By Representative Hall of Westford and Senator Panagiotakos, joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3202) of Geoffrey D. Hall and others relative to access to vendor contracts by the State Auditor.    State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Geoffrey D. Hall

Steven C. Panagiotakos

Joseph DeNucci

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to vendor contracts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.   Section 11 of Chapter 12 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 69, after the word “commonwealth.”, the following sentence:

Said access shall include access as defined above, to any grant, contract or agreement between said vendors and any other entity, provided the grant or contract is to provide services related to, and funded by, the vendor’s contract with the commonwealth.

SECTION 2        Section 11 of Chapter 12 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 72, after the word “section.”, the following sentence:

In addition, any grant, contract or agreement between said vendors and any other entity providing services to said vendors, the funding for said services being the vendor’s contract with the commonwealth, shall include a clause providing the state auditor with access as intended by this section.