HB-5481, As Passed House, April 25, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5481

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

 

"The management and budget act,"

 

by amending section 241 (MCL 18.1241), as amended by 2010 PA 22.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 241. (1) Except for the contracts permitted in section

 

240, a contract shall not be awarded for the construction, repair,

 

remodeling, or demolition of a facility unless the contract is let

 

pursuant to a bidding procedure that is approved by the board. The

 

department shall issue directives prescribing procedures to be used

 

to implement this section. The procedures shall require a

 

competitive solicitation in the award of any contract for

 

construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a facility. The

 

procedures shall require compliance with the Iran and other state

 


sponsors of terror economic sanctions act.

 

     (2) The department may award or approve the award, if the

 

board approves, of construction contracts to construct a project

 

for which the director is the agent and may expend, for the

 

purposes and in the manner set forth, the amounts appropriated. The

 

director is not the agent for a community college or institution of

 

higher education, but may act in that capacity upon the specific

 

request of a community college or institution of higher education.

 

     (3) In awarding a contract under this section, the department

 

shall give a preference of up to 10% of the amount of the contract

 

to a qualified disabled veteran, as defined in section 261. If the

 

qualified disabled veteran otherwise meets the requirements of the

 

contract solicitation and with the preference is the lowest bidder,

 

the department shall enter into a construction contract with the

 

qualified disabled veteran under this act. If 2 or more qualified

 

disabled veterans are the lowest bidders on a contract, all other

 

things being equal, the qualified disabled veteran with the lowest

 

bid shall be awarded the contract under this act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 5479 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.