1997 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.102 Resident preference in public contracts.  

    Subdivision 1.    Other states with resident preference. 
  When a public contract for construction or repairs and all 
 purchases of and all contracts for supplies, materials, and the 
 purchase and rental of equipment is to be awarded to the lowest 
 responsible bidder a resident bidder shall be allowed a 
 preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state which 
 gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state.  The 
 preference shall be equal to the preference given or required by 
 the state of the nonresident bidder.  If a state agency does not 
 give the preference to the resident bidder, the finance 
 department shall unallot from that agency's budget an amount 
 equal to the specific bid.  

    Subd. 2.    Definition.  Resident bidder as used in this 
 section means a person, firm or corporation authorized to engage 
 in business in the state of Minnesota and having a bona fide 
 establishment for the doing of business within the state of 
 Minnesota on the date when any bid for a public contract is 
 first advertised or announced, and includes a foreign 
 corporation duly authorized to engage in business in Minnesota 
 and having a bona fide establishment for the doing of business 
 within the state.  

    Subd. 3.    Federally funded projects exempt.  The 
 provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 shall not apply to any 
 contract for any project upon which federal funds are available 
 for expenditure. 

    HIST: 1959 c 47 s 1; 1959 c 139 s 1; 1984 c 440 s 2; 1984 c 
 544 s 88; 1984 c 655 art 2 s 13 subd 1