Bill Text: TX HB2001 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to interlocal contracts between a governmental entity and a purchasing cooperative.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB2001 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2001-Introduced.html

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84R7622 TSR-F
By: Anderson of McLennan H.B. No. 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to interlocal contracts between a governmental entity and
a purchasing cooperative.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 791.037 to read as follows:
Sec. 791.037. INTERLOCAL CONTRACT WITH PURCHASING
COOPERATIVE; LIMITATION. (a) In this section, "purchasing
cooperative" has the meaning assigned by Section 791.011(j).
(b) An interlocal contract between a governmental entity
and a purchasing cooperative may not be used to purchase materials
or services from a person who provided consulting services to the
cooperative on the contract, including providing specifications
for bids on the contract. This prohibition also applies to:
(1) a person that is an agent, subsidiary, or parent
company of the person who consulted with the cooperative; or
(2) a person related in the second degree of
consanguinity or affinity to a person who consulted with the
cooperative.
(c) The prohibition under Subsection (b) does not prevent a
governmental entity from contracting with a person that provided
only technical assistance in the development of the interlocal
contract.
(d) The prohibition under Subsection (b) does not apply to a
renewal of a contract based on or substantially similar to a request
for proposal submitted before September 1, 2015, if the contract is
renewed before September 1, 2016. This subsection expires
September 1, 2016.
SECTION 2. Section 791.037, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an interlocal contract or an amendment to,
supplement to, or waiver of a provision of a contract made on or
after the effective date of this Act. An interlocal contract or an
amendment to, supplement to, or waiver of a provision of a contract
made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect when the contract or amendment, supplement, or waiver was
made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.