Bill Text: TX HB2001 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to interlocal contracts between a governmental entity and a purchasing cooperative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB2001 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2001-Introduced.html
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| By: Anderson of McLennan | H.B. No. 2001 | |
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| relating to interlocal contracts between a governmental entity and | ||
| a purchasing cooperative. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 791.037 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 791.037. INTERLOCAL CONTRACT WITH PURCHASING | ||
| COOPERATIVE; LIMITATION. (a) In this section, "purchasing | ||
| cooperative" has the meaning assigned by Section 791.011(j). | ||
| (b) An interlocal contract between a governmental entity | ||
| and a purchasing cooperative may not be used to purchase materials | ||
| or services from a person who provided consulting services to the | ||
| cooperative on the contract, including providing specifications | ||
| for bids on the contract. This prohibition also applies to: | ||
| (1) a person that is an agent, subsidiary, or parent | ||
| company of the person who consulted with the cooperative; or | ||
| (2) a person related in the second degree of | ||
| consanguinity or affinity to a person who consulted with the | ||
| cooperative. | ||
| (c) The prohibition under Subsection (b) does not prevent a | ||
| governmental entity from contracting with a person that provided | ||
| only technical assistance in the development of the interlocal | ||
| contract. | ||
| (d) The prohibition under Subsection (b) does not apply to a | ||
| renewal of a contract based on or substantially similar to a request | ||
| for proposal submitted before September 1, 2015, if the contract is | ||
| renewed before September 1, 2016. This subsection expires | ||
| September 1, 2016. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 791.037, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an interlocal contract or an amendment to, | ||
| supplement to, or waiver of a provision of a contract made on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. An interlocal contract or an | ||
| amendment to, supplement to, or waiver of a provision of a contract | ||
| made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect when the contract or amendment, supplement, or waiver was | ||
| made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
