The fees collected must 
2.2 	be deposited in the revolving fund established by this section. Money in the fund is 
2.3 	appropriated to the commissioner to administer the programs and services covered by 
2.4 	this chapter.