81R9413 CLG-D
By: Pickett H.B. No. 2521
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain
media-related services offered by businesses based in Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2155.444, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) The comptroller and each state agency conducting an
advertising campaign that involves the creation or production of a
commercial shall give preference to a commercial production company
and advertising agency located in this state if:
(1) the services meet state requirements regarding the
service to be performed and regarding expected quality; and
(2) the cost of the service does not exceed the cost of
other similar services of similar expected quality that are offered
by a bidder that is not entitled to a preference under this
subsection.
(g) For purposes of Subsection (f), "commercial production
company" means a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, or other private entity that includes as one of its
purposes the production of one or more television, film, radio, or
other media-related commercials.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contract for which a state agency first advertises or otherwise
solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract for which a state agency
first advertised or otherwise solicited bids, proposals, offers, or
qualifications before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect when the first advertisement or solicitation was
given, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.