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By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) |
H.B. No. 3342 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015; |
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May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business |
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and Commerce; May 18, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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May 18, 2015, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3342 |
By: Watson |
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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, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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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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(a-1) A compact or agreement described by this section may |
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not be used to purchase services that are defined as part of the |
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practice of engineering under Section 1001.003, Occupations Code, |
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or architecture under Section 1051.001, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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