Bill Summary

• Modernizes Minnesota state government procurement and administration law by eliminating outdated language, renumbering sections, and updating procedures in chapters 16B and 16C

• Consolidates surplus property management authority into the commissioner's powers and removes obsolete provisions related to central stores, telegraph services, and state recycling centers

• Reorganizes procurement definitions and processes, including new definitions for "competitive proposal," "construction," "emergency," and "general services," and clarifies best value contracting for construction projects

• Establishes new section 16C.105 authorizing cooperative purchasing agreements with other states, governmental units, charitable organizations, health care facilities, and nonprofits

• Repeals multiple outdated statutory sections and directs the revisor to renumber sections in chapters 16B and 16C with corresponding cross-reference updates