Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB91%20INTR.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=91
Timestamp: 2017-08-19 07:52:51
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SB 91 Text
Introduced Version Senate Bill 91 History
[Introduced January 8, 2014; referred to the Committee on Labor; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-5a; to amend and reenact §15-2-10 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-23b; and to amend and reenact §18B-5-4 of said code, all relating to requiring all uniforms purchased by the state to be used or worn by employees of the state, including State Police officers, State Board of Education employees and employees of state institutions of higher education, to be manufactured in the United States; providing an effective date; and removing an outdated provision.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-5a; that §15-2-10 of said code be amended and reenacted; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-23b; and that §18B-5-4 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
§5A-3-5a. Uniforms to be made in the United States.
The director shall promulgate and adopt standards that require all uniforms worn or used by employees of the state, including, but not limited to, the employees of the boards and agencies identified in section one, article two, chapter five-f of this code, be manufactured in the United States. Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, these standards apply to every future purchase of uniforms after June 30, 2014. No purchase by any spending unit is exempt from compliance with these standards.
(b) The standard uniform used by the West Virginia State Police identified in subsection (a) of this section purchased after June 30, 2014 shall be manufactured in the United States.
(b) (c) The superintendent shall establish the weapons and enforcement equipment which are authorized for use by members of the State Police and shall provide for periodic inspection of the weapons and equipment. He or she shall provide for the discipline of members using other than authorized weapons and enforcement equipment.
§18-2-23b. Purchase of uniforms; made in the United States.
The West Virginia Board of Education, through the state superintendent of schools, shall promulgate and establish standards requiring all uniforms worn or used by employees of the State Board of Education purchased after June 30, 2014 to be manufactured in the United States.
(a) The council, commission and each governing board shall purchase or acquire all materials, supplies, equipment, services and printing required for that governing board or the council or commission, as appropriate, and the state institutions of higher education under their jurisdiction, except the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively, are subject to subsection (d) of this section.
(9) Purchases after June 30, 2014 of uniforms to be used or worn by employees of a state institution of higher learning shall be manufactured in the United States; and
(9) (10) No fewer than three bids are obtained when bidding is required, except if fewer than three bids are submitted, an award may be made from among those received.
(4) Use purchase cards under terms approved for the commission, the council and governing boards of state institutions of higher education and participate in any expanded program of use as provided in subsection (u) (t) of this section.
(k) All purchases and acquisitions shall be made in consideration and within limits of available appropriations and funds and in accordance with applicable provisions of article two, chapter five-a of this code relating to expenditure schedules and quarterly allotments of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, only those purchases exceeding the dollar amount for competitive sealed bids in this section are required to be encumbered and they may be entered into the state's centralized accounting system by the staff of the commission, council or governing boards to satisfy the requirements of article two, chapter five-a of this code to determine whether the amount of the purchase is within the quarterly allotment of the commission, council or governing board, is in accordance with the approved expenditure schedule and otherwise conforms to the article.
(t) (s) Consultant services, such as strategic planning services, do not preclude or inhibit the governing boards, council or commission from considering any qualified bid or response for delivery of a product or a commodity because of the rendering of those consultant services.
(u) (t) Purchasing card use may be expanded by the council, commission and state institutions of higher education pursuant to this subsection.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require all uniforms purchased by the state to be used or worn by employees of the state and its agencies to be manufactured in the United States. The bill requires employee uniforms purchased by the State Board of Education and state institutions of higher education to be made in the United States. The bill provides an effective date of July 1, 2014. The bill also deletes a subsection that refers to a code section that was repealed in 2010.
§5A-3-5a and §18-2-23b are new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.