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By: Harper-Brown (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 2873 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Government Organization; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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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