85R5160 YDB-D
By: Turner H.B. No. 579
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of certain state agency contract cost that
exceeds the amount of the contract.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2261, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2261.2555 to read as follows:
Sec. 2261.2555. NOTICE OF CERTAIN COST THAT EXCEEDS
CONTRACT AMOUNT. (a) For each state agency contract to purchase
services from a vendor for which the actual cost of the service
exceeds the amount contracted for the service by $1 million or more,
the state agency in accordance with procedures established by the
comptroller shall provide notice of the excessive cost to:
(1) the governor;
(2) the lieutenant governor;
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(4) each member of the legislature.
(b) The state agency must provide the notice required under
Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the actual
cost exceeds the contract amount by $1 million. The notice must
include:
(1) the amount of the excessive cost;
(2) the reason for the excessive cost;
(3) any opportunity the state agency had to lessen the
excessive cost or to purchase the service from another vendor after
the excessive cost was disclosed; and
(4) any other information the comptroller determines
relevant.
(c) The comptroller shall establish the procedures for the
notice required by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
A contract entered into before that date is governed by the law in
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.