December 18, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Amash, Agema, Walsh, Marleau, Rick Jones, Knollenberg, Elsenheimer, Rogers, Green, Kowall, Hildenbrand, Denby, Paul Scott, Ball, Opsommer, Lori, Moss, Kurtz, Wayne Schmidt, McMillin, Daley, Stamas, Moore, Lund, Haines, Pearce, Tyler, Haveman, Crawford, Calley, Pavlov, Bolger, Meekhof, Meltzer, DeShazor, Proos, Rocca, Hansen, Schuitmaker, Booher, Horn, Miller, Lipton, Haase, Slavens, Roberts, Kandrevas, Dean, Johnson, Jackson and Tlaib and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
by amending section 261d (MCL 18.1261d), as added by 2008 PA 193.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 261d. In addition to the requirements of section 261, the
department
and all state agencies shall , whenever comply with the
following:
(a) Whenever possible, avoid purchasing products containing
mercury or mercury compounds if products that do not contain
mercury or mercury compounds are available and those products are
cost-effective
as determined by the department.
(b) Determine that open-source software will not meet the
department or agency's needs before soliciting bids or purchasing
proprietary software.