Section 7-5-2304 - Exemptions from competitive bidding requirementsThe provisions of 7-5-2301 do not apply to contracts for:
(1) public printing entered into in accordance with the provisions of Title 18, chapter 7, part 4;(2) purchases that, in the opinion of the governing body, are made necessary by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, other elements, epidemic, or riot or insurrection; for the immediate preservation of order or the public health; for the restoration of a condition of usefulness that has been destroyed by accident, wear, tear, or mischief; or for the relief of a stricken community overtaken by calamity; and(3) a cooperative purchasing agreement allowed in 7-5-2310.Amended by Laws 2021, Ch. 271,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2021, and applicable to contracts for cooperative purchasing entered into by a county on or after 10/1/2021.En. Sec. 1, Ch. 8, L. 1933; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4605.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 42, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 331, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1803(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 239, L. 1999.