2000 Minnesota Statutes

     383C.336 Open market purchases.  

    The county purchasing agent may authorize, in writing any 
 department, board, commission, or agency of any such county 
 government to purchase in the open market, without filing 
 requisition or estimate, any supplies, materials, or equipment 
 for immediate delivery to meet actual emergencies arising from 
 unforeseen causes, including delays by contractors, delays in 
 transportation, and unanticipated volume of work.  A full 
 written account of the circumstances necessitating any such 
 emergency purchase, together with a requisition and a record of 
 the competitive bids upon which the emergency delivery was 
 secured, shall be submitted at once to the county purchasing 
 agent by the head of the using agency concerned.  The records of 
 such transaction shall be open to public inspection. 

    HIST: 1943 c 237 s 7