HOUSE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 55
The Honorable Ben Lujan and
Members of the House of Representatives
Honorable Speaker and Members of the House:
I have this day VETOED and am returning HOUSE BILL
108, with emergency clause,
enacted by the Forty-Fifth
Legislature, First Session, 2001.
The
current Public School Code provides for the transportation of students through
school bus service contracts with owner-operators or fleet operators. Certain restrictions apply. Local school board approval is required and
compliance with the Procurement Code is mandatory.
This
legislation would sweep aside the competitive bidding process for student bus
services by allowing an individual owner-operator to convert to a fleet
operator.
This
wholesale statutory carve-out from the Procurement Code and “any other
provision of law to the contrary” may prove to be inequitable and inefficient
as it tends to discourage competition for school bus transportation services.
Sincerely,
Gary E. Johnson
Governor
RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR:
Time: _____________________ By:_____________________________
Secretary
of State
Date ______________________
Time:______________________
Date_______________________ By:_____________________________
Chief Clerk of the
House
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