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1		-	S.B. No. 300
	1	+	86R30608 MCK-D
	2	+	By: Miles S.B. No. 300
	3	+	(Thompson of Brazoria)
	4	+	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 300: No.
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	7	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	8		AN ACT
5	9		relating to indefinite quantity contracts for the provision of
6	10		certain services to declared disaster areas following a natural
7	11		disaster.
8	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources
10	14		Code, is amended by adding Section 31.069 to read as follows:
11	15		Sec. 31.069. INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES
12	16		AFTER DECLARED NATURAL DISASTER. (a) The land office shall enter
13	17		into indefinite quantity contracts with vendors to provide
14	18		information management services, construction services, including
15	19		engineering services, and other services the land office determines
16	20		may be necessary to construct, repair, or rebuild property or
17	21		infrastructure in the event of a natural disaster.
18	22		(b) A contract entered into under Subsection (a) may not
19	23		expire after May 1 of a calendar year. The terms of a contract under
20	24		Subsection (a) must:
21	25		(1) provide that the contract is contingent on:
22	26		(A) the availability of funds;
23	27		(B) the occurrence of a natural disaster not
24	28		later than 48 months after the effective date of the contract; and
25	29		(C) delivery of the services to an area of this
26	30		state declared by the governor or president of the United States
27	31		under law to be a disaster area as a result of the natural disaster;
28	32		and
29	33		(2) have a term of four years.
30	34		(c) The land office shall ensure that it has contracts in
31	35		place under this section with vendors to provide the services
32	36		described by Subsection (a) that take effect immediately on the
33	37		expiration of a contract under this section.
34	38		(d) A contract under this section may be funded by multiple
35	39		sources including local, state, and federal agencies and the
36	40		disaster contingency fund established under Section 418.073,
37	41		Government Code.
38	42		(e) If the land office determines that federal funds may be
39	43		used for a contract under Subsection (a), the land office shall
40	44		ensure that the contract complies with the requirements of the
41	45		Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. Chapter 1), or a
42	46		successor regulation.
43	47		(f) In awarding a contract under this section, the land
44	48		office shall consider and apply any applicable state law and rules
45	49		of the land office relating to contracting with historically
46	50		underutilized businesses.
47	51		(g) If on September 1, 2019, the land office has indefinite
48	52		quantity contracts with vendors for the provision of the types of
49	53		services specified by Subsection (a), the land office is not
50	54		required to enter into new indefinite quantity contracts that meet
51	55		the requirements of this section until those existing contracts
52	56		expire. This subsection expires September 1, 2023.
53	57		(h) The land office shall follow the procedures provided by
54	58		Section 2254.004, Government Code, in contracting for engineering
55	59		services under this section.
56	60		SECTION 2. Except as provided by Section 31.069(g), Natural
57	61		Resources Code, as added by this Act, the General Land Office shall
58	62		enter into indefinite quantity contracts required by Section
59	63		31.069, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act, not later than
60	64		May 1, 2020.
61	65		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
62		-	______________________________ ______________________________
63		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
64		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 300 passed the Senate on
65		-	April 4, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
66		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2019, by the
67		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
68		-	______________________________
69		-	Secretary of the Senate
70		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 300 passed the House, with
71		-	amendment, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139,
72		-	Nays 4, two present not voting.
73		-	______________________________
74		-	Chief Clerk of the House
75		-	Approved:
76		-	______________________________
77		-	Date
78		-	______________________________
79		-	Governor