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2001 SESSION
HB 1426 Correctional enterprises; CEAB and Dept. of Corr. to report on status.
Introduced by: James K. (Jay) O'Brien, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Corrections; Virginia Correctional Enterprises. Provides for the July 1, 2002, elimination of the mandatory source requirement for departments, institutions and agencies, supported in whole or in part with funds from the state treasury, to purchase articles and services produced or manufactured by persons confined in state correctional facilities. The bill also requires Virginia Correctional Enterprises to comply with the Public Procurement Act and prohibits VCE from (i) using special bidding practices; (ii) the using the drawings, specifications, quotations or other proprietary information developed by private companies to develop a bid; and (iii) employing design personnel. The bill clarifies that only the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply is authorized to grant exemptions from the mandatory source requirement, while it remains in effect, and that the Director is required to make determinations regarding requests for such exemptions within 30 days of receipt. The Virginia Correctional Enterprises Advisory Board and Department of Corrections must report to the Governor and the General Assembly in 2001, 2002 and 2003 regarding the status of and progress made towards the elimination of the mandatory source requirement. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Prison Industries.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 003531872 pdf
- 02/15/00 House: Printed as engrossed 003531872-E pdf
- 12/13/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 013280872-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 003531872
- 01/24/00 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/27/00 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 2
- 02/11/00 House: Reported from General Laws with amd (25-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/00 House: Read first time
- 02/14/00 House: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/00 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/15/00 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/15/00 House: Motion to refer to App. committee rejected
- 02/15/00 House: Engrossed by House
- 02/15/00 House: Printed as engrossed 003531872-E
- 02/15/00 House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N)
- 02/15/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (86-Y 12-N)
- 02/15/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/17/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/25/00 Senate: Continued to 2001 in R. & S. S. (15-Y 0-N)
- 12/08/00 Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. w/substitute (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 12/08/00 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 12/13/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 013280872-S1
- 02/21/01 Senate: Left in Finance