Section 5-22-12-6 - Purchase of articles listed in catalog(a) Whenever a governmental body needs an article listed in the catalog published under section 5 of this chapter, the governmental body: (1) shall give the bureau a reasonable time to produce or supply the article; and(2) except for an article produced by the department of correction, may not elsewhere: (C) pay a bill for; an article described in the catalog unless the article cannot be furnished by the bureau.
(b) A governmental body may contract elsewhere for purchase of an article described in the catalog if the bureau gives a written statement that the bureau cannot furnish the article.As added by P.L. 49-1997, SEC.1.