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AL HB40
Bill
Status
2/7/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jim Hill
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 39-2-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow counties and municipalities to award public works contracts to local contractors without automatically selecting the lowest bidder.
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Permits awarding contracts to contractors whose principal place of business is within the county where the project is located if they are responsible and responsive bidders and their bid is no more than 5 percent greater than the lowest responsible bid.
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Applies only to counties, municipalities, and their instrumentalities; does not affect existing requirements for the lowest responsible and responsive bidder in other contexts.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon the bill otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Public works projects, bidding preference for local contractors, authorized, Sec. 39-2-6 am'd.
Public Works
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
2/7/2017