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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3385
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE OVERCAST .
6259H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 34, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to state purchase of
Missouri agricultural products.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 34, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 34.072, to read as follows:
34.072. 1. In making purch ases, the commissioner of administration or any
2 agent of the state with pur chasing power shall give pref erence to Missouri-grow n or
3 Missouri-pr oduced agricultural pr oducts, pr ovided that such pr oducts ar e available in
4 sufficient quantity , ar e of good quality , and do not exceed the cost of similar prod ucts
5 pr oduced outside this state by mor e than ten per cent. For purposes of this section,
6 "pr oduced" means planted, gr own, cultivated, harvested, raised, collected, pr ocessed, or
7 manufactur ed.
8 2. The competitive bidding pr ocess in section 34.042 applies to the pur chases
9 made under this section.
10 3. In making pur chases for this state, its governmental agencies, political
11 subdivisions, institutions, or school districts, the commissioner of administration shall
12 give a bidding pr efer ence consisting of a five percen t pref erenc e on bids for Missouri-
13 gr own or Missouri-prod uced agricultural pr oducts.
14 4. This section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, the req uirements of any other
15 laws or regu lations mandating pr efer ence for Missouri-grown foods and prod ucts.
16 5. The commissioner of administration shall pr omulgate all necessary rules and
17 r egulations rega rding specifications, quality standards, time of delivery , performance,
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 bidding pref erenc es, and other releva nt matters for the administration of this section.
19 Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed
20 under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies
21 with and is subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section
22 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested
23 with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to rev iew , to delay the effective date,
24 or to disappr ove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant
25 of rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall
26 be invalid and void.
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