LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 14, 2015

TO:	Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1161 by Zaffirini (Relating to certain purchasing methods by state agencies and local governments.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code to require state agencies to purchase automated information systems using competitive pricing requests if the purchase amount is more than $50,000. The bill would direct the Department of Information Resources to monitor and verify certain purchase transaction reports submitted by vendors. It is estimated that the provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources at state agencies.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

303 Facilities Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 313 Department of Information Resources, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 601 Department of Transportation

LBB Staff:

UP, FR, KMc, CL, JI, LCO