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	Amend CSSB 909 (House Committee Printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 495, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Sections 495.025 and 495.026 to read as follows:
	Sec. 495.025. CERTAIN COMMISSARY CONTRACTS; TASTE TESTS. (a) 
For the purchase of commissary food goods, the department may 
conduct a taste test as consideration for a bid award only if, to 
conduct the test, the department contracts with a private marketing 
vendor, a university, or another independent organization that is 
experienced in food product evaluation and taste tests.
	(b) In awarding a bid for commissary food goods for which a 
taste test is conducted, the department may use the taste test 
results as not more than 30 percent of the criteria used for the bid 
award.
	(c) A contract into which the department enters under 
Subsection (a) must require the vendor, university, or other 
organization, at the expense of the vendor, university, or 
organization, to annually re-conduct the taste test to ensure that 
the product meets the original specifications of the request for 
proposal that resulted in the department entering a contract for 
the tested product.
	Sec. 495.026. PRODUCT BUNDLING, BULK PURCHASING, AND VENDOR 
DISCOUNTS. The department may provide for the practice of bundling 
products into categories to ensure savings through bulk purchasing, 
discounts for advance invoice payments, and online ordering.
	SECTION ____. Sections 495.025 and 495.026, Government Code, 
as added by this Act, apply only to a contract that the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice enters on or after the effective 
date of this Act. A contract that the department enters before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the 
time the contract is entered, and that law is continued in effect 
for that purpose.