S.B. No. 538
AN ACT
relating to information technology purchased through the
Department of Information Resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2157.068(a) and (e-3), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "commodity items" means commercial
software, hardware, or technology services, other than
telecommunications services, that are generally available to
businesses or the public and for which the department determines
that a reasonable demand exists from [in] two or more customers,
including state agencies and political subdivisions of this state,
entities described by Subsection (j), and governmental entities of
another state, that purchase the items through the department. The
term includes seat management, through which a customer [state
agency] transfers its personal computer equipment and service
responsibilities to a private vendor to manage the personal
computing needs for each desktop of the customer [in the state
agency], including all necessary hardware, software, and support
services.
(e-3) The procedural requirements of Subsection (e-1) and
the limitation prescribed by Subsection (e-2) do not apply to a
state agency's purchase of commodity items under a department
contract for the bulk purchase of commodity items intended for use
by more than one customer [state agency].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 538 passed the Senate on
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 538 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor