Amend CSSB 20 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike page 10, line 16, through page 11, line 13.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 2157.068, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
(e-1) A state agency contracting to purchase a commodity item shall use the list maintained as required by Subsection (e) as follows:
(1) for a contract with a value of $50,000 or less, the agency may directly award the contract to a vendor included on the list without submission of a request for pricing to other vendors on the list;
(2) for a contract with a value of more than $50,000 but not more than $150,000, the agency must submit a request for pricing to at least three vendors included on the list in the category to which the contract relates; and
(3) for a contract with a value of more than $150,000 but not more than $1 million, the agency must submit a request for pricing to at least six vendors included on the list in the category to which the contract relates or all vendors on the schedule if the category has fewer than six vendors.
(e-2) A state agency may not enter into a contract to purchase a commodity item if the value of the contract exceeds $1 million.