Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212.

ON APRIL 11, 2022, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 2600, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 replaces the provision of present law by which local governments that have adopted the County Financial Management System of 1981, or the County Purchasing Law of 1957, or that are similarly centralized for purchasing under a private act, are deemed to have a full-time purchasing agent. Under present law, a local governmental entity having centralized purchasing authority with a full-time purchasing agent is authorized, by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, to increase the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required for nonemergency, nonproprietary purchases. This amendment instead defines "full-time purchasing agent" as a person who devotes the whole of the person's working time to the demands and duties of the office of purchasing agent. ON APRIL 13, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2489, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 replaces the provision of present law by which local governments that have adopted the County Financial Management System of 1981, or the County Purchasing Law of 1957, or that are similarly centralized for purchasing under a private act, are deemed to have a full-time purchasing agent. Under present law, a local governmental entity having centralized purchasing authority with a full-time purchasing agent is authorized, by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, to increase the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required for nonemergency, nonproprietary purchases. This amendment instead defines "full-time purchasing agent" as a person who devotes the whole of the person's working time to the demands and duties of the office of purchasing agent.