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Massachusetts General Court· H12Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

An Act updating Chapter 30B, the official text

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	SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $15,000.  
	SECTION 2. Section 4 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- 
	(a) Except as permitted pursuant to this section and section 7, for the procurement of a supply or service for a governmental body in the amount of $15,000 or greater, but not to exceed $100,000, a procurement officer shall seek written quotations from not fewer than 3 persons customarily providing the supply or service. The procurement officer shall record the: (i) names and addresses of all persons from whom quotations were sought; (ii) purchase description used for the procurement; (iii) names of the persons submitting quotations; and (iv) date and amount of each quotation. Such information shall be retained in the file required pursuant to section 3. A governmental body may require that any procurement for the governmental body in an amount of not more than $100,000 shall be subject to section 5 or section 6. 
	SECTION 3. Said section 4 of chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 21, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $15,000.  
	SECTION 4. Section 5 of chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 to 4, the words “$50,000 or, in the case of a municipal or regional school district, award of procurement contracts in the amount of more than $100,000,” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000. 
	SECTION 5. Said section 5 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 40 and 41, the words “$50,000, or, for a municipal or regional school district, more than”. 
	SECTION 6. Section 6 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “$50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000. 
	SECTION 7. Section 6A of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “$50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000,” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000. 
	SECTION 8. Section 7 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “$50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000,” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000. 
	SECTION 9. Section 15 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 21, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $15,000.  
	SECTION 10. Section 17 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- $15,000. 
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