83R5249 KSD-D
 
  By: S. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2946
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a contract for the acquisition of goods or services to
  which The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a
  party.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 73.115, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  In any contract for the acquisition of goods or services
  to which the institution is a party, a provision required by
  applicable law to be included in the contract is considered to be a
  part of the executed contract without regard to:
               (1)  whether the provision appears on the face of the
  contract; or
               (2)  whether the contract includes any provision to the
  contrary.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2013.