Bill Text: TX SB58 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notification requirements applicable to certain state contracts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Finance [SB58 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB58-Introduced.html

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85R3639 E
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 58

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification requirements applicable to certain state
contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2166.2551, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2166.2551. CONTRACT NOTIFICATION. The commission or
an agency whose project is exempted from all or part of this chapter
under Section 2166.003 shall provide written notice to the
Legislative Budget Board of a contract for a construction project
if the amount of the contract, including an amendment,
modification, renewal, or extension of the contract, exceeds $1
million [$14,000]. The notice must be on a form prescribed by the
Legislative Budget Board and filed not later than the 10th day after
the date the agency enters into the contract.
SECTION 2. Section 2254.006, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2254.006. CONTRACT NOTIFICATION. A state agency,
including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
61.003, Education Code, shall provide written notice to the
Legislative Budget Board of a contract for professional services,
other than a contract for physician or optometric services, if the
amount of the contract, including an amendment, modification,
renewal, or extension of the contract, exceeds $100,000 [$14,000].
The notice must be on a form prescribed by the Legislative Budget
Board and filed not later than the 10th day after the date the
agency enters into the contract.
SECTION 3. Section 2254.0301(a), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A state agency shall provide written notice to the
Legislative Budget Board of a contract for consulting services if
the amount of the contract, including an amendment, modification,
renewal, or extension of the contract, exceeds $50,000 [$14,000].
The notice must be on a form prescribed by the Legislative Budget
Board and filed not later than the 10th day after the date the
entity enters into the contract.
SECTION 4. Sections 2166.2551, 2254.006, and 2254.0301(a),
Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a state
agency contract for which the agency is required to provide notice
to the Legislative Budget Board that is entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,
relating to state agency contracting and oversight.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.