1. (a) Whenever a governmental body needs an article listed in the catalog published under section 5 of this chapter, the governmental body:

   1. (1) shall give the bureau a reasonable time to produce or supply the article; and

   2. (2) except for an article produced by the department of correction, may not elsewhere:

      1. (A) contract for;
      2. (B) purchase; or

      3. (C) pay a bill for;

         an article described in the catalog unless the article cannot be furnished by the bureau.

2. (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.