SB98 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tammy Irons
Democrat
Co-Sponsors: Roger Bedford, Jr.Arthur Orr Jimmy Holley Bill Holtzclaw Phillip W. Williams Gerald O. Dial Tom Whatley
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee, emergency contracts treatment, Secs. 29-2-41.1, 41-16-72 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee reviews contracts of state departments for personal or professional services with private entities or individuals to be paid out of appropriated funds.
Contracts let in specified emergency situations may be let for 60 days without committee review, but a succeeding contract is subject to review by the committee. Personal and professional service contracts let by competitive bid are excluded from review.
This bill would clarify that all emergency contracts excepted from legislative committee review, irrespective of the emergency circumstances, would have a term of no more than 60 days and a second identical or substantially similar emergency contract for those particular services could not be let within one year of the commencement date of the initial emergency contract.
Subjects: Competitive Bids