79R7638 MXM-D
By: Uresti 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
must be provided the opportunity to bid. [The 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.