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By:  Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Estes)                               H.B. No. 3242
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2003; 
May 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on State 
Affairs; May 21, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; 
May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3242                                   By:  Nelson


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by the Texas 
Building and Procurement Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(d)  In this subchapter [section], "reverse auction 
procedure" means:
		(1)  a real-time bidding process usually lasting less 
than one hour and taking place at a previously scheduled time and 
Internet location, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each 
other, submit bids to provide the designated goods or services; or
		(2)  a bidding process usually lasting less than two 
weeks and taking place during a previously scheduled period and at a 
previously scheduled Internet location, in which multiple 
suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the 
designated goods or services.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2155.085 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2155.085.  REVERSE AUCTION PROCEDURE.  (a)  At least 10 
percent of the dollar value of open market purchases, other than 
purchases of professional services as defined by Section 2254.002, 
made by a state agency or by the commission on behalf of a state 
agency each state fiscal year shall be purchased using the reverse 
auction procedure.
	(b)  In September of each year, a state agency shall submit 
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the 
house of representatives a written justification if the agency did 
not comply with Subsection (a) during the preceding state fiscal 
year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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