78R2882 AKH-D

By:  Ratliff                                                      S.B. No. 733



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the purchase by a local government of an item from a 
local vendor.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 271.907 to read as follows:
	Sec. 271.907.  PURCHASE FROM LOCAL VENDOR.  (a)  In this 
section, "local vendor" means a vendor who has a place of business 
located in:
		(1)  a county in which any part of the local government 
that seeks to purchase an item under this section is located; or
		(2)  a county contiguous to a county described by 
Subdivision (1).   
	(b)  A local government, as defined by Section 271.081, may 
purchase an item from a local vendor without following a 
competitive purchasing procedure if that vendor's price is equal to 
or less than the price at which the local government could purchase 
the item under a government purchasing program of this state such as 
those described by Subchapter D, F, or G or by Section 2155.504, 
Government Code.
	(c)  A purchase under this section satisfies any law 
requiring the local government to purchase an item under a 
competitive purchasing procedure.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.