§ 11332 State Agency Purchase Requirements

• •State-owned places (like schools or offices) must buy stuff from other state-owned places if they can.
• •They can only buy from outside if the state says the product isn’t available from another state place.
• •This rule helps the state save money and support its own businesses.

A state university needs to buy new desks for its classrooms.

The university must first check if another state-owned place, like a state prison workshop, makes desks. If they do, the university has to buy from them. If not, they can buy from a regular store.