By Gray                                               H.B. No. 2144
         77R7193 BDH-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain purchases by the General Land Office.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is
 1-5     amended by adding Section 2155.147 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 2155.147.  CERTAIN PURCHASES BY GENERAL LAND OFFICE. (a)
 1-7     The General Land Office is delegated all purchasing functions
 1-8     relating to purchases under Section 33.603, Natural Resources Code,
 1-9     including coastal erosion studies, demonstration studies, and
1-10     response projects.
1-11           (b)  The General Land Office shall acquire goods and services
1-12     by any procurement method that provides the best value to the land
1-13     office.  The land office shall consider the best value standards
1-14     provided by Section 2155.074.
1-15           (c)  The commission shall procure goods and services for the
1-16     General Land Office at the request of the land office, and the land
1-17     office may use the services of the commission in procuring goods
1-18     and services.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.