Under existing law, city and county boards of education are required to competitively bid certain contracts.
This bill would permit leases of certain goods or services pursuant to a competitive bid nationwide cooperative purchasing program by exempting certain leases of goods or services from the competitive bid law.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Pending third reading on day 10 Favorable from Governmental Affairs with 1 substitute
Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 22
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
Source: Alabama Legislature