2023S0188-1 02/22/23
By: Johnson S.B. No. 1125
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to purchasing by the Department of Information Resources
of information technology commodity items.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2157.068(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Commodity[, "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 a customer [two or more
customers], including a state agency or [agencies and] political
subdivision [subdivisions] of this state, an entity [entities]
described by Subsection (j), or a [and] governmental entity
[entities] of another state, that purchases [purchase] the items
through the department. The term includes seat management, through
which a customer transfers its personal computer equipment and
service responsibilities to a private vendor to manage the personal
computing needs for each desktop of the customer, including all
necessary hardware, software, and support services.
(2) "Technology services" means services, regardless
of how the fees for those services are generally charged, that:
(A) relate to the development, configuration,
review, assessment, acquisition, implementation, or maintenance of
information technology hardware, software, or services; or
(B) consist of other routine technology services
not described by Paragraph (A).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.