(b) Notwithstanding any statute or law to the contrary, any municipality in Class 7 or 8 may legally purchase from any of the elected officials, employee, or board member of such municipality any personal service or personal property under the Competitive Bid Law procedures established by Article 3, Chapter 16, Title 41, and such elected officials, employee, or board member may legally sell such personal service or personal property to such municipality under the procedures of said statutes. The elected official, employee, or board member, if he proposes to bid, shall not participate in the decision-making process determining the need for or the purchase of such personal service or personal property, or in the determination of the successful bidder, and the governing body shall affirmatively find that the elected official, employee, or board member, from whom the purchase is to be made, is the lowest responsible bidder as required by said statutes. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the municipality to file a copy of any contract awarded to any of its elected officials, employees, or board members with the State Ethics Commission and all awards shall be a result of original bid takings. It is the intention of the Legislature by the adoption of this section to specifically remove any statutory or legal prohibitions against municipalities, in Classes 7 and 8, dealing with their elected officials, employees, or board members in the purchase of personal services or personal property.