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State purchases - Constitution Of Pennsylvania § 22

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     § 22.  State purchases.
        The General Assembly shall maintain by law a system of
     competitive bidding under which all purchases of materials,
     printing, supplies or other personal property used by the
     government of this Commonwealth shall so far as practicable be
     made. The law shall provide that no officer or employee of the
     Commonwealth shall be in any way interested in any purchase made
     by the Commonwealth under contract or otherwise.
     (May 16, 1967, P.L.1037, J.R.3)

        1967 Amendment.  Joint Resolution No.3 repealed former
     section 22 and added present section 22. The subject matter of
     present section 22 was formerly contained in section 12.

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