Bill Text: TX HB1726 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to shipping logistics and coordination services for state agencies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1726 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1726-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to shipping logistics and coordination services for state agencies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1726 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1726-Comm_Sub.html
By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | H.B. No. 1726 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; | ||
May 15, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Government Organization; May 20, 2013, reported adversely, with | ||
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays | ||
0; May 20, 2013, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1726 | By: Zaffirini |
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relating to shipping logistics and coordination services for state | ||
agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 2172, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 2172.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2172.007. SHIPPING LOGISTICS AND COORDINATION | ||
SERVICES. (a) The comptroller may contract with a vendor to | ||
oversee shipping logistics and coordination services for all state | ||
agencies and shall pay the contract from the anticipated cost | ||
savings realized under the contract. The vendor shall arrange the | ||
shipment of goods, parcels, and freight using the shipping company | ||
selected by the state agency through competitive bidding that | ||
provides the best value to the agency for the shipment. | ||
(b) A state agency may arrange all shipments of goods, | ||
parcels, and freight under this section. | ||
(c) The vendor under this section shall maintain a record of | ||
each shipment arranged for a state agency, including the cost of the | ||
shipment, the type of goods, parcels, or freight shipped, and the | ||
weight of the goods, parcels, or freight shipped. | ||
(d) In contracting for the oversight of shipping logistics | ||
and coordination services under this section, the comptroller may | ||
provide contracting opportunities for vendors that employ veterans | ||
or other persons with disabilities whose products and services are | ||
available under Chapter 122, Human Resources Code. | ||
(e) This section does not apply to the shipment of: | ||
(1) items of extraordinary value; | ||
(2) museum exhibits and antiquities; | ||
(3) antique furniture; | ||
(4) fine arts; | ||
(5) specialized materials or products; or | ||
(6) coins and paper bills. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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