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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to interstate compacts and cooperative agreements |
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relating to state purchasing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2156.181(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission may enter into one or more compacts, |
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interagency agreements, or cooperative purchasing agreements |
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directly with one or more state governments, agencies of other |
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states, or other governmental entities or may participate in, |
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sponsor, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement through |
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an entity that facilitates those agreements for the purchase of |
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goods or services if the commission determines that the [entering
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into an] agreement would be in the best interest of the state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |