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Amend SB 1232 on third reading as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1.06 of the bill, in added Section 43.062, Education Code, strike Subsection (c) and substitute the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(____) The Department of Information Resources shall assist the corporation at the request of the corporation and must consider the corporation a customer of the department. Notwithstanding any other law, the corporation may:
(1) purchase any item through the department; and
(2) contract with the department for and use any service available through the department.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the article accordingly:
SECTION 1.____. Section 2157.068(j), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(j) The following entities may purchase commodity items through the department, and be charged a reasonable administrative fee, as provided by this section:
(1) the Electric Reliability Council of Texas;
(2) the Lower Colorado River Authority;
(3) a private school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code;
(4) a private or independent institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(5) a volunteer fire department, as defined by Section 152.001, Tax Code;
(6) subject to Section 418.193, a public safety entity, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 1401; [or]
(7) subject to Section 418.193, a county hospital, public hospital, or hospital district; or
(8) the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation, if incorporated under Section 43.052, Education Code.