HOUSE BILL 1615 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Uher |
EFFECTIVE: 05-29-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Brown, J. E. "Buster" |
In 1995, the legislature authorized medical and dental schools to acquire goods and services through methods that provide the best value, including competitive bidding, competitive sealed proposals, catalogue purchases, group purchasing programs, and open market contracts and scheduled those provisions to expire September 1, 1999. House Bill 1615 amends the Education Code to make the purchasing provisions permanent.