By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Janek) H.B. No. 2626
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2007;
  May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 15, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to purchases made at the campus level in certain school
  districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 44.031(m), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (m)  If a purchase is made at the campus level in a school
  district with a student enrollment [an average daily attendance] of
  180,000 [190,000] or more [as determined under Section 42.005] that
  has formally adopted a site-based decision-making plan under
  Subchapter F, Chapter 11, that delegates purchasing decisions to
  the campus level, this section applies only to the campus and does
  not require the district to aggregate and jointly award purchasing
  contracts. A district that adopts site-based purchasing under this
  subsection shall adopt a policy to ensure that campus purchases
  achieve the best value to the district and are not intended or used
  to avoid the requirement that a district aggregate purchases under
  Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Section 44.033(e), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  If a purchase is made at the campus level in a school
  district with a student enrollment [an average daily attendance] of
  180,000 [190,000] or more [as determined under Section 42.005] that
  has formally adopted a site-based decision-making plan under
  Subchapter F, Chapter 11, that delegates purchasing decisions to
  the campus level, this section applies only to the campus and does
  not require the district to aggregate and jointly award purchasing
  contracts. A district that adopts site-based purchasing under this
  subsection shall adopt a policy to ensure that campus purchases
  achieve the best value to the district and are not intended or used
  to avoid the requirement that a district aggregate purchases under
  Subsection (a).
         SECTION 3.  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, 2007.
 
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