By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 3342
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
  May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
  and Commerce; May 18, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
  May 18, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3342 By:  Watson
 
 
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, 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.
 
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