Bill Text: TX HB3221 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mandating a study by the state comptroller on procurement consolidation of all state agencies in state government.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB3221 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3221-Introduced.html
| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 3221 | |
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| relating to mandating a study by the state comptroller on | ||
| procurement consolidation of all state agencies in state | ||
| government. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 403.03057 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.03057. CENTRALIZED STATE PROCUREMENT STUDY. (a) | ||
| The comptroller in cooperation with the Governor's Office of | ||
| Budget, Planning, and Policy shall conduct a study examining the | ||
| feasibility and practicability of streamlining and consolidating | ||
| state purchasing and procurement into either fewer offices | ||
| departments or agencies; or one office, department, or agency. The | ||
| study must examine the extent to which cost savings to the state can | ||
| be achieved through: | ||
| (1) the removal of certain offices and departments for | ||
| each agency that currently possesses a dedicated department for | ||
| purchasing and procurement; and | ||
| (2) the consolidation or reduction of the number of | ||
| state vendors by which the state can leverage its purchasing power. | ||
| (b) The comptroller shall prepare and deliver to the | ||
| governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the | ||
| legislature a report of findings from this study that include: | ||
| (1) a detailed projection of expected savings or costs | ||
| to the state resulting in consolidation of state purchasing and | ||
| procurement; and | ||
| (2) a report on the process by which the legislature or | ||
| executive branch would need to undertake in order to implement | ||
| consolidation of state purchasing and procurement; | ||
| (3) a listing of offices, departments, or agencies | ||
| currently responsible for purchasing or procurement in every agency | ||
| in this state; and | ||
| (4) the total cost to the state of each office, | ||
| department, or agency that is currently responsible for purchasing | ||
| or procurement in every agency in this state. | ||
| (5) The comptroller shall prepare, deliver, and post | ||
| this report not later than December 31, 2017. | ||
| (c) This section expires January 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
