S.B. No. 1793
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to purchasing and contracting by governmental entities;
  authorizing fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2155.510, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 2155.510.  REBATES. (a)  The comptroller [commission]
  may collect a rebate from a vendor under a contract listed on a
  schedule developed under this subchapter.
         (b)  The comptroller shall notify a state agency purchasing a
  good or service through a contract listed on a schedule developed
  under this subchapter of the percentage used to calculate the
  rebate authorized under Subsection (a) [If a purchase resulting in
  a rebate under this section is made in whole or in part with federal
  funds, the commission shall ensure that, to the extent the purchase
  was made with federal funds, the appropriate portion of the rebate
  is reported to the purchasing agency for reporting and
  reconciliation purposes with the appropriate federal funding
  agency].
         SECTION 2.  Section 2171.055, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (k) and (l) to read as follows:
         (k)  An officer or employee of a local workforce development
  board who is engaged in official board business may participate in
  the comptroller's contract for travel services. The comptroller
  may charge a participating board a fee not to exceed the costs
  incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
  subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review the fees and
  adjust the fees as necessary to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
  providing services to a local workforce development board under
  this subsection.  In this subsection, "local workforce development
  board" means a local workforce development board created under
  Chapter 2308. 
         (l)  An officer or employee of a governmental entity who is
  engaged in official business of the governmental entity may
  participate in the comptroller's contract for travel services. The
  comptroller may charge a participating governmental entity a fee
  not to exceed the costs incurred by the comptroller in providing
  services under this subsection. The comptroller shall periodically
  review the fees and adjust the fees as necessary to ensure recovery
  of costs incurred in providing services to governmental entities
  under this subsection.  This subsection applies only to a
  governmental entity that is a party to a compact, interagency
  agreement, or cooperative purchasing agreement under Section
  2156.181.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2252.002, Government Code, as amended by
  Chapters 1127 (H.B. 1050) and 1404 (H.B. 3648), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 2252.002.  AWARD OF CONTRACT TO NONRESIDENT BIDDER.  A
  governmental entity may not award a governmental contract to a
  nonresident bidder unless the nonresident underbids the lowest bid
  submitted by a responsible resident bidder by an amount that is not
  less than the greater of the following:
               (1)  the amount by which a resident bidder would be
  required to underbid the nonresident bidder to obtain a comparable
  contract in the state in which the nonresident's principal place of
  business is located; or
               (2)  the amount by which a resident bidder would be
  required to underbid the nonresident bidder to obtain a comparable
  contract in the state in which a majority of the manufacturing
  relating to the contract will be performed.
         SECTION 4.  Section 2262.004, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  This section does not apply to an attorney who:
               (1)  holds a license to practice law in this state; and
               (2)  has not been disciplined by the State Bar of Texas
  for a violation of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
  Conduct.
         SECTION 5.  Section 44.0331(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A school district that enters into a purchasing contract
  valued at $25,000 or more under Section 44.031(a)(5), under
  Subchapter F, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, or under any
  other cooperative purchasing program authorized for school
  districts by law shall document any contract-related fee, including
  any management fee, paid by the district and the purpose of each fee
  under the contract.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1793 passed the Senate on
  April 29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1793 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 120,
  Nays 12, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor