BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3013
88R10006 MCK-D	By: Slawson (Flores)
	Business & Commerce
	5/8/2023
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

The 87th Texas Legislature enacted legislation intended to make the procurement process easier for state agencies. However, language in the legislation had the unintended consequence of making the procurement process more burdensome for the disaster recovery division of the General Land Office (GLO). In the event of a disaster where GLO is expected to respond quickly to solicit vendors to provide services, a requirement to post certain procurement notices far in advance greatly increases the time it takes for GLO to get contractors in place to respond to the disaster. H.B. 3013 seeks to ensure that GLO's recovery efforts can be undertaken as efficiently as possible by exempting contracts for services necessary to respond to a natural disaster from the procurement notice requirements applicable to contracts that exceed $20 million.

H.B. 3013 amends current law relating to exempting certain contracts from procurement notice requirements.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 2262.051(j), Government Code, as follows:

(j) Requires that the contract management guide, for a procurement in an amount that exceeds $20 million, rather than for a procurement in an amount that exceeds $20 million other than a contract entered into by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (comptroller) under Section 2155.061 (Comptroller Purchasing System), require a state agency to notify interested parties at least two months before the date the agency issues the solicitation for the procurement unless the procurement is for a contract entered into by the comptroller under Section 2155.061 or for a contract for services necessary to respond to a natural disaster.

SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2023.