S.B. No. 58
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. It is the intent of the legislature that the
definition of the term "personal property" under Section
271.003(8), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is
applicable only to Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government
Code.
SECTION 3. 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, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 58 passed the Senate on
May 3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 58 passed the House on
May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 11, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor