Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3688 by Naishtat (Relating to the purchase of computer equipment by the Department of Information Resources.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Subchapter B, Chapter 2157, Government Code, to require that the Department of Information Resources (DIR) ensure that each solicitation by DIR for computer equipment requires a vendor to: (1) report on progress toward Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certification of computer equipment; (2) identify all EPEAT certified computer equipment offered by the vendor; and (3) report to DIR state agency purchases of computer equipment from the vendor that are EPEAT certified, if the vendor is awarded a contract for computer equipment. The bill would take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds majority vote in each house. Otherwise the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
Based on the analysis by DIR, it is assumed that costs to implement the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.