81R7282 EAH-D
By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 2185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to informing public school districts of available
resources to reduce support costs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2305.038, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The comptroller, with the cooperation of the Texas
Education Agency, shall develop information designed to promote
awareness of the resources available under this section. The
comptroller and the agency shall distribute the information
annually to school district superintendents and energy management
staff through:
(1) e-mail notifications;
(2) printed materials; and
(3) information posted on the Internet websites
maintained by the comptroller and the agency.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 271, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 271.1021 to read as follows:
Sec. 271.1021. COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM DATABASE.
(a) The comptroller shall establish and post on the comptroller's
Internet website a database of cooperative purchasing programs
available to a school district. The database must include:
(1) the membership requirements and membership fees of
each program;
(2) a description of the broad commodity and service
categories offered by each program; and
(3) a link to each program's Internet website.
(b) The comptroller shall consult with each local
government participating in a cooperative purchasing program
before including the program's information on the database
established under Subsection (a).
(c) The comptroller and the Texas Education Agency shall,
through e-mail, annually notify school district superintendents
and purchasing staff of the database established under Subsection
(a).
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the comptroller
of public accounts shall establish the database required by Section
271.1021, Local Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.