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AN ACT
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relating to interstate compacts and cooperative agreements |
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relating to state purchasing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2156.181, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The commission may enter into one or more compacts, |
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interagency agreements, or cooperative purchasing agreements |
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directly with one or more state governments, agencies of other |
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states, or other governmental entities or may participate in, |
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sponsor, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement through |
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an entity that facilitates those agreements for the purchase of |
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goods or services if the commission determines that the [entering
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into an] agreement would be in the best interest of the state. |
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(a-1) A compact or agreement described by this section may |
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not be used to purchase services that are defined as part of the |
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practice of engineering under Section 1001.003, Occupations Code, |
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or architecture under Section 1051.001, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3342 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3342 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 6, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3342 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |