SGN S.B. 67 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


CORRECTIONS
S.B. 67
By: Moncrief (Gallego)
4-30-97
Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND 

Currently, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has 
the statutory authority to bypass 
purchasing procedures developed under the State Purchasing and 
General Services Act and 
directly purchase certain items for agricultural or industrial 
production.  The Department ceased 
utilizing this purchasing practice in Spring of 1996. 
 
PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 67 eliminates the direct purchasing authority 
and reinstates the purchasing 
procedures set forth in the State Purchasing and General Services 
Act.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly 
grant any additional rulemaking 
authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 496.051, Government Code, by deleting 
existing Subsections (a) 
and (b), which allowed the institutional division to purchase 
directly certain items if the division 
determined that the purchase was economically feasible and 
advantageous to the division. 
Maintains language requiring the department to comply with any 
special purchasing procedures 
requiring competitive review under the State Purchasing and 
General Services Act.  Recodifies 
the State Purchasing and General Services Act (Article 601b, 
V.T.C.S.) as Subtitle D, Title 10, 
Government Code.  

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.