SB59 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Trip Pittman

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Paul SanfordArthur OrrBill Holtzclaw

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee, emergency contracts treatment, Secs. 29-2-41.1, 41-16-72 am'd.; Act 2011-577, 2011 Reg. Sess. 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.

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