HBA-SEP H.B. 3186 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3186 By: Puente State Affairs 3/28/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, the General Services Commission and state agencies procuring goods or services are not required, when considering a contract of a certain amount which will also generate tax revenue of at least one million dollars, to give preference to Texas companies. Such a public procurement law may better promote Texas economic development. House Bill 3186 establishes such a public procurement law. 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. ANALYSIS House Bill 3186 amends the Government Code to require the General Services Commission (GSC) and all state agencies procuring goods or services to give preference to a Texas bidder if the contract has a value greater than $100,000 and the comptroller of public accounts (comptroller) estimates that the tax revenue generated by the contract period will have a value of at least one million dollars. For each contemplated procurement that will have a value greater than $100,000, the procuring agency is required to promptly inform the comptroller who is required to complete a tax revenue analysis before the date on which the bids or proposals, or the responses to a request for qualifications, will be received by GSC or the state agency. The comptroller is also required to complete the requested analysis not later than the 14th day after the date of receipt of all information necessary to conduct the analysis. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.