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

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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-Engrossed.html

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84R15634 DDT-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 3342

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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(a), Government Code, is amended
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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.