SB234 Alabama 2013 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Mark Slade Blackwell

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Competitive bids, counties and municipalities, personal property, local preference zones, percent over low bid increased to award to resident bidder, Sec. 41-16-50 am'd

Description

Under the existing competitive bid law for personal property, a county or municipal awarding authority may establish a local preference zone and may award a contract to a resident bidder in the preference zone when the bid of the resident bidder is not more than three percent greater than the lowest bid

This bill would provide that a county or municipal awarding authority may award the bid to a resident bidder in the preference zone when the bid is not more than five percent greater than the lowest bid

To amend Section 41-16-50 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to competitive bids for the purchase of personal property by county and municipal awarding authorities; to increase the percentage over the lowest bid when a county or municipal awarding authority may award a contract to a resident bidder in a local preference zone.

Subjects

Counties

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 7, 2013	S	Indefinitely Postponed
February 26, 2013	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 21, 2013	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs

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