HBA-SEB H.B. 2150 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2150 By: Bosse Juvenile Justice and Family Issues 3/18/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a state agency must reject a bid for contracting services if a prospective contractor is delinquent on a child support payment. The contractor's name and social security number must appear on the bid in order to determine whether the contractor is delinquent on a child support payment. Losing competitive contracts because the requirement for the disclosure of the contractor's identifying information has not been met may result in an increased cost to the state for contracted services. H.B. 2150 authorizes a state agency to accept a bid that does not include the contractor's name and social security number if the state agency collects the information before the contract is executed. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 231.006, Family Code, by adding Subsection (j), as follows: (j) Authorizes a state agency to accept a bid for a contract, grant, or loan paid from state funds that does not include the information required under Subsection (c) if the state agency collects the information before the contract, grant, or loan is executed. Subsection (c) provides that the bid must include the name and social security number of the individual or sole proprietor and each partner, shareholder, or owner with an ownership interest of at least 25 percent of the business entity submitting the bid or application. This section makes a child support obligor who is more than 30 days delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in which the obligor has an ownership interest of at least 25 percent ineligible to receive payments from state funds. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.