Indiana Code 5-22-15-25. Steel products
(b) As used in this section, “United States” includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-22-15-25
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) the manufacture of the supplies required under the contract; or
(2) supplies used in the performance of the services under the contract by the contractor or a subcontractor of the contractor;
the steel products must be manufactured in the United States.
(d) Subsection (c) does not apply if the:
(1) head of the purchasing agency determines in writing that:
(A) the cost of the contract with the requirements of subsection (c) would be greater than one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the cost of the contract without the requirements of subsection (c); and
(B) failure to impose the requirements of subsection (c) would not in any way:
(i) harm the business of a facility that manufactures steel products in Indiana; or
(ii) result in the reduction of employment or wages and benefits of employees of a facility described in item (i); or
(2) purchase is:
(A) less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and
(B) made under the small purchase policies (as described in IC 5-22-8-2(b)) established by the purchasing agency or under rules adopted by the governmental body.
(e) A purchasing agency shall inform offerors in the solicitation of the provisions of this section.
As added by P.L.194-2001, SEC.2.