SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1828

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES CUNNINGHAM, HILGEMANN (Co-sponsors),

OSTMANN AND BEARDEN.

Read 1st time February 6, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

3962L.01I

AN ACT

To repeal section 177.086, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to competitive bids for various school projects.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 177.086, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 177.086, to read as follows:

177.086. 1. Any school district authorizing the purchase of goods or services, the retention of outside consultants for various projects, or the construction of facilities which may exceed an expenditure of [twelve thousand five hundred] twenty-five thousand dollars shall publicly advertise[, for two successive weeks,] in a newspaper of general publication, located within the county in which said school district is located, or if there be no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general publication in an adjoining county, or business or trade newspapers, for bids on said [construction] work for two days. It shall be sufficient notice for a school district to place a minimal notice in the newspaper pursuant to this subsection directing attention to full notice when the district also posts a full notice at the school district building headquarters and, if applicable, on the Internet.

2. No bids shall be entertained by the school district which are not made in accordance with the specifications furnished by them and all contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the terms of the letting, provided that the said school district shall have the right to reject any and all bids.

3. All bids must be submitted sealed and in writing, to be opened publicly at time and place of the district's choosing.

4. If a board of education, by unanimous decision of the whole board, declares the purchase of goods or services, the retention of outside consultants for various projects, or the repair of a structure an emergency, the requirements of subsection 1 of this section shall be waived. The necessity of such action must be the result of an unanticipated occurrence. The district shall make a reasonable effort to secure competitive bids for such purchases, hirings, repairs, or replacements.


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