By Staples                                             S.B. No. 221
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to state purchasing using the reverse auction procedure.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 2155.062(a), Government Code, is amended
 1-5     to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  In purchasing goods and services the commission may use,
 1-7     but is not limited to, the:
 1-8                 (1)  contract purchase procedure;
 1-9                 (2)  multiple award contract procedure;  [or]
1-10                 (3)  open market purchase procedure; or
1-11                 (4)  reverse auction procedure.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.