Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB751 Compare Versions

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1-87R17368 NC-D
2- By: Israel, Turner of Dallas, Stucky, H.B. No. 751
3- Capriglione, Lopez
4- Substitute the following for H.B. No. 751:
5- By: Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 751
1+87R1501 NC-D
2+ By: Israel H.B. No. 751
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85 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
96 AN ACT
107 relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political
118 subdivision.
129 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1310 SECTION 1. Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is
1411 amended to read as follows:
1512 (8) "Personal property" includes appliances,
1613 equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal
1714 property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing
1815 body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or
1916 appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency. The
2017 term includes all materials and labor incident to the installation
2118 of that personal property. The term includes electricity and cloud
2219 computing services. The term does not include real property.
23- SECTION 2. It is the intent of the legislature that the
24- definition of the term "personal property" under Section
25- 271.003(8), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is
26- applicable only to Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government
27- Code.
28- SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
20+ SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2921 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3022 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3123 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3224 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.