By:  Estes                                                        S.B. No. 1752
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 24, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
April 30, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 30, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1752                                   By:  Armbrister


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.  Subsection (d), Section 2155.062, 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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