87R3050 MLH-F
 
  By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 1496
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring school districts to report management fees
  under certain cooperative purchasing contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 or to the district and the purpose of
  each fee under the contract.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.