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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to purchases made at the campus level in certain school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 44.031(m), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(m) If a purchase is made at the campus level in a school |
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district with a student enrollment [an average daily attendance] of |
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190,000 or more [as determined under Section 42.005] that has |
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formally adopted a site-based decision-making plan under |
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Subchapter F, Chapter 11, that delegates purchasing decisions to |
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the campus level, this section applies only to the campus and does |
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not require the district to aggregate and jointly award purchasing |
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contracts. A district that adopts site-based purchasing under this |
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subsection shall adopt a policy to ensure that campus purchases |
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achieve the best value to the district and are not intended or used |
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to avoid the requirement that a district aggregate purchases under |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 44.033(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) If a purchase is made at the campus level in a school |
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district with a student enrollment [an average daily attendance] of |
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190,000 or more [as determined under Section 42.005] that has |
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formally adopted a site-based decision-making plan under |
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Subchapter F, Chapter 11, that delegates purchasing decisions to |
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the campus level, this section applies only to the campus and does |
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not require the district to aggregate and jointly award purchasing |
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contracts. A district that adopts site-based purchasing under this |
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subsection shall adopt a policy to ensure that campus purchases |
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achieve the best value to the district and are not intended or used |
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to avoid the requirement that a district aggregate purchases under |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |