By Cook H.B. No. 185 74R976 MJW-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to solicitation of recommendations and proposals from the 1-3 public by the State Council on Competitive Government regarding the 1-4 privatization of state services. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Article 15, State Purchasing and General Services 1-7 Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-8 adding Section 15.061 to read as follows: 1-9 Sec. 15.061. SOLICITATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSALS 1-10 FROM PUBLIC. (a) In performing its duties under this article, the 1-11 council shall solicit from the public recommendations and proposals 1-12 regarding state services that may be provided by private commercial 1-13 sources. 1-14 (b) The council shall establish procedures for the efficient 1-15 solicitation and submission of recommendations and proposals under 1-16 this section. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.