S.B. No. 538
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to information technology purchased through the
  Department of Information Resources.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 2157.068(a) and (e-3), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "commodity items" means commercial
  software, hardware, or technology services, other than
  telecommunications services, that are generally available to
  businesses or the public and for which the department determines
  that a reasonable demand exists from [in] two or more customers,
  including state agencies and political subdivisions of this state,
  entities described by Subsection (j), and governmental entities of
  another state, that purchase the items through the department. The
  term includes seat management, through which a customer [state
  agency] transfers its personal computer equipment and service
  responsibilities to a private vendor to manage the personal
  computing needs for each desktop of the customer [in the state
  agency], including all necessary hardware, software, and support
  services.
         (e-3)  The procedural requirements of Subsection (e-1) and
  the limitation prescribed by Subsection (e-2) do not apply to a
  state agency's purchase of commodity items under a department
  contract for the bulk purchase of commodity items intended for use
  by more than one customer [state agency].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 538 passed the Senate on
  April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2021, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 538 passed the House, with
  amendment, on April 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor