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Repeal and savings. * * * * 2 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 29 of 2000.- In the recent past irregularities in the processing of tenders occurred in the various Government Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Statutory Boards, etc., due to inadequate publicity of tenders, restricted supply of tender documents and resulting in lack of transparency in evaluation and acceptance of tenders. In the Budget speech of the year 1997-98, it has also been announced that in order to prevent recurrence of such irregularities, it has been decided to bring about a legislation to provide for transparency in the tender processes and to regulate the procedure in inviting, processing and accepting tenders. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from L.C. Bill No. 12 of 1999.) II Amending Act 21 of 2001.- Clause (e) of section 4 of the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act, 1999 excludes applicability of Chapter II of the Act to the Government Departments in respect of procurement of goods or services of the value not exceeding ruees five lakhs and to the local authorities in case of implementing mini water supply and construction of school rooms of the value not excluding rupees two lakhs and in any other case where the value does not exceed rupees one lakh. Keeping in view the escalation in prices, it was felt necessary to have a uniform limit in respect of Government Departments as well as procurement of goods and services in the case of public sector undertakings, etc. Therefore it is considered necessary to amend the Act to exclude the applicability of Chapter II of the Act,- (i) in respect of procurement made by the Government Departments, State Government Undertaking or any Board, Body or Corporation established by or under any law and owned or controlled by the Government, Zilla Panchayats, City Municipal Corporations, City Municipal Councils, Hyderabad Karnataka Area Development Board, Malnad Area Development Board and Bayaluseeme Development Board for construction work of all types of values not exceeding rupees five lakhs and in case of goods and services other than construction work, of the value not exceeding rupees one lakh. (ii) Where the procurement of goods or service is by Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat, Town Municipal Councils, Town Panchayats or Urban Development Authorities for the purpose of implementing mini waters supply scheme or construction of school rooms of the value not exceeding rupees two lakhs and in other cases, of the value not excedding ruees one lakh. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from LA Bill No. 20 of 2001 (File No. SAMVYASHAE 33 SHASHANA 2001) 3 III Amending Act 4 of 2003:- Clause (d) of section 4 of the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000) provides for exemption from the applicability of the Act for a period of two years from the date of commencement of the Act, in respect of the Government Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Boards, Corporations and such other Institutions specified by the Government. It is considered necessary to extent the period of exemption from the existing period of two years to three years. Hence the Bill (Obtained from LA Bill No.3 of 2003 (File No. SAMVYASHAE 05 SHASANA 2003) IV Amending Act 13 of 2007:-It is considered necessary to introduce e- procurement and e-procurement platform to bring in best practices in public procurement. E-procurement helps in demand aggregation, reduced inventory cost, consistent procurement procedures and transparency. Hence the Bill. [L.A.Bill No 12 of 2007] [Entry 35 of List II and entries 7 and 12 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] V Amending Act 20 of 2015.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act, 1999 to exempt, the procurements by the procurement entity receiving grant from the consolidated fund of the State in case of infrastructure works of electrification of drinking water scheme the value of which does not exceed rupees five lakhs from the application of provisions of Chapter-II of the Act. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.01 of 2015, File No. Samvyashae 40 Shasana 2014] [Entry 17 and 35 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] VI Amending Act 31 of 2017.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 28 of 2000) to overcome the unemployment problem in the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes Community and to encourage their participation in such number of works not exceeding 17.15 percent for persons belonging to the Scheduled castes and not exceeding 6.95 percent for the persons belonging to the Scheduled tribes out of the total number of Government construction works upto Rupees 50.00 lakhs. Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.19 of 2016, File No. Samvyashae 22 Shasana 2016] [entry 35 of List II and entry 7 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] **** 4 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 29 OF 2000 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the thirteenth day of December, 2000) THE KARNATAKA TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS ACT, 1999. (Received the assent of the Governor on the tenth day of December, 2000) (As amended by Act 21 of 2001, 4 of 2003 13 of 2007, 20 of 2015 and 31 of 2017) An Act to provide for ensuring transparency in public procurement of goods and services by streamlining the procedure in inviting, processing and acceptance of tenders by Procurement Entities, and for matters related thereto. WHEREAS it is expedient in public interest to render the process of procurement of goods and services by Procurement Entities transparent by streamlining the procedure in inviting, processing and acceptance of tenders. BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the fiftieth year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I