The legislature did not make any significant changes in the public purchasing and contracting laws this session. Most of the legislation described below makes corrections and conforming changes relating to local school purchasing requirements. These requirements were changed significantly last session,1 and some technical corrections included in a bill that failed last session were enacted this year. This summary does not include the purely technical changes but instead focuses on a few substantive corrections that will be of interest to local school officials. Several minor changes affecting public purchasing and contracting more broadly are included as well and will be of interest to local and state government purchasing officials.
As a result of a highly publicized misuse of funds by a nonprofit organization that received funds from the state, the legislature established some significant new reporting requirements for non-state agencies and legislators connected to nonprofit organizations that may be affected by legislative actions. These new provisions are summarized in this chapter.
