HF 1781

2nd Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to corrections; continuing a task force on 
  1.3             agency purchases from correctional industries; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.181, 
  1.5             subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.181, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [PUBLIC ENTITIES; PURCHASES FROM CORRECTIONS 
  1.10  INDUSTRIES.] (a) The commissioner of corrections, in 
  1.11  consultation with the commissioner of administration, shall 
  1.12  prepare updated lists of the items available for purchase from 
  1.13  department of corrections industries and annually forward a copy 
  1.14  of the most recent list to all public entities within the 
  1.15  state.  A public entity that is supported in whole or in part 
  1.16  with funds from the state treasury may purchase items directly 
  1.17  from corrections industries.  The bid solicitation process is 
  1.18  not required for these purchases. 
  1.19     (b) The commissioner of administration shall develop a 
  1.20  contract or contracts to enable public entities to purchase 
  1.21  items directly from corrections industries.  The commissioner of 
  1.22  administration, in consultation with the commissioner of 
  1.23  corrections, shall determine the fair market price for listed 
  1.24  items.  The commissioner of administration shall require that 
  1.25  all requests for bids or proposals, for items provided by 
  2.1   corrections industries, be forwarded to the commissioner of 
  2.2   corrections to enable corrections industries to submit bids.  
  2.3   The commissioner of corrections shall consult with the 
  2.4   commissioner of administration prior to introducing new products 
  2.5   to the state agency market. 
  2.6      (c) No public entity may evade the intent of this section 
  2.7   by adopting slight variations in specifications, when Minnesota 
  2.8   corrections industry items meet the reasonable needs and 
  2.9   specifications of the public entity. 
  2.10     (d) The commissioners of administration and corrections 
  2.11  shall develop annual performance measures outlining goals to 
  2.12  maximize inmate work program participation.  The commissioners 
  2.13  of administration and corrections shall appoint cochairs for a 
  2.14  task force whose purpose is to determine additional methods to 
  2.15  achieve the performance goals for public entity purchasing.  The 
  2.16  task force shall include representatives from the Minnesota 
  2.17  house of representatives, Minnesota senate, the Minnesota state 
  2.18  colleges and universities, University of Minnesota, Minnesota 
  2.19  League of Cities, Minnesota Association of Counties, and 
  2.20  administrators with purchasing responsibilities from the 
  2.21  Minnesota state departments of corrections, public safety, 
  2.22  finance, transportation, natural resources, human services, 
  2.23  health, and economic security.  Notwithstanding section 15.059, 
  2.24  the task force created in this paragraph expires June 30, 2003. 
  2.25     (e) If performance goals for public entity purchasing are 
  2.26  not achieved in two consecutive fiscal years, public entities 
  2.27  shall purchase items available from corrections industries.  The 
  2.28  commissioner of administration shall be responsible for 
  2.29  notifying public entities of this requirement.