Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2986 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/04/2019

                            86R9484 NC-D
 By: Israel H.B. No. 2986


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political
 subdivision.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (8)  "Personal property" includes appliances,
 equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal
 property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing
 body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or
 appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency.  The
 term includes all materials and labor incident to the installation
 of that personal property.  The term includes electricity and cloud
 computing services.  The term does not include real property.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2019.