88R2441 SCP-F
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 713
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the proprietary purchases process for state agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2155.067(b) and (f), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) The agency head or the presiding officer of the agency's
governing body must sign the written justification for the
requesting state agency or designate another person to sign the
written justification for the agency.
(f) On receipt of the written justification and any other
documentation required by the comptroller and on approval of the
purchase request, the [The] comptroller shall proceed with the
purchase for the requesting state agency or delegate to the agency
the authority to purchase the product [issue an invitation to bid to
vendors not later than the 20th day after the date of receiving the
required written justification].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.