(1) The Attorney General shall prepare and maintain model rules of procedure appropriate for use by all contracting agencies governing public contracting under the Public Contracting Code and may devise and publish forms for use therewith. The Attorney General shall adopt the model rules in the manner provided by ORS chapter 183. Before adopting or amending a model rule, the Attorney General shall consult with the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Director of Transportation, representatives of county governments, representatives of city governments, representatives of school boards and other knowledgeable persons.
(2) The Attorney General shall adopt model rules appropriate for use by all contracting agencies to govern the procedures for entering into energy savings performance contracts. Before adopting or amending a rule under this subsection, the Attorney General shall consult with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the State Department of Energy, the Oregon University System, local contracting agencies and other knowledgeable persons. The Attorney General may develop standard contract forms for use with energy savings performance contracts.
(3) After each legislative session, the Attorney General shall review all laws passed by the Legislative Assembly that affect public contracting to determine if the model rules prepared under this section should be modified by the adoption of a new rule or by the amendment or repeal of an existing rule. If the Attorney General determines that a modification of the model rules is necessary, the Attorney General shall prepare the modification within such time as to allow the modification to take effect no later than 120 days after the effective date of the legislation that caused the rule to be modified. However, the Attorney General may prepare a modification to take effect 121 or more days after the effective date of the legislation if the Attorney General provides notice designating the time period within which the modification will take effect to the state agencies and persons listed in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) A contracting agency that has not adopted its own rules of procedure in accordance with subsection (5) of this section is subject to the model rules adopted by the Attorney General under this section, including all modifications to the model rules that the Attorney General may adopt. This subsection does not apply to personal services contracts of local contracting agencies except for contracts for architectural, engineering and land surveying services and related services.
(5)(a) A contracting agency may adopt its own rules of procedure for public contracts that:
(A) Specifically state that the model rules adopted by the Attorney General under this section do not apply to the contracting agency; and
(B) Prescribe the rules of procedure that the contracting agency will use for public contracts, which may include portions of the model rules adopted by the Attorney General.
(b) A contracting agency that adopts rules under this section shall review the rules each time the Attorney General modifies the model rules under this section to determine whether the contracting agency should modify its rules to ensure compliance with statutory changes. [2003 c.794 §10; 2003 c.794 §10a]
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