§ 37-2-77 - International Trade Agreements – Procurement rules – General Assembly approval.
SECTION 37-2-77
§ 37-2-77 International Trade Agreements– Procurement rules – General Assembly approval. – (a) As used in this section, "International Trade Agreement" means a tradeagreement between the federal government and a foreign country to which thestate, at the request of the federal government, is a party. InternationalTrade Agreement does not include a trade agreement between the state and aforeign country to which the federal government is not a party.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,state officials, including the governor, may not:
(1) Commit the state to the government procurement rules ofan "International Trade Agreement"; or
(2) Give consent to the federal government to commit thestate to the government procurement rules of an International Trade Agreement.
(c) The governor may commit the state or give consent to thefederal government to commit the state to the government procurement rules ofan International Trade Agreement only if the general assembly enactslegislation that explicitly authorizes the governor to commit the state or giveconsent to the federal government to commit the state to the governmentprocurement rules of a specific International Trade Agreement.
(d) Any consent that a state official, including thegovernor, has given for the state to be committed by the government procurementrules of any International Trade Agreement on or before the effective date ofthis section [June 23, 2006] is declared invalid and the state is notcommitted by the government procurement rules of any International TradeAgreement for which a state official, including the governor, has given consentfor the state to be committed to on or before the effective date of thissection [June 23, 2006].