HF 644

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state procurement; extending a general 
  1.3             preference for in-state vendors; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 2002, section 16C.06, subdivision 7.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16C.06, 
  1.7   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 7.  [OTHER STATES WITH RESIDENT PREFERENCE.] 
  1.9   Acquisition of goods and services must be awarded according to 
  1.10  the provisions of this chapter except that a resident vendor 
  1.11  shall be allowed a ten percent preference over a nonresident 
  1.12  vendor, except that if the nonresident vendor is from a state 
  1.13  that gives or requires a preference to vendors from that 
  1.14  state. that exceeds ten percent, the preference shall be equal 
  1.15  to the preference given or required by the state of the 
  1.16  nonresident vendor.