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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to monitoring a state agency's compliance with the |
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requirement to purchase certain goods and services from a community |
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rehabilitation program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 122, Human Resources Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 122.0096 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 122.0096. PROCUREMENT MONITORING. (a) The workforce |
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commission may monitor the procurement practices of a state agency |
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to determine compliance with this chapter. The workforce |
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commission shall notify the state auditor's office if the workforce |
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commission determines: |
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(1) a state agency procured a product or service from a |
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vendor other than a community rehabilitation program; |
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(2) a suitable product or service that met the state |
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agency's specifications was available, within the time specified by |
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the agency, from a community rehabilitation program on the date the |
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procurement was made; and |
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(3) the procurement of the product or service from a |
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community rehabilitation program was not exempted: |
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(A) under Section 122.016; or |
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(B) because the product or service failed to meet |
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a specification described by Section 2155.138(a)(3), Government |
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Code. |
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(b) The workforce commission may request that the state |
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auditor's office conduct an audit of a state agency described by |
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Subsection (a) to determine the agency's compliance with this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |