By: Gutierrez (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2000

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2015; May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the purchase of certain commodity items by an entity other than a state agency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2157.068, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j) The following entities may purchase commodity items through the department, and be charged a reasonable administrative fee, as provided by this section:

(1) the Electric Reliability Council of Texas;

(2) the Lower Colorado River Authority;

(3) a private school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code;

(4) a private or independent institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; or

(5) a volunteer fire department, as defined by Section 152.001, Tax Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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