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