39 - Patented material or articles.

§  39. Patented material or articles. In the construction, maintenance  or repair of state highways, no patented  material  or  article  or  any  other  material  or  article  shall  be  specified,  contracted  for  or  purchased, except under such circumstances that there can  be  fair  and  reasonable  opportunity  for competition, the conditions to secure which  shall be prescribed by the commissioner of transportation.