SB1612

THE CONTEXT: The Arizona Procurement Code and procurement process is overseen by the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) whose Director serves as the central procurement officer of Arizona. The Director is required to: 1) procure or supervise the procurement of all materials, services and construction needed by the state; 2) establish guidelines for the management of all state material inventories; 3) sell, trade or otherwise dispose of surplus state materials; 4) establish programs for the inspection, testing and acceptance of materials, services and construction; and 5) employ staff, adopt rules and provide cons...

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would remove AHCCCS's exemption from the Arizona Procurement Code, require a company that responds to an RFP to disclose anything of value that the company, its officers or directors or any of their family members have provided, directly or indirectly, during the preceding five years to any of the following: a) the Governor; b) an entity established, financed, maintained or controlled by the Governor or an agent of the Governor, including: i; a campaign committee; ii; a joint fundraising committee; or iii; an inaugural fund; or c) an entity that advocated for the election of the Governor or for the defeat of an electoral opponent of the Governor, including a political committee or other nonprofit that made any independent expenditures, and require a company that applies for a governmental grant to disclose anything of value that the company, its officers or directors or any of their family members have provided, directly or indirectly, during the preceding five years to any of the following: a) the Governor; b) an entity established, financed, maintained or controlled by the Governor, including: i; a campaign committee; ii; a joint fundraising committee; or iii; an inaugural fund; or c) an entity that advocated for the election of the Governor or for the defeat of an electoral opponent of the Governor, including a political committee or other nonprofit that made any independent expenditures.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to make the government process for document retention more definite and accountable. It would remove AHCCCS's exemption from the Arizona Procurement Code, and would also require a company that responds to an RFP to disclose anything of value that the company, its officers or directors or any of their family members have provided, directly or indirectly, during the preceding five years to any of the following: a) the Governor; b) an entity established, financed, maintained or controlled by the Governor or an agent of the Governor, including: i. a campaign committee; ii. a joint fundraising committee; or iii. an inaugural fund; or c) an entity that advocated for the election of the Governor or for the defeat of an electoral opponent of the Governor, including a political committee or other nonprofit that made any independent expenditures, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.