The purpose of this article is to further the state's policy of encouraging disabled persons to achieve maximum personal independence by engaging in productive activities and in addition to provide state agencies, institutions and political subdivisions with a method for achieving conformity with purchasing procedures and requirements of nondiscrimination, affirmative action, in employment matters related […]
A central nonprofit agency approved by the director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services is established for the purpose of coordinating purchases under the provisions of section ten, article three of this chapter, between various “spending units” of the state and “nonprofit workshops.” This agency shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Represent qualified nonprofit workshops […]
(a) The committee for the purchase of commodities and services from the handicapped is hereby created as a part of the Department of Administration and shall be composed of the following six members who are to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate: A private citizen who is conversant […]
The committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (a) Determining the fair market price of all commodities, printing and services produced by nonprofit workshops and offered for sale by the central nonprofit agency to the various departments and political subdivisions of the state. Prices shall be revised periodically to reflect changing market conditions. (b) […]
The committee may adopt rules for the implementation, extension, administration, or improvement of the program authorized by this article.
The purchasing unit is exempt from the operation of the mandatory provisions of section ten, article three of this chapter when: (1) The director of purchasing determines that the commodity or service so produced or provided does not meet the reasonable requirements of the purchasing unit;
