Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 471 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Roberts, Calvin

Final action

Governor Signed 3/27/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• authorizes the Department of Transportation to utilizes types of cooperative purchasing agreements for the procurement of transit vehicles; and
• makes technical corrections.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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63G-6a-107.6
63G-6a-109
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Transportation Procurement Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Calvin Roberts
Senate Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses procurements by the Department of Transportation.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
authorizes the Department of Transportation to utilize types of cooperative purchasing 
agreements for the procurement of transit vehicles; and
makes technical corrections.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63G-6a-107.6
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 291, 522
63G-6a-109
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 421
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
63G-6a-107.6
 is amended to read:
63G-6a-107.6
. Exemptions from chapter.
(1)
Except for this Subsection (1), the provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
(a)
a public entity's acquisition of a procurement item from another public entity; or
(b)
a public entity that is not a procurement unit, including the Colorado River Authority 
of Utah as provided in Section 
63M-14-210
.
(2)
Unless otherwise provided by statute and except for this Subsection (2), the provisions 
of this chapter do not apply to the acquisition or disposal of real property or an interest 
in real property.
(3)
Except for this Subsection (3) and Part 24, Unlawful Conduct and Penalties, the 
provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
(a)
funds administered under the Percent-for-Art Program of the Utah Percent-for-Art 
Act;
(b)
a grant;
(c)
medical supplies or medical equipment, including service agreements for medical 
equipment, obtained by the University of Utah Hospital or the Department of Health 
and Human Services through a purchasing consortium if:
(i)
the consortium uses a competitive procurement process; and
(ii)
the chief administrative officer of the hospital or the executive director of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, as the case may be, makes a written 
finding that the prices for purchasing medical supplies and medical equipment 
through the consortium are competitive with market prices;
(d)
the purchase of firefighting supplies or equipment by the Division of Forestry, Fire, 
and State Lands, created in Section 
65A-1-4
, through the federal General Services 
Administration or the National Fire Cache system;
(e)
supplies purchased for resale to the public; 
(f)
activities related to the management of investments by a public entity granted 
investment authority by law; or
(g)
activities of the Utah water agent appointed under Section 
73-10g-702
;
(h)
transit vehicles procured by the Department of Transportation through a purchasing 
consortium, cooperative purchasing agreement, or an interagency agreement if:
(i)
the contracting party for the acquisition of the transit vehicle from the vendor is:
(A)
a public entity;
(B)
another state government; or
(C)
a public transit district in another state;
(ii)
the transit vehicle is intended to be used for, or in connection with, a public 
transit service within the state; and
(iii)
the procurement of the transit vehicle is in the best interest of the state
.
(4)
This chapter does not supersede the requirements for retention or withholding of 
construction proceeds and release of construction proceeds as provided in Section 
13-8-5
.
(5)
Except for this Subsection (5), the provisions of this chapter do not apply to a 
procurement unit's hiring a mediator, arbitrator, or arbitration panel member to 
participate in the procurement unit's dispute resolution efforts.
Section 2, Section 
63G-6a-109
 is amended to read:
63G-6a-109
. Issuing procurement unit and conducting procurement unit.
(1)
With respect to a procurement by an executive branch procurement unit, except for a 
procurement by an executive branch procurement unit that, under 
Subsection 
63G-6a-103(38)(b)
, 
(c)
, 
(d)
, or 
(e)
Section 
63G-6a-103
, is 
designated
defined
 as an 
independent procurement unit:
(a)
the division is the issuing procurement unit; and
(b)
the executive branch procurement unit is the conducting procurement unit and is 
responsible to ensure that the procurement is conducted in compliance with this 
chapter.
(2)
With respect to a procurement by any other procurement unit, the procurement unit is 
both the issuing procurement unit and the conducting procurement unit.
(3)
A conducting procurement unit is responsible for contract administration.
Section 3. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
3-13-25 2:27 PM