87R17368 NC-D
 
  By: Israel, Turner of Dallas, Stucky, H.B. No. 751
      Capriglione, Lopez
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 751:
 
  By:  Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 751
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political
  subdivision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (8)  "Personal property" includes appliances,
  equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal
  property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing
  body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or
  appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency. The
  term includes all materials and labor incident to the installation
  of that personal property. The term includes electricity and cloud
  computing services. The term does not include real property.
         SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the legislature that the
  definition of the term "personal property" under Section
  271.003(8), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is
  applicable only to Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government
  Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.