Bill Text: TX SB262 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain purchasing by state agencies and local governments.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB262 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB262-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 262 | ||
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| relating to certain purchasing by state agencies and local | ||
| governments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2157.068, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: | ||
| (k) The department, in cooperation with state agencies, | ||
| shall, with respect to the purchase of commodity items included in | ||
| the list maintained under Subsection (e): | ||
| (1) periodically assess the risk to this state in the | ||
| purchase of those commodity items; and | ||
| (2) based on that risk assessment and as the | ||
| department considers necessary to ensure accuracy, monitor and | ||
| verify the purchase transaction reports of the monthly sales of | ||
| those commodity items submitted by vendors in accordance with | ||
| department requirements. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2155.504(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by this subsection, a [ |
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| agency or local government may purchase goods or services directly | ||
| from a vendor under a contract listed on a schedule developed under | ||
| this subchapter. A state agency or local government contracting | ||
| for the purchase of an automated information system under a | ||
| contract listed on a schedule developed under this subchapter shall | ||
| comply with Section 2157.068(e-1). A purchase authorized by this | ||
| section satisfies any requirement of state law relating to | ||
| competitive bids or proposals [ |
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| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only in | ||
| relation to a contract: | ||
| (1) for which a state agency or local government first | ||
| advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or | ||
| qualifications on or after the effective date of this Act; | ||
| (2) that is extended on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act; or | ||
| (3) for which a change order is submitted on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 262 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the | ||
| Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 262 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
