§ 5-22-15-21 — Promotion of purchase of supplies manufactured in the United States; rules

Indiana § 5-22-15-21

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 22: PUBLIC PURCHASING
• Ch. 15: Purchasing Preferences

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(a) This section does not apply to the state
lottery commission created by IC 4-30-3-1.
(b) A governmental body shall adopt rules to promote the purchase
of supplies manufactured in the United States.
(c) Rules adopted under subsection (b) shall provide that supplies
manufactured in the United States shall be specified and purchased
unless the governmental body determines that any of the following
apply:
(1) The supplies are not manufactured in the United States in
reasonably available quantities.
(2) The price of the supplies manufactured in the United States
exceeds by an unreasonable amount the price of available and
comparable supplies manufactured outside the United States.
(3) The quality of the supplies is substantially less than the quality
of comparably priced available supplies manufactured outside the
United States.
(4) The purchase of supplies manufactured in the United States is
not in the public interest.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.