By Brimer H.B. No. 3200
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to conflicts of interest of Department of Information
1-3 Resources employees.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2054.022(b) is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The department shall remove from the bidding process,
1-7 including development of the proposal through award of the contract
1-8 and contract negotiation, any employee who receives more than 5
1-9 percent of the individual's income from any likely respondent to a
1-10 bid proposal issued by the department, or whose spouse is employed
1-11 by any likely respondent to a bid proposal issued by the
1-12 department. [A person who is the spouse of an officer, employee,
1-13 or paid consultant of a business entity that has, or of a trade
1-14 association of business entities that have, a substantial interest
1-15 in the information resources technologies industry and that may
1-16 contract with state government may not be:]
1-17 [(1) a member of the board; or]
1-18 [(2) an employee of the department who:]
1-19 [(A) is exempt from the state's position
1-20 classification plan; or]
1-21 (B) [is compensated at or above the amount
1-22 prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary
1-23 group 17, of the position classification schedule.]
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.