Purchase of articles listed in catalog

Sec. 6. (a) Whenever a governmental body needs an article listed in the catalog published under section 5 of this chapter, the governmental body: (1) shall give the bureau a reasonable time to produce or supply the article; and (2) except for an article produced by the department of correction, may not elsewhere: (A) contract for; (B) purchase; or (C) pay a bill for; an article described in the catalog unless the article cannot be furnished by the bureau. (b) A governmental body may contract elsewhere for purchase of an article described in the catalog if the bureau gives a written statement that the bureau cannot furnish the article. As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.