17-53-314 - Restrictions on county procurement of architect-engineer services.

17-53-314. Restrictions on county procurement of architect-engineer services.
(1) As used in this section, "architect-engineer services" means those professionalservices within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102, orprofessional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102.
(2) When a county elects to obtain architect or engineering services by using acompetitive procurement process and has provided public notice of its competitive procurementprocess:
(a) a higher education entity, or any part of one, may not submit a proposal in response tothe county's competitive procurement process; and
(b) the county may not award a contract to perform the architect or engineering servicessolicited in the competitive procurement process to a higher education entity or any part of one.

Enacted by Chapter 21, 2000 General Session