1-1     By:  Gray (Senate Sponsor - Bernsen)                  H.B. No. 2144
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Natural Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to certain purchases by the General Land Office.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is
1-11     amended by adding Section 2155.147 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 2155.147.  CERTAIN PURCHASES BY GENERAL LAND OFFICE. (a)
1-13     The General Land Office is delegated all purchasing functions
1-14     relating to purchases under Section 33.603, Natural Resources Code,
1-15     including coastal erosion studies, demonstration studies, and
1-16     response projects.
1-17           (b)  The General Land Office shall acquire goods and services
1-18     by any procurement method that provides the best value to the land
1-19     office.  The land office shall consider the best value standards
1-20     provided by Section 2155.074.
1-21           (c)  The commission shall procure goods and services for the
1-22     General Land Office at the request of the land office, and the land
1-23     office may use the services of the commission in procuring goods
1-24     and services.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-28     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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