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House Bill 2932 |
House Author: Delisi et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 2932 amends the Government Code to require that, before a state agency awards to a business entity a contract with a value of at least $1 million for the purchase of goods and services, each of the agency's purchasing personnel working on the contract must disclose in writing to the agency's administrative head any known family relationship with an employee, partner, major stockholder, other owner, or in certain cases a paid consultant of the entity that is related within the third degree by consanguinity or the second degree by affinity. The reporting requirement applies to institutions of higher education and to highway construction or highway engineering contracts of the Texas Department of Transportation. It does not apply to the legislative or judicial branches or to the governor's office, the lieutenant governor's office, or committees whose primary function is to advise state agencies.