1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1115
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 7, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 4, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
1-5 Nays 0; April 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to conflicts of interest of Department of Information
1-9 Resources employees.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2054.022, Government
1-12 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) The department shall remove from the bidding process,
1-14 including development of the proposal through award of the contract
1-15 and contract negotiation, any employee who receives more than five
1-16 percent of the individual's income from any likely respondent to a
1-17 bid proposal issued by the department or whose spouse is employed
1-18 by any likely respondent to a bid proposal issued by the
1-19 department. [A person who is the spouse of an officer, employee,
1-20 or paid consultant of a business entity that has, or of a trade
1-21 association of business entities that have, a substantial interest
1-22 in the information resources technologies industry and that may
1-23 contract with state government may not be:]
1-24 [(1) a member of the board; or]
1-25 [(2) an employee of the department who:]
1-26 [(A) is exempt from the state's position
1-27 classification plan; or]
1-28 [(B) is compensated at or above the amount
1-29 prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary
1-30 group 17, of the position classification salary schedule.]
1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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