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Panel approves bill letting park districts use cooperative purchasing via joint powers

2526289 · March 7, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 11-98 would clarify that park districts may participate in cooperative purchasing agreements under joint powers agreements without OMB having to execute every cooperative purchase; the committee recommended a do-pass.

Representative Jonathan Worry presented House Bill 11-98, a short bill clarifying that park districts may use cooperative purchasing contracts pursuant to a joint powers agreement. "This just clarifies the scope of duties that a local park district, how they can purchase," Worry told the committee, citing Sourcewell as an example where pre-bid contracts allow a park district to buy equipment through a regional cooperative arrangement.

Sherry Neese of the Office of Management and Budget…

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