Requirement of contracts for capital improvements.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-47-27
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All capital improvements by any school district which are financed in whole or in part with funds received from the state public school building fund pursuant to an application approved by the commission, shall be constructed by contract entered into and awarded by the board of trustees or other governing body of such school district. The awarding of such contract shall be in the sole province of such board of trustees or other governing body except as is herein provided. No such contract shall be entered into unless and until the site for the location of and the plans and specifications for the construction of the capital improvements shall have been approved by the commission. The commission shall not exclude from approval plans and specifications which involve the use of preengineered steel building systems. Plans and specifications for preengineered steel building systems, in order to be approved by the commission, must be submitted to and certified by an architect or professional engineer registered in the State of Mississippi and not an employee of the contractor, as meeting the minimum requirements of the local building, plumbing and electrical codes, the Southern Standard Building Code, Coastal Region Loading, the Metal Building Manufacturers Association, the American Institute of Steel Construction and the American Iron and Steel Institute, as to design, materials and construction.

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