1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state procurement; extending a general 
  1.3             preference for in-state vendors; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 2002, section 16C.06, subdivision 7.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16C.06, 
  1.7   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 7.  [OTHER STATES WITH RESIDENT PREFERENCE.] 
  1.9   Acquisition of goods and services must be awarded according to 
  1.10  the provisions of this chapter except that a resident vendor 
  1.11  shall be allowed a ten percent preference over a nonresident 
  1.12  vendor, except that if the nonresident vendor is from a state 
  1.13  that gives or requires a preference to vendors from that 
  1.14  state~~.~~ that exceeds ten percent, the preference shall be equal 
  1.15  to the preference given or required by the state of the 
  1.16  nonresident vendor.