82R4063 VOO-D
By: Brown H.B. No. 1067
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.