79R4220 MTB-D

By:  Turner                                                       H.B. No. 908



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a pilot program on 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:  PILOT PROGRAM.  
(a)  At least 30 percent of the dollar value of goods purchased by 
the commission shall be purchased using the reverse auction 
procedure.
	(b)  On or before December 1, 2006, the commission shall 
report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the 
house of representatives, the chair of the Senate Finance 
Committee, and the chair of the House Appropriations Committee on 
the effectiveness of using the reverse auction procedure to 
purchase goods, including any cost savings realized by the state 
from using the procedure.
	(c)  This section expires September 1, 2007.                            
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.