E-Cycle passes through the senate

Ford worked hard at getting this bill passed and it almost made it through all the steps before the FBI pulled the plug.

According to Humphrey, John Ford's bill was referred to the state and local government. The jacket of bill 94 (exhibit 197) shows that the primary sponsor was Senator Ford and the co-sponsors were Senator Crutchfield and Senator Jeff Miller.

Humphrey tell us that on January 31 the E-Cycle bill passed first consideration. It passed second consideration on Feb 2, 2005 and then it was referred to the state and local government committee.

"It was sent to the calendar and passed out of the committee on March 15, 2005," says Humphrey.

He says the bill appeared with an amendment. The amendment says that if amended, this bill wouldn't cost the State anything. If the bill had a cost that exceeded $100,000, the bill would have had to go to the finance committee.

"This is a very common amendment," says Humphrey.

John Ford actually created two bills. The first bill (number 28) never went down to the Senate for a vote. This was the one that E-Cycle had asked Ford to change because they wanted the vendor of preference when it come to surplus computer equipment.