10-7-20.5 - Restrictions on municipality procurement of architect-engineer services.

10-7-20.5. Restrictions on municipality procurement of architect-engineer services.
(1) As used in this section, "architect-engineer services" means those professionalservices within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102, orprofessional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102.
(2) When a municipality elects to obtain architect or engineering services by using acompetitive procurement process and has provided public notice of its competitive procurementprocess:
(a) a higher education entity, or any part of one, may not submit a proposal in response tothe municipality's competitive procurement process; and
(b) the municipality may not award a contract to perform the architect or engineeringservices solicited in the competitive procurement process to a higher education entity or any partof one.

Enacted by Chapter 21, 2000 General Session