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  "citation": "R.S. 39:1654",
  "heading": "Relationship with using agencies",
  "text": "The state chief procurement officer shall obtain advice and assistance from personnel of using agencies in the determination of needs and development of specifications and may delegate in writing to a using agency the authority to prepare and utilize its own specifications, subject to regulations.",
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      "number": "39",
      "name": "PUBLIC FINANCE"
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "GENERAL LAWS ON STATE DEBT"
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      "number": "17",
      "name": "LOUISIANA PROCUREMENT CODE"
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      "number": "IV",
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      "act_year": 1979,
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      "act_year": 2014,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1979, No. 715, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.",
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