SB46 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald H. AllenSenator

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Trip PittmanPaul SanfordBill Holtzclaw

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Comptroller, establishment and maintenance of statewide database for bids or proposals for public contracts, required, database accessible through Internet

Summary

SB46 would require the State Comptroller to create and maintain a statewide, publicly accessible database of every bid or proposal for public contracts, posted on Open.Alabama.gov.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the Comptroller must establish and maintain a public database that lists each bid or proposal request from state agencies, boards, commissions, or departments, plus the State Board of Education, public colleges or trade schools, and public universities receiving state or federally appropriated funds. The database would be a public record viewable by any citizen, either online or in person, with free access. Each bid/proposal would remain on the site until the last posting date required by law has expired.

Who It Affects

• The Office of the State Comptroller, which must establish, maintain, and post the database.
• State agencies, boards, commissions, and departments; the State Board of Education; public colleges or trade schools; and public universities receiving state or federally appropriated funds, whose bid/proposal requests must be posted.
• Alabama residents and other citizens who can view the database for free online or in person.

Key Provisions

• The Comptroller must establish, maintain, and post a statewide database of every bid or proposal for a public contract on Open.Alabama.gov.
• The database covers bids/proposals from state entities and educational institutions receiving state or federally appropriated funds.
• The database is a public record and may be viewed by any citizen, either online or in person, at no charge.
• Each bid/proposal remains available until the last posting date required by law expires.
• There is no charge for accessing the database.
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the sixth month after passage and approval by the Governor (or when otherwise lawfully enacted).

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Subjects

State Comptroller