Bill Text For SB0812 - Senate Floor Version

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 3|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE                                                   |
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 4|SENATE BILL NO. 812                  By: Dossett of the Senate         |
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 9|       An Act relating to state government; directing the              |
  |       State Purchasing Director to submit certain report;             |
10|       providing scope of certain report; providing for                |
  |       codification; and providing an effective date.                  |
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13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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14|    SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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15|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 85.49 of Title 74, unless there    |
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16|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:               |
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17|    Beginning on November 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the        |
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18|State Purchasing Director shall submit a written report to the         |
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19|President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of    |
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20|Representatives that includes, but is not limited to:                  |
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21|    1.  The number of state contracts awarded to businesses that       |
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22|have been in operation for less than five (5) years;                   |
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 1|    2.  The percentage of the number of state contracts awarded to     |
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 2|businesses that have been in operation for less than five (5) years    |
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 3|compared to the total number of state contracts awarded;               |
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 4|    3.  The total dollar amount of all state contracts awarded to      |
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 5|businesses that have been in operation for less than five (5) years;   |
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 6|    4.  The percentage of the total dollar amount of state contracts   |
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 7|awarded to businesses that have been in operation for less than five   |
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 8|(5) years compared to the total dollar amount of state contracts       |
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 9|awarded; and                                                           |
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10|    5.  Recommendations on improving access to state contracts for     |
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11|new Oklahoma businesses that have been in operation for less than      |
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12|five (5) years on or before November 1, 2024.                          |
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13|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.      |
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14|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT                   |
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