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.
* * * * *