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Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing materials, labor,, the official text

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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 98

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 546

                                              By Representative Cochran

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 509

                                                     By Senator Walley

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 12-3-1205, relative to
cooperative purchasing.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 12-3-1205(b)(4)(B), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting instead:

                    (B) Purchases of construction, engineering, or architectural services, or
          construction materials. As used in this subdivision (b)(4)(8), "construction" and
          "construction materials" does not include:

                              (i) Materials used in the operation of a municipal utility system, including,
                    but not limited to, transformers, conductors, insulators, poles, cross-arms,
                    anchors, pipes, valves, meters, or other components or parts of a utility system,
                    whether purchased in accordance with a purchasing agreement with the
                    Tennessee Valley authority or another purchasing arrangement; or

                              (ii) Materials, labor, and services used for maintenance, operations,
                    component replacement, or repairs of existing facilities and grounds owned or
                    operated by a local education agency or by a local government agency; or

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 546

PASSED:  March 10, 2025

                         CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                      RANDY MC\IALLY
                         SPEAKER OF THE SE!NATE

APPROVED this {)..'Qt!. day of (Y\o,.nb  2025

BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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