TITLE 37
Public Property and Works
CHAPTER 37-2
State Purchases
SECTION 37-2-77
§ 37-2-77 International Trade Agreements
Procurement rules General Assembly approval.
(a) As used in this section, "International Trade Agreement" means a trade
agreement between the federal government and a foreign country to which the
state, at the request of the federal government, is a party. International
Trade Agreement does not include a trade agreement between the state and a
foreign country to which the federal government is not a party.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
state officials, including the governor, may not:
(1) Commit the state to the government procurement rules of
an "International Trade Agreement"; or
(2) Give consent to the federal government to commit the
state to the government procurement rules of an International Trade Agreement.
(c) The governor may commit the state or give consent to the
federal government to commit the state to the government procurement rules of
an International Trade Agreement only if the general assembly enacts
legislation that explicitly authorizes the governor to commit the state or give
consent to the federal government to commit the state to the government
procurement rules of a specific International Trade Agreement.
(d) Any consent that a state official, including the
governor, has given for the state to be committed by the government procurement
rules of any International Trade Agreement on or before the effective date of
this section [June 23, 2006] is declared invalid and the state is not
committed by the government procurement rules of any International Trade
Agreement for which a state official, including the governor, has given consent
for the state to be committed to on or before the effective date of this
section [June 23, 2006].
History of Section.
(P.L. 2006, ch. 171, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 647, § 1.)