HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5        FILED ON: 1/3/2011

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH

 

 

 

The Honorable Steven James

Clerk of the House of Representatives

State House, Room 145

Boston, Massachusetts 02133

 

January 3, 2011

 

Dear Mr. James:

 

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1.)     An Act relative to vendor contracts

 

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Sincerely,

 

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So much of the recommendations of the State Auditor (House No 3) as relates to vendor contracts (House, No. 5).  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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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.