Sec. 6. (a) Whenever a governmental body needs an article listed in the catalog published under section 5 of this chapter, the governmental body:
(1) shall give the bureau a reasonable time to produce or supply the article; and
(2) except for an article produced by the department of correction, may not elsewhere:
(A) contract for;
(B) purchase; or
(C) pay a bill for;
an article described in the catalog unless the article cannot be furnished by the bureau.
(b) A governmental body may contract elsewhere for purchase of an article described in the catalog if the bureau gives a written statement that the bureau cannot furnish the article.
As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.