State Authorization

Alabama

• ​Title 11- Counties & Municipal Corporations
• Subtitle 3- Provisions Applicable to Counties & Municipal Corporations
• Chapter 102- Common Service Contracts by Counties & Municipalities

​ Alaska

• Title 36- Public Contracts
• Chapter 36.30 State Procurement Code
• Article 9- intergovernmental Relations

Arkansas

• 19-11-206 Definitions concerning intergovernmental relations
• 19-11-249 Cooperative Purchasing

California

• California Government Code
• Title 1 General
• Division 7 Miscellaneous
• Chapter 5 joint Exercise of Powers
• Article 1 Joint Powers Agreement

Colorado

• Colorado Revised Statutes
• Title 24 Government-State
• Article 110- Intergovernmental Relations

Connecticut

• Title 7- Municipalities
• Chapter 98- Municipal Powers

Delaware

• Title 29- State Government
• Part IV- Budget, Fiscal, Procurement and Contracting Regulations
• Chapter 69- State Procurement
• Subchapter III- Material & Nonprofessional Services

Florida

• Title XI- County Organization & Intergovernmental Relations
• Chapter 163- Intergovernmental Programs
• Part I- Miscellaneous Programs

Georgia

• Constitution of the State of Georgia
• Article IX- Counties & Municipal Corporations
• Section III- Intergovernmental Relations

Idaho

• Title 67- State Government & State Affairs
• Chapter 23- Miscellaneous Provisions

Illinois

• Chapter 5- General Provisions
• Act 220- Intergovernmental Cooperative Act

Indiana

• Title 36- Local Government
• Article 7- Interlocal Cooperation

Iowa

• Title I- State Sovereignty & Management
• Subtitle 10- Joint Governmental Activity
• Chapter 28E- joint Exercise of Governmental Powers

Kansas

• Chapter 12- Cities & Municipalities
• Article 29- Interlocal Cooperation

Kentucky

• Title VI- Financial Administration
• Chapter 45A- KY model Procurement Code

Lousiana

• Title 39 Public Finance
• Subtitle III- General Laws on State Debt
• Chapter 17-Louisiana Procurement Code
• ​Part VII- Intergovernmental Relations

Minnesota

• Minnesota Statute §123A.21 is the enabling legislation of the service cooperatives. It defines that the service cooperative role is to provide programs and services that meet the needs of members. Cooperative purchasing is one of those programs.
• Minnesota Statute §471.345 Subd 15 (b) Cooperative purchasing states: “A municipality may contract for the purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment without regard to the competitive bidding requirements of this section if the purchase is through a national municipal association’s purchasing alliance or cooperative created by a joint powers agreement that purchases items from more than one source on the basis of competitive bids or competitive quotation.” This defines how members can purchase from the contracted vendors while staying in compliance with the competitive bidding requirements. 
• The two statutes combined meet Minnesota's competitive bidding requirements and gives members the ability to purchase from our vendors.

New Jersey

• P.L. 2011, c.139 (the “Law” or “Chapter 139”) allows local contracting
  units (counties & schools) to utilize national cooperative contracts as a method of procurement
• NJ Title-52 Section-52-34-6-2 Subsection 7.b.(3) (National Cooperative Contracts)   is essentially unchanged as of 2022.
• Using National Cooperative Contracts
• USETPA Compliance with NJ State and Local Purchasing Regulations

New York

• General Municipal Law (GML) § 103(16) allows local public contracting
  units (counties & schools) to utilize national cooperative contracts as a method of procurement (Piggybacking)
• Use of National Cooperative Contracts and Piggybacking (National Cooperative Contracts)  
• Piggybacking (Using Other Existing Contracts)
• “Piggybacking” Law - Exception to Competitive Bidding
• Justification for Utilizing a Cooperative Contract
• USETPA Compliance with NY State Purchasing Regulations

Oregon

• Chapter 279A- Public Contracting
• General Provisions

Pennsylvania

• ​Title 62-Procurement
• Part 1- Commonwealth Procurement Code
• Chapter 19-Intergovernmental Relations.

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws
• Title 45- Towns & Cities
• Chapter 40.1- interlocal Contracting

South Carolina

• Title 11- Public Finance
• Chapter 35- SC Consolidated Proc. Code
• Article 19- Intergovernmental Relations

Tennessee

• Title 12- Public Property, Printing & Contracts
• Chapter 9- Interlocal Cooperation

Texas

• Title 7- Intergovernmental Relations
• Chapter 791- Interlocal Cooperation Contracts
• Subchapter C- Specific Interlocal Authority

Utah

• Title 11--Cities, Counties & Local Taxing Units
• Chapter 13- Interlocal Cooperation Act

Vermont

• Title 24-Municipal & County Government
• Part 2- Municipalities
• Chapter 121- intermunicipal Cooperation & Services
• Subchapter 4- Interlocal Contracts

Virginia

• Title 2.2 Administration of Government
• Subtitle II- Administration of State Government
• Part B- Transaction of Public business
• Chapter 43- Virginia Public Procurement Act
• Article 2- Contract Formation & Administration

Washington

• Title 39 RCW-Public Contracts & Indebtedness
• Chapter 39.34 RCW- Interlocal Coop Act

West Virginia

• Chapter 8- Municipal Corporations 
• Article 23- Intergovernmental Relations
• Contracting & Joint Enterprises
• Part II-Intergovernmental Agreements

Wisconsin

• Chapter 66-General Municipality Law
• Subchapter III- Intergovernmental Cooperation

Wyoming

• Title 16- City, County, State & Local Powers
• Chapter 1- Intergovernmental Cooperation
• Article 1- In General

District of Columbia

• District of Columbia Code
• Division I- Government fo District
• Title 2- Government Administration
• Chapetr 3- Procurement
• Unit A- procurement Practices for the District Government
• ​Subchapter XI- Miscellaneous