By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 335
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an interlocal cooperation contract between a local
 1-3     government in this state and a local government in another state.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subdivision (4), Section 791.003, Government
 1-6     Code, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7                 (4)  "Local government" means a:
 1-8                       (A)  county, municipality, special district, or
 1-9     other political subdivision of this state or another [a] state
1-10     [that borders this state]; or
1-11                       (B)  combination of two or more of those
1-12     entities.
1-13            SECTION 2.  Section 791.011, Government Code, is amended by
1-14     amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
1-15     follows:
1-16           (b)  A party to an interlocal contract may contract with a:
1-17                 (1)  state agency, as that term is defined by Section
1-18     771.002; or
1-19                 (2)  similar agency of another [a] state [that borders
1-20     this state].
1-21           (g)  A governmental entity of this state or another state
1-22     that makes purchases or provides purchasing services under an
1-23     interlocal contract for a state agency, as that term is defined by
1-24     Section 771.002, must comply with Chapter 2161 in making the
1-25     purchases or providing the services.
 2-1           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.