Introduced By: Representatives Bierman, Rabideau, Cambio, Naughton and Dennigan
Date Introduced : February 3, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 37-2-43 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-2 entitled "State Purchases" is hereby amended to read as follows:
37-2-43. Contract clauses and their administration. -- (1) The chief purchasing officer is authorized to issue regulations permitting or requiring the insertion, in contracts for the procurement of supplies or services, of appropriate clauses to enable the chief purchasing officer to effect desired changes and modifications to those contracts.
(2) The chief purchasing officer shall issue regulations relating
to the termination of contracts for the procurement of supplies
or services {DEL for the DEL} {ADD in the event of (a) ADD}
default of the contractor {ADD , or (b) upon notification to said
chief purchasing officer by the director to the Department of
Environmental Management that there has been a final adjudication
or other resolution, as a result of which a fine of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) or more has been imposed, that a contractor has
violated any state law or regulation pertaining to the protection
of fresh water wetlands (chapter 2-1), coastal wetlands, (chapter
46-23), air quality (chapter 23-23), or water quality (chapter
46-12), the installation of individual sewage disposal systems
(chapter 42-17.1) or the handling and /or disposal of solid waste
(chapter 23-19) or hazardous waste (chapter 23-19.1), whether
or not such violation has any relation to the contract to be terminated. ADD}
(3) The chief purchasing officer shall issue regulations relating to the termination of contracts for the procurement of supplies or services for the convenience of the contractor {ADD , ADD}and/or the state.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
