Bill Text: TX HB1067 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of replacement personal computers by state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Considered in Calendars [HB1067 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1067-Introduced.html
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| By: Brown | H.B. No. 1067 | |
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| relating to the purchase of replacement personal computers by state | ||
| agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2157, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2157.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2157.007. PURCHASE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS BY STATE | ||
| AGENCY. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Personal computer" means a laptop, desktop, tower | ||
| computer system, or other personal computer that contains a central | ||
| processing unit, random access memory, and a storage device. | ||
| (2) "State agency" does not include an institution of | ||
| higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a state agency may | ||
| not purchase a new personal computer to replace an existing | ||
| personal computer of the agency before the fourth anniversary of | ||
| the date the existing personal computer was purchased. | ||
| (c) A state agency may purchase a new personal computer to | ||
| replace an existing personal computer of the agency before the | ||
| fourth anniversary of the date the existing personal computer was | ||
| purchased if the agency determines that the purchase is to be made | ||
| under emergency circumstances as established by the comptroller. | ||
| (d) The comptroller shall adopt rules establishing | ||
| circumstances under which a state agency may make an emergency | ||
| purchase under Subsection (c). | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) This Act applies to a purchase made on or | ||
| after August 1, 2012. A purchase made before August 1, 2012, 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. | ||
| (b) The comptroller shall adopt rules required by Section | ||
| 2157.007(d), Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
| March 1, 2012. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
