87R3050 MLH-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1597
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring school districts to report management fees
under certain cooperative purchasing contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 44.0331(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A school district that enters into a purchasing contract
valued at $25,000 or more under Section 44.031(a)(5), under
Subchapter F, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, or under any
other cooperative purchasing program authorized for school
districts by law shall document any contract-related fee, including
any management fee, paid by or to the district and the purpose of
each fee under the contract.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.