Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2012/RS/com_amends/HB4263%20H%20JUD%20AM%202-22%20_1.htm
Timestamp: 2018-01-18 10:36:03
Document Index: 441774380

Matched Legal Cases: ['§5', '§5', '§5', '§5', '§5', '§5']

HB4263 H JUD AM 2-22 #1
“That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new chapter, designated §5I-1-1, §5I-1-2, §5I-1-3, §5I-1-4, §5I-1-5 and §5I-1-6, all to read as follows:
(c) That the application of the preference would be shall not be required if the State or the public agency determines one or more of the following:
(a) If any contractor seeks a waiver from the requirements of the West Virginia Buy American Act, or seeks to use foreign construction material on a project, it shall seek a waiver from the provisions of the act from the state agency or public agency administering the contract.
(b)(1) Any waiver request submitted by a contractor must include adequate information for the state or the public agency to evaluate the request, including:
(4) Any contractor request for a waiver or exemption submitted after contract award shall explain why the contractor could not reasonably foresee the need for such determination and could not have requested the waiver before contract award. If the contractor does not submit a satisfactory explanation, the request may be summarily denied by the state agency or public agency.
(c) If the state agency or public agency determines after contract award that an exception to the West Virginia Buy America act applies, the state or public construction contract may be modified to allow for the use of the foreign construction material. However, when the basis for the waiver or exception is the unreasonable cost of a domestic construction material, the cost difference may not be less than the differential established in subparagraph one, paragraph (c), section three of this article.
(d) Unless the state agency or public agency determines that an exception applies, use of foreign construction material on a project subject to the provisions of this article to be noncompliant and in violation of this article.
(e) Whenever a state agency or public agency grants an exception to the requirement to use domestic construction materials on a project that is subject to this article, it shall:
(1) Publish in the State Register a detailed written justification as to why the waiver was granted;
(2) Receive comments and information on the granted waiver. (f) If it finds after notice and comment that the information supplied by the contractor in support of the waiver request was inaccurate or misleading, it may rescind the granted waiver or exception.
(b) Limitation on Applicability of Waivers to Products Produced in Certain Foreign Countries. -- The waiver procedures and exceptions granted thereto under this article do not apply to products produced in a foreign country if the head of the state or public agency, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that:
(1) The foreign country is a party to an agreement with the United States and pursuant to that agreement the head of the state or public agency has waived the requirements of this section; and
(B) Combined with other raw material to create a material that has different properties than the properties of the individual raw materials.”