FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2006

February 7, 2006

Mr. Speaker:

    Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 532

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 3, lines 4 through 12, strike Paragraph (3) in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new paragraph:

                "(3) sealed bids submitted electronically shall be opened publicly in the presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place designated in the invitation for bids. The amount of each bid and each bid item, if appropriate, and such other relevant information as may be specified by the state purchasing agent or a central purchasing office, together with the name of each bidder, shall be recorded, and the record and each bid shall be open to public inspection; and".

     2. On page 4, lines 10 through 21, strike Section 4 in its entirety.

     3. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.