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AN ACT
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relating to the development of a model contract management process |
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for use with low-risk state procurements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2262.051(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The guide must include model provisions for state agency |
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contracts. The guide must: |
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(1) distinguish between essential provisions that a |
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state agency must include in a contract to protect the interests of |
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this state and recommended provisions that a state agency may |
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include in a contract; |
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(2) recognize the unique contracting needs of an |
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individual state agency or program and provide sufficient |
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flexibility to accommodate those needs, consistent with protecting |
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the interests of this state; [and] |
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(3) include maximum contract periods under which a new |
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competitive solicitation is not necessary; and |
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(4) include the model contract management process |
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developed under Section 2262.104 and recommendations on the |
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appropriate use of the model. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2262, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2262.104 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2262.104. LOW-RISK CONTRACTS. The contract advisory |
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team shall identify the types of procurements that pose a low risk |
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of loss to the state and develop a model contract management process |
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for use with those procurements. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2873 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2873 was passed by the Senate on May |
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20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |