SRC-JBJ S.B. 620 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 620
76R5749 CMR-FBy: Harris
Jurisprudence
3/8/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, an agency must reject a contracting services bid if a
prospective contractor does not include certain information regarding child
support enforcement.  Losing several competitive contracts to a
technicality results in a decrease in contracts and, thereby, an increase
in cost to the state for contracted services.  S.B. 620 would authorize a
state agency to accept a bid that does not include certain child support
information, if the state agency collects the requisite information before
the contract, grant, or loan is executed. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 620 authorizes a state agency to conditionally accept
certain bids lacking necessary child support information. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 231.006, Family Code, by adding Subsection (j),
to authorize a state agency to accept a bid 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. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999.
  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.