May 12, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Moolenaar, LaJoy, Middaugh, Hager, Huizenga, Milosch, Sheen, DeRoche, Ward, Palsrok, Palmer, Kooiman and Walker and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 623a and 1274 (MCL 380.623a and 380.1274),
section 623a as amended by 1990 PA 159 and section 1274 as
amended by 1994 PA 416.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 623a. (1) An intermediate school board shall adopt
2 written policies governing the procurement of supplies,
3 materials, and
equipment. An
4 (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), an
5 intermediate school district shall not purchase an item or a
6 group of items purchased in a single transaction costing
7 $12,500.00 $17,932.00 or more unless competitive bids are
8 obtained for those items and the purchase of those items is
9 approved by the intermediate school board. The maximum amount
1 specified in this section shall be adjusted each year by
2 multiplying the amount for the immediately preceding year by the
3 percentage by which the average consumer price index for all
4 items for the 12 months ending August 31 of the year in which the
5 adjustment is made differs from that index's average for the
6 12 months ending on August 31 of the immediately preceding year
7 and adding that product to the maximum amount that applied in the
8 immediately preceding year, rounding to the nearest whole
9 dollar.
10 (3) An intermediate school district is not required to obtain
11 competitive bids for items purchased through the cooperative bulk
12 purchasing program operated by the department of management and
13 budget under section 263(3) of the management and budget act,
14 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1263.
15 Sec. 1274. (1) The board of a school district or board of
16 directors of a public school academy shall adopt written policies
17 governing the procurement of supplies, materials, and equipment.
18 A
19 (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a school
20 district or public school academy shall not purchase an item or a
21 group of items in a
single transaction costing $12,500.00
22 $17,932.00 or more unless competitive bids are obtained for those
23 items and the purchase of those items is approved by the school
24 board or board of directors. The maximum amount specified in
25 this subsection shall be adjusted each year by multiplying the
26 amount for the immediately preceding year by the percentage by
27 which the average consumer price index for all items for the
1 12 months ending August 31 of the year in which the adjustment is
2 made differs from that index's average for the 12 months ending
3 on August 31 of the immediately preceding year and adding that
4 product to the maximum amount that applied in the immediately
5 preceding year, rounding to the nearest whole dollar.
6 (3) A school district or public school academy is not
7 required to obtain competitive bids for items purchased through
8 the cooperative bulk purchasing program operated by the
9 department of management and budget under section 263(3) of the
10 management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1263.
11 (4) (2) The
board of a school district or local act school
12 district or board of directors of a public school academy may
13 acquire by purchase, lease, or rental, with or without option to
14 purchase, equipment necessary for the operation of the school
15 program, including, but not limited to, heating, water heating,
16 and cooking equipment for school buildings, and may pay for the
17 equipment from operating funds of the district or public school
18 academy. Heating and cooking equipment may be purchased on a
19 title retaining contract or other form of agreement creating a
20 security interest and pledging in payment money in the general
21 fund or funds received from state school aid. The contracts may
22 extend for not more than 10 years.
23 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
24 effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____
25 (request no. 06973'04) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into
26 law.