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
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	Governor