Whenever the public procurement unit or external procurement unit that is administering a cooperative purchasing agreement complies with the requirements of this code, the public procurement unit that is participating in such agreement shall also be deemed to have complied with this code. No public procurement unit may enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement for the purpose of circumventing this code.
Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1284, � 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 348, � 58, effective August 9.
24-110-207.5. Certification of certain entities as local public procurement units - rules - report. (1) The executive director may certify any of the following entities as a local public procurement unit:
(a) Any behavioral health safety net provider, as defined in section 27-50-101, any nonprofit case management agency, as defined in section 25.5-6-1702 (2), or any nonprofit service agency, as defined in section 25.5-10-202, if the entity uses the supplies, services, or construction procured for the public mental health system or the public developmental disability system;
(b) Any nonprofit entity eligible to receive funds pursuant to section 24-32-705 or 24-32-717, if the entity uses the supplies, services, or construction procured for the rehabilitation, construction, acquisition, or provision of low- or moderate-income housing; or
(c) Any public benefit nonprofit entity, if the entity uses the supplies, services, or construction procured in the furtherance of its stated nonprofit purpose.
(2) The executive director may adopt such rules as are necessary to implement the certification process required by this section.
(3) Repealed.
Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1076, � 1, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1540, � 125, effective June 1. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 390, � 1, effective April 8. L. 2009: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 09-1088), ch. 11, p. 74, � 2, effective August 5. L. 2010: (1)(a) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 797, � 56, effective April 29. L. 2013: (1)(a) amended, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1806, � 36, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2017: (2) amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 348, � 59, effective August 9. L. 2021: (1)(a) amended, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, p. 329, � 16, effective July 1, 2024. L. 2022: (1)(a) amended, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1590, � 224, effective July 1, 2024.
Editor's note: Subsection (3)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective July 1, 2011. (See L. 2009, p. 74.)