PART II. PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION

 

§103D-201  Creation and membership of theprocurement policy board.  (a)  There is hereby created an autonomous stateprocurement policy board.  The policy board shall be assigned, foradministrative purposes only, to the department of accounting and generalservices.

(b)  The policy board shall consist of sevenmembers. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 78-4, the members of theboard shall include:

(1)  The comptroller;

(2)  A county employee with significant high-levelprocurement experience; and

(3)  Five persons who shall not otherwise be full-timeemployees of the State or any county; provided that at least one member shallbe a certified professional in the field of procurement, at least one membershall have significant high-level, federal procurement experience, and at leasttwo members shall have significant experience in the field of health and humanservices.

Each appointed member shall have demonstratedsufficient business or professional experience to discharge the functions ofthe policy board.  The initial and subsequent members of the policy board,other than the comptroller, shall be appointed by the governor from a list ofthree individuals for each vacant position, submitted by a nominating committeecomposed of four individuals chosen as follows:  two persons appointed by thegovernor; one person appointed by the president of the senate; and one personappointed by the speaker of the house.  Except as provided in this section, theselection and terms of the policy board members shall be subject to therequirements of section 26-34.  No member of the policy board shall actconcurrently as a chief procurement officer.  The members of the policy boardshall devote such time to their duties as may be necessary for the properdischarge thereof.

(c)  The policy board shall be assisted byemployees of the department of accounting and general services, which shallprovide at least one full-time support staff and funding necessary to supportthe policy board.

(d)  Members of the policy board shall bereimbursed for any expenses, including travel expenses, reasonably incurred inthe performance of their duties.

(e)  The chairperson of the policy board shallbe elected annually by a majority of its members from among all of its members;provided that the state comptroller shall not be eligible to serve as thechairperson. [L Sp 1993, c 8, pt of §2; am L 1997, c 190, §4 and c 352, §4; amL 1999, c 149, §13; am L 2002, c 148, §7]