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position with an offending supplier to change the supplier's | | practices, the State Purchasing Agent may take appropriate remedial | | action including, but not limited to, barring the subject | | contractor from bidding on future state contracts or terminating | | the State's contract with the contractor.__ Reference to the | | authority given in this subsection must be specifically referenced | | in the State's contracts with those contractors that are subject to | | the code of conduct. |
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| | | Sec. B-1. Rulemaking pursuant to statutory amendment. Notwithstanding the | | provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1825- | | O, amendments to rules that are necessitated to ensure | | consistency with the amendments to state purchasing code of | | conduct law in Part A are routine technical rules as defined in | | Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. C-1. Code of conduct working group. The Commissioner of | | Administrative and Financial Services, or the commissioner's | | designee, shall convene a working group to explore whether the | | State Purchasing Agent should investigate alleged violations of | | the state purchasing code of conduct established in the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 155, subchapter 1-B by the | | creation and use of an independent fact-finding consortium. If | | the working group determines that the use of such a consortium is | | appropriate, the working group also shall examine the means by | | which such a consortium would be created and function. |
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| | | 1. Membership. The working group must consist of 4 members | | who are Maine-based advocates for labor rights and just working | | conditions in the apparel, footwear and textile industry and 4 | | members who represent Maine-based businesses having business of | | the type that could be subject to the state purchasing code of | | conduct. Members shall serve without compensation. The State | | Purchasing Agent, or the agent's designee, shall serve as an ex | | officio, nonvoting member of the working group. |
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| | | 2. Convening of working group. The Commissioner of | | Administrative and Financial Services shall convene the first | | meeting of the working group. At that meeting, the members shall | | elect a chair, who shall convene, set the agenda for and | | facilitate working group meetings. |
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