88R18914 LRM-F
 
  By: Longoria H.B. No. 4552
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4552:
 
  By:  Hernandez C.S.H.B. No. 4552
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to purchasing by the Department of Information Resources
  of information technology commodity items.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2157.068(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Commodity[, "commodity] items" means commercial
  software, hardware, or technology services, other than
  telecommunications services, that are generally available to
  businesses or the public and for which the department determines
  that a reasonable demand exists from a customer [two or more
  customers], including a state agency or [agencies and] political
  subdivision [subdivisions] of this state, an entity [entities]
  described by Subsection (j), or a [and] governmental entity
  [entities] of another state, that purchases [purchase] the items
  through the department. The term includes seat management, through
  which a customer transfers its personal computer equipment and
  service responsibilities to a private vendor to manage the personal
  computing needs for each desktop of the customer, including all
  necessary hardware, software, and support services.
               (2)  "Technology services" means services, regardless
  of how the fees for those services are generally charged, that:
                     (A)  relate to the development, configuration,
  review, assessment, acquisition, implementation, or maintenance of
  information technology hardware, software, or services; or
                     (B)  consist of other routine technology services
  not described by Paragraph (A).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.