HBA-KDB H.B. 3536 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3536
By: Dukes
State Affairs
4/4/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a state agency is prohibited from accepting a bid or
awarding a contract that includes proposed financial participation by a
person who received compensation from the agency in preparing
specifications or requests for proposals.  However, a state agency may
still accept such a bid from or award such a contract to a person who did
not receive compensation from the state agency, but who did participate in
any extent in preparing the specifications or request for proposals on
which the bid or contract is based.  House Bill 3536 prohibits a state
agency from accepting such a bid from or awarding such a contract to a
person who participated in any extent in preparing the specifications or
request for proposals on which the bid or contract is based.  

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 3536 amends the Government Code to prohibit a state agency from
accepting a bid or awarding a contract that includes proposed financial
participation by a person who participated in any extent in, rather than a
person who received compensation from the agency, preparing the
specifications or request for proposals on which the bid or contract is
based.  The bill prohibits a state agency from accepting a bid from a
person or business which has been determined ineligible by the General
Services Commission. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.