A.__Requesting that each party found not to be in compliance with the code of conduct provide access to independent monitors, if available;

B.__Requesting that each party found not to be in compliance with the code of conduct offer their workers and managers the training and guidelines necessary to bring the workplace into compliance with the code of conduct; and

C.__Requesting that each party found not to be in compliance with the code of conduct demonstrate to the State Purchasing Agent that prescribed changes or improvements have been completed and implemented.

2.__Termination of contract.__If, in the opinion of the State Purchasing Agent, a contractor that has been determined as not in compliance with the code of conduct does not make good faith efforts to change its practices or use its bargaining 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.

PART B

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.

PART C

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