(a) For the purpose of this division, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:
(1) AFFILIATE. A related party as defined in subsection (b) of Section 40-23-190 as that provision exists on January 1, 2004.
(2) STATE DEPARTMENT or AGENCY. Every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the State of Alabama.
(b) A state department or agency may not contract for the purchase or lease of tangible personal property from a vendor, contractor, or an affiliate of a vendor or contractor, unless that vendor, contractor, and all of its affiliates that make sales for delivery into Alabama or leases for use in Alabama are properly registered, collecting, and remitting Alabama, state, and local sales, use, and lease tax, as provided for by Chapter 12, Article 4, and Chapter 23, Articles 1 and 2 of Title 40 or by any local act or ordinance.
(c) Each vendor, contractor, or affiliate of a vendor or contractor that is offered a contract to do business with a state department or state agency shall be required to certify that the vendor or affiliate is appropriately registered to collect and remit sales, use, and lease tax as required by this section and submit to that state department or agency certification required by the Alabama Department of Revenue.
(d) Every bid submitted and contract executed by the state shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under this section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges that the contracting state agency may declare the contract void if the certification completed is false.
(e) Each vendor or contractor that sells or leases tangible personal property to a state department or agency, and each affiliate of that vendor or contractor that makes sales for delivery into Alabama, shall be required to collect and remit the Alabama sales, use, or lease tax on all its sales and leases into the state.
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