SB 568 – Prohibits a workforce development agency from knowingly omitting from any bidding process an entity with whom it has a contract

• Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal
• LR Number: 4328S.01I
• Committee: Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government
• Last Action: 1/15/2014 - Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
• Journal Page: S92
• Effective Date: August 28, 2014

Current Bill Summary

SB 568 - This act prohibits any workforce development agency from knowingly omitting from any bidding process an entity with whom it has a contract. An agency must repay an omitted entity 25% of the total cost of the project as recovery for the lost opportunity to bid.

This act is identical to SB 172 (2013), SB 541 (2012), SB 32 (2011) and HB 1753 (2010).

MIKE HAMMANN