| Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Transmitted to Governor for action.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3702. Purchasing - Increases flexibility extended to municipalities to prescribe, by ordinance, which purchases require public advertising and competitive bidding and which purchases require competitive bidding, if possible, but no public advertising by increasing the dollar amount from $10,000 to $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4003 / *HB3702 Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4003 / *HB3702 This bill increases the maximum amount that municipal governing bodies may by ordinance increase the dollar amount required for public advertisement and competitive bidding from $10,000 to $25,000. ON MARCH 27, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4003, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to allow the municipal [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Companion Senate Bill Substituted
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4003. Purchasing - Increases flexibility extended to municipalities to prescribe, by ordinance, which purchases require public advertising and competitive bidding and which purchases require competitive bidding, if possible, but no public advertising by increasing the dollar amount from $10,000 to $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB3702 / SB4003 Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3702 / SB4003 This bill increases the maximum amount that municipal governing bodies may by ordinance increase the dollar amount required for public advertisement and competitive bidding from $10,000 to $25,000. ON MARCH 27, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4003, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to allow the municipal [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3257. Public Contracts - Requires that the majority ownership interest for any contractor providing public safety-related goods or services to state or local government must be domestically owned. - Fiscal Summary for *HB3071 / SB3257Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $500,000 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $200,000 Bill Summary for *HB3071 / SB3257 This bill requires that the majority ownership of any business enterprise supplying public safety-related goods or services to any unit of state or local government must be vested in one or more companies or corporations domiciled in the United States. For purposes of this bill, "public safety-related goods or services" means essential equipment used for law enforcement, traffic safety, firefighting, or correctional services. This bill would [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Govt. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3071. Public Contracts - Requires that the majority ownership interest for any contractor providing public safety-related goods or services to state or local government must be domestically owned. - Fiscal Summary for SB3257 / *HB3071Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $500,000 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $200,000 Bill Summary for SB3257 / *HB3071 This bill requires that the majority ownership of any business enterprise supplying public safety-related goods or services to any unit of state or local government must be vested in one or more companies or corporations domiciled in the United States. For purposes of this bill, "public safety-related goods or services" means essential equipment used for law enforcement, traffic safety, firefighting, or correctional services. This bill would [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Govt. Comm.
Bill TextPublic Property - Prohibits governmental entities from purchasing goods or services from vendors who charge usurious interest rates to citizens. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 12. Fiscal Summary for *SB3598Increase State Expenditures - $111,200/One-Time $123,800/Recurring Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 | | Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: State & Local Government Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3363. Purchasing - Requires a municipality to first obtain an independent appraisal of the fair market value of real property to be acquired prior to purchasing or entering in a contract for the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of the real property. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3306 / *SB3363 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for HB3306 / *SB3363 ON APRIL 21, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND RESET SENATE BILL 3363, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that this bill must not be construed to require a municipality to obtain an independent appraisal of the fair market value of real property that was a gift to the municipality. AMENDMENT #2 removes "leases" from this bill, so that it will only apply to purchases and lease-purchases. | | Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Re-Referred to Senate Calendar Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3306. Purchasing - Requires a municipality to first obtain an independent appraisal of the fair market value of real property to be acquired prior to purchasing or entering in a contract for the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of the real property. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB3363 / HB3306 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for *SB3363 / HB3306 ON APRIL 21, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND RESET SENATE BILL 3363, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that this bill must not be construed to require a municipality to obtain an independent appraisal of the fair market value of real property that was a gift to the municipality. AMENDMENT #2 removes "leases" from this bill, so that it will only apply to purchases and lease-purchases. | | Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3031. Water Authorities - Imposes certain bidding requirements upon water and wastewater authorities. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *HB2952 / SB3031Decrease Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Exceeds $25,000 Bill Summary for *HB2952 / SB3031 This bill requires wastewater treatment authorities to utilize competitive bidding or competitive proposals prior to making a purchase, lease, or lease purchase. This requirement applies only if the purchase, lease, or lease purchase exceeds the amount established in the County Purchasing Law of 1983, which is $10,000. This bill requires water and waste water treatment authorities to follow the procedure for competitive bidding in accordance with the county purchasing law of the county in which the authority is located. | | Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of St&L Comm
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2952. Water Authorities - Imposes certain bidding requirements upon water and wastewater authorities. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for SB3031 / *HB2952Decrease Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Exceeds $25,000 Bill Summary for SB3031 / *HB2952 This bill requires wastewater treatment authorities to utilize competitive bidding or competitive proposals prior to making a purchase, lease, or lease purchase. This requirement applies only if the purchase, lease, or lease purchase exceeds the amount established in the County Purchasing Law of 1983, which is $10,000. This bill requires water and waste water treatment authorities to follow the procedure for competitive bidding in accordance with the county purchasing law of the county in which the authority is located. | | Latest Action: 05/07/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 84
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1471. Purchasing - Revises the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983 to exempt certain purchases authorized by an ordinance or private act of a municipal government in addition to those purchases exempt under present law. - Amends TCA Title 6. Fiscal Summary for SB2056 / *HB1471Other Fiscal Impact - To the extent that municipalities adopt purchasing guidelines that are more stringent than those included in the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983, there is estimated to be a decrease in expenditures for those municipalities. To the extent that municipalities adopt less stringent purchasing guidelines, there is estimated to be an increase in expenditures for those municipalities. Bill Summary for SB2056 / *HB1471 ON APRIL 16, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2056, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 386
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1723. Purchasing - Allows counties and municipalities to purchase secondhand articles, goods, equipment, materials, supplies, or commodities from federal, state, or local government agencies without public advertisement and competitive bidding and from private entities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1003. Fiscal Summary for HB1788 / *SB1723 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1788 / *SB1723 Present law authorizes a municipality to purchase from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency secondhand items without public advertisement and competitive bidding. This bill revises the above provision to authorize counties as well as municipalities to purchase used or secondhand items from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency without public [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 583
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1722. Purchasing - Establishes guidelines allowing municipalities and governmental utility boards to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services instead of competitive sealed bids under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for HB1789 / *SB1722 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB1789 / *SB1722 This bill authorizes a municipality to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services rather than competitive sealed bids when the purchasing agent, acting under the restrictions and requirements of this bill and a procurement code adopted by the municipality's governing body, determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous to the municipality. The procurement code must provide that competitive sealed proposals [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 122
Bill TextSurplus Property - Amends the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to grant counties clear authority to conduct sales of surplus property by means of on-line auctions or Internet-based auctions. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-108. Fiscal Summary for HB1500 / *SB0750 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive | | Latest Action: 05/07/2007 - Public Chapter 84
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2056. Purchasing - Revises the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983 to exempt certain purchases authorized by an ordinance or private act of a municipal government in addition to those purchases exempt under present law. - Amends TCA Title 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB1471 / SB2056Other Fiscal Impact - To the extent that municipalities adopt purchasing guidelines that are more stringent than those included in the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983, there is estimated to be a decrease in expenditures for those municipalities. To the extent that municipalities adopt less stringent purchasing guidelines, there is estimated to be an increase in expenditures for those municipalities. Bill Summary for *HB1471 / SB2056 ON APRIL 16, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2056, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Governor Comm.
Bill TextPurchasing - Requires municipal utilities give preference for products made by Tennessee businesses in bid process for procuring equipment and products. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56. Fiscal Summary for *SB1016 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 | | Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee State Government of S&LG of State & Local Government Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1113. Public Contracts - Enacts "Keep Jobs in Tennessee Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 12. Fiscal Summary for *HB0870 / SB1113 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $4,600,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $1,000,000* Bill Summary for *HB0870 / SB1113 This bill requires the following for all state contracts, local contracts funded with state dollars, and state-funded development assistance: (1) No state contract or development assistance may be awarded to any contractor who performs the work being contracted for or assisted at a site outside the U.S.; (2) Each vendor who submits a bid or contract to provide services and all applicants for development assistance must certify that the services covered by the contract or assistance will be performed in the U.S.; and [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Public Chapter 583
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1789. Purchasing - Establishes guidelines allowing municipalities and governmental utility boards to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services instead of competitive sealed bids under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *SB1722 / HB1789 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB1722 / HB1789 This bill authorizes a municipality to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services rather than competitive sealed bids when the purchasing agent, acting under the restrictions and requirements of this bill and a procurement code adopted by the municipality's governing body, determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous to the municipality. The procurement code must provide that competitive sealed proposals [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Govt. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0870. Public Contracts - Enacts "Keep Jobs in Tennessee Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 12. Fiscal Summary for SB1113 / *HB0870 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $4,600,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $1,000,000* Bill Summary for SB1113 / *HB0870 This bill requires the following for all state contracts, local contracts funded with state dollars, and state-funded development assistance: (1) No state contract or development assistance may be awarded to any contractor who performs the work being contracted for or assisted at a site outside the U.S.; (2) Each vendor who submits a bid or contract to provide services and all applicants for development assistance must certify that the services covered by the contract or assistance will be performed in the U.S.; and [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Public Chapter 386
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1788. Purchasing - Allows counties and municipalities to purchase secondhand articles, goods, equipment, materials, supplies, or commodities from federal, state, or local government agencies without public advertisement and competitive bidding and from private entities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1003. Fiscal Summary for *SB1723 / HB1788 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1723 / HB1788 Present law authorizes a municipality to purchase from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency secondhand items without public advertisement and competitive bidding. This bill revises the above provision to authorize counties as well as municipalities to purchase used or secondhand items from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency without public [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/17/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate S&L Govt. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0690. Purchasing - Authorizes department of general services to use best-value procurement methodology and authorizes commissioner of general services to authorize the procurement of goods in which the vendor's liability is limited. - Amends TCA Title 12. Fiscal Summary for SB1729 / *HB0690 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB1729 / *HB0690 Generally, state contracts are awarded by competitive sealed bidding by the department of general services. This bill authorizes the department to use the best-value procurement methodology for purchase of goods and services when the department determines that use of such methodology is in the best interest of the state. This bill requires the department to develop purchasing policies and procedures to be followed when using best-value procurement methods including criteria for selection [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/03/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: State & Local Government Committee
Bill TextPurchasing - Deletes statutory provision that prevents local governments from purchasing motor vehicles included in federal general administration contracts or federal open purchase contracts. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB0577 / SB0877 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant | | Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee State Government of S&LG of State & Local Government Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1729. Purchasing - Authorizes department of general services to use best-value procurement methodology and authorizes commissioner of general services to authorize the procurement of goods in which the vendor's liability is limited. - Amends TCA Title 12. Fiscal Summary for *HB0690 / SB1729 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0690 / SB1729 Generally, state contracts are awarded by competitive sealed bidding by the department of general services. This bill authorizes the department to use the best-value procurement methodology for purchase of goods and services when the department determines that use of such methodology is in the best interest of the state. This bill requires the department to develop purchasing policies and procedures to be followed when using best-value procurement methods including criteria for selection [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Public Chapter 122
Bill TextSurplus Property - Amends the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to grant counties clear authority to conduct sales of surplus property by means of on-line auctions or Internet-based auctions. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-108. Fiscal Summary for *SB0750 / HB1500 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive | | Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Governor Comm.
Bill TextPurchasing - Deletes statutory provision that prevents local governments from purchasing motor vehicles included in federal general administration contracts or federal open purchase contracts. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for SB0877 / *HB0577 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant | | Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 135
Bill TextCounty Government - Raises the amount over which competitive bids are required for county purchases under the general fund from $5,000 to $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14. Fiscal Summary for SB0319 / *HB0216 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive | | Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Action Deferred in Senate S&L Govt. Comm. to 4/15/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0135. Purchasing - Creates additional exception to competitive bidding for purchases made on established catalogue price; authorizes participation in multi-state cooperative purchasing arrangements; authorizes utilization of certain techniques in the procurement of state services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 12, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for SB0229 / *HB0135Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB0229 / *HB0135 Generally, present law requires that state contracts be awarded by competitive sealed bidding by the department of general services, but there are exceptions for sole source purchases, emergency purchases, negotiations with vendors who maintain a general services administration price agreement, competitive negotiations, purchase of utilities and services for which a rate has [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Public Chapter 135
Bill TextCounty Government - Raises the amount over which competitive bids are required for county purchases under the general fund from $5,000 to $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14. Fiscal Summary for *HB0216 / SB0319 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive | | Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee State Government of S&LG of State & Local Government Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0229. Purchasing - Creates additional exception to competitive bidding for purchases made on established catalogue price; authorizes participation in multi-state cooperative purchasing arrangements; authorizes utilization of certain techniques in the procurement of state services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 12, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB0135 / SB0229Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0135 / SB0229 Generally, present law requires that state contracts be awarded by competitive sealed bidding by the department of general services, but there are exceptions for sole source purchases, emergency purchases, negotiations with vendors who maintain a general services administration price agreement, competitive negotiations, purchase of utilities and services for which a rate has [...] show full description |
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