Bill Text: TX HB3342 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to interstate compacts and cooperative agreements relating to state purchasing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3342 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3342-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 3342
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to interstate compacts and cooperative agreements
  relating to state purchasing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2156.181, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The commission may enter into one or more compacts,
  interagency agreements, or cooperative purchasing agreements
  directly with one or more state governments, agencies of other
  states, or other governmental entities or may participate in,
  sponsor, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement through
  an entity that facilitates those agreements for the purchase of
  goods or services if the commission determines that the [entering
  into an] agreement would be in the best interest of the state.
         (a-1)  A compact or agreement described by this section may
  not be used to purchase services that are defined as part of the
  practice of engineering under Section 1001.003, Occupations Code,
  or architecture under Section 1051.001, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3342 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3342 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 6,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3342 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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