Section 41-17-1 Standards.
Section 41-17-1
Standards.
(a) Any passenger automobile bought wholly or partially with state funds for use of state officers, officials, or employees on official business, including those bought by or for state colleges or universities, shall be purchased from dealerships in the state. Such automobiles shall be equipped as the Director of Finance directs.
(b) This chapter does not apply to vehicles used or operated by presidents of colleges, technical institutes, and universities, emergency vehicles, vehicles purchased for use in transporting drugs, plants, animals or for hospital and health use, and vehicles deemed necessary by the board of trustees of a four-year college or university to be incident to the operation of the college or university.
(Acts 1969, No. 471, p. 914, §1; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 92, p. 2770, §1; Acts 1976, No. 135, p. 129; Act 2000-681, p. 1385, §1.)