76-769.   Pilot project, acquisition of goods and services for certain state educational institutions; duties and functions of state board of regents and director of purchases; guidelines, exemptions and limitations; reports to legislature. (a) With regard to the acquisition of supplies, materials, equipment, goods, property, articles, products or services, a pilot project shall be conducted by the state board of regents in accordance with the provisions of this section. The state board of regents shall select not more than two of the state educational institutions, as defined by K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, to be the pilot universities in accordance with this section. The state board of regents shall select one of the following state educational institutions to be a pilot university: Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university or Pittsburg state university. The state board of regents may select one of the following state educational institutions to be a pilot university: Kansas state university, Wichita state university or the university of Kansas. If the state board of regents does not select Kansas state university, Wichita state university or the university of Kansas to be a pilot university, then the state board of regents shall select a second one of the following state educational institutions to be a pilot university: Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university or Pittsburg state university. During the period from June 1, 2007, through June 30, 2010:

      (1)   The acquisition of any supplies, materials, equipment, goods, property or services for the pilot universities shall be in accordance with policies adopted by the state board of regents and no such acquisition during such period shall be subject to any statewide purchasing contract or other contract that is entered into under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3737a through 75-3744 and amendments thereto or any rules and regulations or policies adopted thereunder and that requires any state agency to make any such acquisition under any such contract, but nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the pilot universities from using contracts established by the director of purchases;

      (2)   the acquisition of any travel services for the pilot universities shall be in accordance with policies adopted by the state board of regents and no such acquisition during such period shall be subject to any statewide travel services contract or other travel services contract that is entered into under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3737a through 75-3744 and amendments thereto or any rules and regulations or policies adopted thereunder and that requires any state agency to acquire travel services under any such contract; and

      (3)   the acquisition of any articles or products produced by inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections that may be required for the pilot universities shall be in accordance with policies adopted by the state board of regents and no such acquisition during such period shall be subject to the provisions of the prison-made goods act of Kansas requiring any such acquisition to be made from the secretary of corrections as provided in K.S.A. 75-5273 through 75-5282 and amendments thereto, or any rules and regulations or policies adopted thereunder.

      (b)   The state board of regents shall submit a report to the legislature at the beginning of the regular session in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 regarding the activities of the pilot universities under the provisions of subsection (a). Each such report shall include any new or amended policies adopted by the state board of regents for implementation of such activities, the amounts and kinds of expenditures by the pilot universities for activities under each paragraph of subsection (a), and shall include information regarding any savings experienced and any issues or problems encountered for all such acquisitions for the pilot universities under the provisions of subsection (a).

      (c)   The director of purchases shall submit a report to the legislature at the beginning of the regular session in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 regarding the impact of the pilot project conducted pursuant to subsection (a) on the purchasing system of the department of administration and on the purchases and purchasing activities of state agencies other than pilot universities, including information regarding amounts and kinds of expenditures by such other state agencies and regarding other issues or problems encountered as a result of the pilot project.

      History:   L. 2006, ch. 190, § 1; July 1.