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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political |
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subdivision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(8) "Personal property" includes appliances, |
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equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal |
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property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing |
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body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or |
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appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency. The |
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term includes all materials and labor incident to the installation |
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of that personal property. The term includes electricity and cloud |
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computing services. The term does not include real property. |
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SECTION 2. It is the intent of the legislature that the |
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definition of the term "personal property" under Section |
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271.003(8), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is |
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applicable only to Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government |
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Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |