By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 1281
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; April 16, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 16, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of a local government to participate in a
  cooperative purchasing program with local governments of this state
  or another state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 271.102(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A local government may participate in a cooperative
  purchasing program with another local government of this state or
  another state or with a local cooperative organization of this
  state or another state.
         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, 2015.
 
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