TITLE: Relating to a prohibition on vendor contact with a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district during the procurement process.

SUMMARY: Relating to a prohibition on vendor contact with a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district during the procurement process.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on vendor contact with a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district during the procurement process. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 44.0353 to read as follows: Sec. 44.0353. VENDOR CONTACT PROHIBITED. (a) After the board of trustees of an independent school district has issued a request for proposals or has advertised for bids on a contract, a trustee may not have direct communication outside a public meeting of the board of trustees with an actual or prospective bidder or offeror until after the board has awarded the contract that was the subject of the request for proposals or bids. (b) If a trustee violates Subsection (a) by engaging in direct communication with a bidder or offeror, the board shall reject the bid or offer of the bidder or offeror. SECTION 2. Section 44.0353, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which the request for proposals or bids was issued on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.