| 1 | 1 | | 2023S0188-1 02/22/23 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Johnson S.B. No. 1125 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to purchasing by the Department of Information Resources |
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| 8 | 8 | | of information technology commodity items. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2157.068(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) In this section: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) "Commodity[, "commodity] items" means commercial |
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| 14 | 14 | | software, hardware, or technology services, other than |
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| 15 | 15 | | telecommunications services, that are generally available to |
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| 16 | 16 | | businesses or the public and for which the department determines |
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| 17 | 17 | | that a reasonable demand exists from a customer [two or more |
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| 18 | 18 | | customers], including a state agency or [agencies and] political |
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| 19 | 19 | | subdivision [subdivisions] of this state, an entity [entities] |
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| 20 | 20 | | described by Subsection (j), or a [and] governmental entity |
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| 21 | 21 | | [entities] of another state, that purchases [purchase] the items |
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| 22 | 22 | | through the department. The term includes seat management, through |
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| 23 | 23 | | which a customer transfers its personal computer equipment and |
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| 24 | 24 | | service responsibilities to a private vendor to manage the personal |
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| 25 | 25 | | computing needs for each desktop of the customer, including all |
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| 26 | 26 | | necessary hardware, software, and support services. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) "Technology services" means services, regardless |
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| 28 | 28 | | of how the fees for those services are generally charged, that: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) relate to the development, configuration, |
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| 30 | 30 | | review, assessment, acquisition, implementation, or maintenance of |
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| 31 | 31 | | information technology hardware, software, or services; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) consist of other routine technology services |
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| 33 | 33 | | not described by Paragraph (A). |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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