79R11660 MXM-D


By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 2048

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2048:                                   

By:  Frost                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 2048



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain online services and transactions involving 
state agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2054.113(c), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  Before a state agency may contract with a third party 
for Internet application development that duplicates a TexasOnline 
function, the state agency must notify the TexasOnline Authority 
and the department of its intent to bid for such services at the 
same time that others have the opportunity to bid.  The department 
[program management office] may exempt a state agency from this 
section if it determines the agency has fully complied with Section 
2054.111.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2054.129 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2054.129.  ADVERTISING ONLINE OPTIONS.  Each state 
agency shall advertise the options for completing transactions with 
that agency online.
	SECTION 3.  The amendments made by this Act to Section 
2054.113(c), Government Code, apply only to a bid made on or after 
the effective date of this Act.  A bid that is made before that date 
is governed by the law in effect when the bid was made, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.