ENGROSSED

H. B. 2230


(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chambers, and

Delegates Leach and Smirl)
[Introduced January 25, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]


A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-three, article twenty-seven, chapter eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing the threshold for purchases that must be made by competitive sealed bid.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-three, article twenty-seven, chapter eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 27. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS -- URBAN MASS

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.

ยง8-27-23. Competitive bids; publication of solicitation for sealed bids.

A purchase of or contract for all supplies, equipment and materials and a contract for the construction of facilities by any authority, when the expenditure required exceeds the sum of five ten thousand dollars, shall be based on competitive sealed bids: Provided, That there are specifically excepted from the aforesaid requirement purchases of and contracts for replacement parts for urban mass transportation vehicles previously purchased by such the authority. Such The bids shall be obtained by public notice published as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such the publication shall be the service area of such the authority. Such The publication shall be made at least fourteen days before the final date for submitting bids. In addition to such the publication, the notice may also be published by any other advertising medium such the authority may deem advisable, and such the authority may also solicit sealed bids by sending requests by mail to prospective suppliers and by posting notice on a bulletin board in the office of such authority.