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1	1	H.B. No. 2521
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain
6	6	media-related services offered by businesses based in Texas.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 2155.444, Government Code, is amended by
9	9	adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
10	10	(f) The comptroller and each state agency conducting an
11	11	advertising campaign that involves the creation or production of a
12	12	commercial shall give preference to a commercial production company
13	13	and advertising agency located in this state if:
14	14	(1) the services meet state requirements regarding the
15	15	service to be performed and regarding expected quality; and
16	16	(2) the cost of the service does not exceed the cost of
17	17	other similar services of similar expected quality that are offered
18	18	by a bidder that is not entitled to a preference under this
19	19	subsection.
20	20	(g) For purposes of Subsection (f), "commercial production
21	21	company" means a corporation, limited liability company,
22	22	partnership, or other private entity that includes as one of its
23	23	purposes the production of one or more television, film, radio, or
24	24	other media-related commercials.
25	25	(h) The Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office
26	26	within the office of the governor has exclusive rulemaking
27	27	authority for purposes of:
28	28	(1) determining whether an advertising campaign is
29	29	subject to the requirements of this section;
30	30	(2) establishing a bid process for purposes of the
31	31	services described by Subsection (f); and
32	32	(3) establishing criteria to determine whether a
33	33	commercial production company or advertising agency is located in
34	34	this state for the purposes of this section.
35	35	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
36	36	to a contract for which a state agency first advertises or otherwise
37	37	solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications on or after the
38	38	effective date of this Act. A contract for which a state agency
39	39	first advertised or otherwise solicited bids, proposals, offers, or
40	40	qualifications before the effective date of this Act is governed by
41	41	the law in effect when the first advertisement or solicitation was
42	42	given, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
43	43	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
44	44	______________________________ ______________________________
45	45	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
46	46	I certify that H.B. No. 2521 was passed by the House on April
47	47	28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
48	48	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
49	49	H.B. No. 2521 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
50	50	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
51	51	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
52	52	on H.B. No. 2521 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
53	53	Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Chief Clerk of the House
56	56	I certify that H.B. No. 2521 was passed by the Senate, with
57	57	amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
58	58	0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
59	59	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
60	60	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
61	61	2521 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
62	62	______________________________
63	63	Secretary of the Senate
64	64	APPROVED: __________________
65	65	Date
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67	67	Governor