Amend HB 2324 as follows:
      (1)  On page 3, line 25, immediately after "equipment," add
"buy industrial raw materials and supplies,".
      (2)  On page 9, strike lines 21-27, and on page 10, strike
line 1 and substitute the following:
A <Nothing herein shall be interpreted to require a> political
subdivision may decline to purchase goods or articles from the
office <division> if the political subdivision determines, after
giving the office a final opportunity to negotiate on price, that
the goods or articles can be purchased elsewhere at a lower price.
An <or an> agency may decline to purchase goods or articles from
the office <division> if the agency determines, after giving the
office a final opportunity to negotiate on price, and the General
Services Commission certifies, that the goods or articles can be
purchased elsewhere at a lower price.