2015 Minnesota Statutes

16A.065 PREPAY SOFTWARE, SUBSCRIPTIONS, UNITED STATES DOCUMENTS.

Notwithstanding section 16A.41, subdivision 1, the commissioner may allow an agency to make advance deposits or payments for software or software maintenance services for state-owned or leased electronic data processing equipment, for information technology hosting services, for sole source maintenance agreements where it is not cost-effective to pay in arrears, for exhibit booth space or boat slip rental when required by the renter to guarantee the availability of space, for registration fees where advance payment is required or advance payment discount is provided, and for newspaper, magazine, and other subscription fees customarily paid for in advance. The commissioner may also allow advance deposits by any department with the Library of Congress and federal Supervisor of Documents for items to be purchased from those federal agencies.

History:

1980 c 614 s 54; 1984 c 544 s 4; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 54; 1985 c 248 s 6; 1989 c 271 s 1; 1993 c 192 s 49; 2006 c 181 s 1; 2015 c 77 art 2 s 6