By Ellis S.B. No. 1713
76R4502 SMJ-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the purchase of a motor vehicle under an Interlocal
1-3 Cooperation Act contract.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 791.025, Government Code, is amended by
1-6 adding a new Subsection (c) and redesignating existing Subsections
1-7 (c) and (d) as Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
1-8 (c) A local government, including a council of governments,
1-9 or a state agency that purchases or arranges the purchase of a
1-10 motor vehicle under an interlocal contract on behalf of a
1-11 contracting party is not a broker, converter, distributor,
1-12 franchised or nonfranchised dealer, lease facilitator, lessor,
1-13 manufacturer, or representative as defined by Section 1.03, Texas
1-14 Motor Vehicle Commission Code (Article 4413(36), Vernon's Texas
1-15 Civil Statutes), and is not subject to the licensing requirements
1-16 of Subchapter D, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code (Article
1-17 4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
1-18 (d) A local government that purchases goods and services
1-19 under this section satisfies the requirement of the local
1-20 government to seek competitive bids for the purchase of the goods
1-21 and services.
1-22 (e) [(d)] In this section, "council of governments" means a
1-23 regional planning commission created under Chapter 391, Local
1-24 Government Code.
2-1 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.