H.B. No. 2873
AN ACT
relating to the development of a model contract management process
for use with low-risk state procurements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2262.051(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The guide must include model provisions for state agency
contracts. The guide must:
(1) distinguish between essential provisions that a
state agency must include in a contract to protect the interests of
this state and recommended provisions that a state agency may
include in a contract;
(2) recognize the unique contracting needs of an
individual state agency or program and provide sufficient
flexibility to accommodate those needs, consistent with protecting
the interests of this state; [and]
(3) include maximum contract periods under which a new
competitive solicitation is not necessary; and
(4) include the model contract management process
developed under Section 2262.104 and recommendations on the
appropriate use of the model.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2262, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2262.104 to read as follows:
Sec. 2262.104. LOW-RISK CONTRACTS. The contract advisory
team shall identify the types of procurements that pose a low risk
of loss to the state and develop a model contract management process
for use with those procurements.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2873 was passed by the House on May 4,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2873 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor