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16B.181 PURCHASES FROM CORRECTIONS INDUSTRIES.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "public entity" or "public entities" includes the state and an agency, department, or
institution of the state, any governmental unit as defined in section 471.59, the state legislative
and judicial branches, and state colleges and universities; and
(2) "items" includes articles, products, supplies, and services.
    Subd. 2. Public entities; purchases from corrections industries. (a) The commissioner
of corrections, in consultation with the commissioner of administration, shall prepare updated
lists of the items available for purchase from Department of Corrections industries and annually
forward a copy of the most recent list to all public entities within the state. A public entity that is
supported in whole or in part with funds from the state treasury may purchase items directly from
corrections industries. The bid solicitation process is not required for these purchases.
(b) The commissioner of administration shall develop a contract or contracts to enable
public entities to purchase items directly from corrections industries. The commissioner of
administration, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, shall determine the fair
market price for listed items. The commissioner of administration shall require that all requests for
bids or proposals, for items provided by corrections industries, be forwarded to the commissioner
of corrections to enable corrections industries to submit bids. The commissioner of corrections
shall consult with the commissioner of administration prior to introducing new products to the
state agency market.
(c) No public entity may evade the intent of this section by adopting slight variations
in specifications, when Minnesota corrections industry items meet the reasonable needs and
specifications of the public entity.
(d) The commissioners of administration and corrections shall develop annual performance
measures outlining goals to maximize inmate work program participation. The commissioners
of administration and corrections shall appoint cochairs for a task force whose purpose is to
determine additional methods to achieve the performance goals for public entity purchasing. The
task force shall include representatives from the Minnesota House of Representatives, Minnesota
Senate, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
League of Cities, Minnesota Association of Counties, and administrators with purchasing
responsibilities from the Minnesota state Departments of Corrections, Public Safety, Finance,
Transportation, Natural Resources, Human Services, Health, and Employment and Economic
Development. Notwithstanding section 15.059, the task force created in this paragraph expires on
June 30, 2003.
(e) If performance goals for public entity purchasing are not achieved in two consecutive
fiscal years, public entities shall purchase items available from corrections industries. The
commissioner of administration shall be responsible for notifying public entities of this
requirement.
History: 1995 c 226 art 5 s 1; 1996 c 408 art 8 s 1; 1998 c 386 art 1 s 2; 2001 c 161 s 4;
2001 c 210 s 1; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 114; 2004 c 206 s 52

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