AB 480 — Authorizes the assessment of an administrative fee on certain public purchases. (BDR 27-899)

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480–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS (O NB EHALF OF THE O FFICE OF FINANCE IN THEO FFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ) M ARCH 27, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Authorizes the assessment of an administrative fee on certain public purchases.

(BDR 27-899) FISCAL NOTE:

EfEffect on the State:

Yes.

No.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Under existing law, the State Purchasing Act requires the Administrator of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration to purchase or contractcontractthe for supplies, materials, equipment and certain services or the rental or lease of equipment on behalf of certain officers, departments, institutions, boards, commissions and other agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government.

(NRS 333.150, 333.165) Additionally, certain governmental entities which are not required to conduct their purchasing or contracting through the Purchasing333.470) DivisionExisting maylaw voluntarilyalso electauthorizes the Administrator to douse so.on-line bidding to receive proposals or bids in response to a request for proposals or invitation to bid.

(NRS 332.135,333.313) 333.469,This 333.470)bill Existingauthorizes lawthe alsoAdministrator authorizesto assess an administrative fee to be paid by vendors from whom the Administrator tohas useobtained on-linesupplies, biddingmaterials, more of the agencies of the Executive Department which are required to receiveconduct proposalsor their purchasing and contracting through the Purchasing Division or bidscertain ingovernmental responseentities which voluntarily elect to aconduct requesttheir forpurchasing proposalsor contracting through the Purchasing Division, or invitationany tocombination bid.thereof.

(NRSThe 333.313)Purchasing byDivision vendorsis fromauthorized whomto use the Administratormoney hascollected obtainedfrom supplies,this materials,efee to beoffset paidits equipmentoperating andexpenses, servicesincluding pursuant to a single contract or order on behalf of two or more of the agenciescosts of theestablishing Executive Department which are required to conduct their purchasing and contractingmaintaining throughan theon- Purchasingline Divisionbidding system or certaina governmentalcomputer entitiessystem which voluntarily elect to conductassist theirwith purchasing or contracting through the Purchasingprocurement Division,process. or any combination thereof.

TheEXPLANATION - *AB480* – 2Matter –in Purchasingbolded Divisionitalics is authorizednew; to use the money collected from this fee to offset line bidding system or a computer system to assist with the procurement process.n- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

The fee must be based on - 79th Session (2017) – 2 – the using agency’s use of the procurement and inventory services of the Purchasing Division during preceding years.

If the Purchasing Division has obtained supplies, materials, equipment or services pursuant to a single contract or order from a vendor on behalf of two or more using agencies or governmental entities which have obtained supplies, materials, equipment or services on a voluntary basis from the Purchasing Division pursuant to NRS 333.469 or 333.470, or any combination thereof, the Administrator may assess and collect from the vendor an administrative fee in an amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total cost of the supplies, materials, equipment or services.

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