Sec. 10. The department may receive electronic bids or offers if both of the following apply:

(1) The solicitation indicates the procedure for transmitting the electronic bid or offer to the department.

(2) The department receives the bid or offer on a facsimile (fax) machine or system with a security feature that protects the content of an electronic bid or offer with the same degree of protection as the content of a bid or an offer that is not transmitted by a fax machine.

As added by P.L.33-1995, SEC.7.