Amend CSHB 3430 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 2177.052, Government Code, is
transferred to Chapter 322, Government Code, redesignated as
Section 322.020, and amended to read as follows:
Sec. 322.020 [2177.052]. MAJOR CONTRACTS DATABASE. (a) In
this section, "major contract" means:
(1) a contract for which notice is required under one
of the following sections [that has a value that is expected to be
at least $5 million computed as the]:
(A) Section 2054.008 [(1) initial value of the
contract];
(B) Section 2166.2551;
(C) Section 2254.006; or
(D) Section 2254.0301; or
(2) a contract, including an amendment, modification,
renewal, or extension:
(A) for which notice is not required under a
section listed in Subdivision (1);
(B) that is not a purchase order, an interagency
contract, or a contract paid only with funds not appropriated by the
General Appropriations Act; and
(C) with a value that exceeds $50,000 [total
value of the contract after all potential term extensions].
(b) Each state agency shall provide the Legislative Budget
Board [commission] copies of the following documents:
(1) each major contract entered into by the agency;
and
(2) each request for proposal, invitation to bid, or
comparable solicitation related to the major contract.
(c) The Legislative Budget Board [commission] shall post on
the Internet [include in the information posted on the electronic
procurement marketplace]:
(1) each major contract of a state agency[, including
the commission]; and
(2) each request for proposal, invitation to bid, or
comparable solicitation related to the major contract.
(d) [The commission shall allow Texas governmental
entities, including legislative entities, access to the
information posted under this section.
[(e)] The Legislative Budget Board [commission] shall allow
public access to the information posted under this section, except
for information that is not subject to disclosure under Chapter
552. Information that is not subject to disclosure under Chapter
552 must be referenced in an appendix that generally describes the
information without disclosing the specific content of the
information.
(e) [(f)] The Legislative Budget Board [commission] shall
make the information searchable by contract value, state agency,
and vendor. The Legislative Budget Board [commission] may make the
information searchable by other subjects as appropriate.
(f) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned
by Section 2054.003, except that the term does not include a
university system or institution of higher education, the Health
and Human Services Commission, an agency identified in Section
531.001(4), or the Texas Department of Transportation.
SECTION ___. With respect to Section 322.020(c), Government
Code, as amended by this Act, the change in law made by this Act
applies only in relation to a major contract:
(1) entered into on or after the effective date of this
Act, for purposes of complying with Section 322.020(c)(1),
Government Code; and
(2) for which a request for proposal, invitation to
bid, or comparable solicitation is made on or after the effective
date of this Act, for purposes of complying with Section
322.020(c)(2), Government Code.