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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption from competitive bidding for certain |
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purchases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2155.132(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) Competitive bidding, whether formal or informal, is |
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[not] required for a purchase by a state agency if the purchase: |
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(1) exceeds $5,000; and |
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(2) is made under a written contract [does not exceed
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$2,000, or a greater amount prescribed by commission rule]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2157.0611, Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2157.0611. REQUIREMENT TO EVALUATE THREE OFFERS WHEN |
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POSSIBLE. A catalog purchase or lease that exceeds $5,000 [$2,000] |
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or that is made under a written contract [a greater amount
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prescribed by commission rule] shall, when possible, be based on an |
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evaluation of at least three catalog offers made to the commission |
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or other state agency by catalog information systems vendors. If at |
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least three catalog offers are not evaluated by the commission or |
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other state agency before a purchase or lease is made that exceeds |
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the threshold amount or is made under a written contract, the |
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commission or other agency shall document the reasons for that fact |
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before making the purchase or lease under Section 2157.063. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections |
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2155.132(e) and 2157.0611, Government Code, apply only to a |
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purchase under a contract entered into on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A purchase under a contract entered into before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the contract was entered into, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 119 was passed by the House on March |
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22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 119 on May 23, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 119 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 119 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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119 on May 26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |