LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 15, 2015

TO:	Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1161 by Zaffirini (Relating to the purchases by state agencies of automated information systems.), As Introduced

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 bidding if the purchase amount is more than $25,000. 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, CL, JI, KMc, LCO