85R11213 MCK-F
 
  By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1851
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of certain state agency contract
  information and the posting of that information on the Internet.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 322.020, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 322.020.  [MAJOR] CONTRACTS DATABASE.
         SECTION 2.  Section 322.020, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1)
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section[, "major contract" means]:
               (1)  "Contract" means a contract, grant, or agreement
  for the purchase or sale of goods or services that is entered into
  or paid for, wholly or partly, by a state agency or an amendment,
  modification, renewal, or extension of the contract, grant, or
  agreement. The term includes a revenue generating contract, an
  interagency or interlocal grant or agreement, a purchase order, or
  other written expression of terms of agreement. [a contract for
  which notice is required under one of the following sections:
                     [(A)  Section 2054.008;
                     [(B)  Section 2166.2551;
                     [(C)  Section 2254.006; or
                     [(D)  Section 2254.0301; or]
               (2)  "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
  2054.003 [a contract, including an amendment, modification,
  renewal, or extension:
                     [(A)     for which notice is not required under a
  section listed in Subdivision (1);
                     [(B)     that is not a purchase order, an interagency
  contract, or a contract paid only with funds not appropriated by the
  General Appropriations Act; and
                     [(C)  with a value that exceeds $50,000].
         (b)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a major consulting services contract, as defined
  by Section 2254.021; and
               (2)  a contract, including any amendment,
  modification, renewal, or extension of the contract, that has a
  value that exceeds or is reasonably expected to exceed $50,000,
  other than:
                     (A)  an enrollment contract described by 1 T.A.C.
  Section 391.183 as that section existed on September 1, 2015; or
                     (B)  a contract of the Texas Department of
  Transportation that:
                           (i)  relates to highway construction or
  engineering; or
                           (ii)  is subject to Section 201.112,
  Transportation Code.
         (b-1)  Not later than the 30th calendar day after the date a
  contract is awarded, amended, modified, renewed, or extended, a
  [Each] state agency shall provide written notice of the contract to
  the Legislative Budget Board. The written notice must include
  copies of the following documents:
               (1)  each [major] contract entered into by the agency,
  including each amendment, modification, renewal, or extension of
  the contract; and
               (2)  each request for proposal, invitation to bid, or
  comparable solicitation related to the [major] contract.
         (c)  The Legislative Budget Board shall post on the Internet
  a copy of:
               (1)  each [major] contract, including each amendment,
  modification, renewal, or extension of the contract [of a state
  agency]; and
               (2)  each request for proposal, invitation to bid, or
  comparable solicitation related to the [major] contract.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2261.253, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 2261.253.  REQUIRED POSTING OF [CERTAIN CONTRACTS;
  ENHANCED] CONTRACT INFORMATION AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING. (a)
  Each [For each contract for the purchase of goods or services from a
  private vendor, each] state agency shall post on its Internet
  website's home page a link to the Legislative Budget Board's
  contracts database established under Section 322.020. [website:
               [(1)     each contract the agency enters into, including
  contracts entered into without inviting, advertising for, or
  otherwise requiring competitive bidding before selection of the
  contractor, until the contract expires or is completed;
               [(2)     the statutory or other authority under which a
  contract that is not competitively bid under Subdivision (1) is
  entered into without compliance with competitive bidding
  procedures; and
               [(3)     the request for proposals related to a
  competitively bid contract included under Subdivision (1) until the
  contract expires or is completed.]
         (b)  [A state agency monthly may post contracts described by
  Subsection (a) that are valued at less than $15,000.
         [(c)]  Each state agency by rule shall establish a procedure
  to identify each contract that requires enhanced contract or
  performance monitoring and submit information on the contract to
  the agency's governing body or, if the agency is not governed by a
  multimember governing body, the officer who governs the agency.
  The agency's contract management office or procurement director
  shall immediately notify the agency's governing body or governing
  official, as appropriate, of any serious issue or risk that is
  identified with respect to a contract monitored under this
  subsection.
         [(d)     This section does not apply to a memorandum of
  understanding, interagency contract, interlocal agreement, or
  contract for which there is not a cost.]
         SECTION 4.  Section 2054.0965, Government Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Except as otherwise modified by rules adopted by the
  department, the review must include:
               (1)  an inventory of the agency's major information
  systems[, as defined by Section 2054.008,] and other operational or
  logistical components related to deployment of information
  resources as prescribed by the department;
               (2)  an inventory of the agency's major databases and
  applications;
               (3)  a description of the agency's existing and planned
  telecommunications network configuration;
               (4)  an analysis of how information systems,
  components, databases, applications, and other information
  resources have been deployed by the agency in support of:
                     (A)  applicable achievement goals established
  under Section 2056.006 and the state strategic plan adopted under
  Section 2056.009;
                     (B)  the state strategic plan for information
  resources; and
                     (C)  the agency's business objectives, mission,
  and goals;
               (5)  agency information necessary to support the state
  goals for interoperability and reuse; and
               (6)  confirmation by the agency of compliance with
  state statutes, rules, and standards relating to information
  resources.
         (c)  In this section, "major information system" includes:
               (1)  one or more computers that in the aggregate cost
  more than $100,000;
               (2)  a service related to computers, including computer
  software, that costs more than $100,000; and
               (3)  a telecommunications apparatus or device that
  serves as a voice, data, or video communications network for
  transmitting, switching, routing, multiplexing, modulating,
  amplifying, or receiving signals on the network and costs more than
  $100,000.
         SECTION 5.  The following sections of the Government Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 322.020(f);
               (2)  Section 2054.008;
               (3)  Section 2166.2551;
               (4)  Section 2254.006; and
               (5)  Section 2254.0301.
         SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
  contract entered into or amended, modified, renewed, or extended on
  or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or
  amended, modified, renewed, or extended before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract
  was entered into or amended, modified, renewed, or extended, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.