88R5553 YDB-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1413
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the awarding of certain contracts for software,
  hardware, or technology services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2054.0565, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The awarding of a shared technology services contract
  under this section for software, hardware, or technology services
  must comply with Section 2157.068(e-1).
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a contract for which a state agency first advertises or otherwise
  solicits offers, bids, proposals, qualifications, or other
  applicable expressions of interest on or after the effective date
  of this Act. A contract for which a state agency first advertises
  or otherwise solicits offers, bids, proposals, qualifications, or
  other applicable expressions of interest before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
  the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.