88R5553 YDB-D By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1413 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the awarding of certain contracts for software, hardware, or technology services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2054.0565, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) The awarding of a shared technology services contract under this section for software, hardware, or technology services must comply with Section 2157.068(e-1). SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a contract for which a state agency first advertises or otherwise solicits offers, bids, proposals, qualifications, or other applicable expressions of interest on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract for which a state agency first advertises or otherwise solicits offers, bids, proposals, qualifications, or other applicable expressions of interest before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.