PDH S.B. 620 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 620
By: Harris
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
4-6-1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a state agency must reject a bid for contracting services if a
prospective contractor is delinquent on a child support payment.  The
contractor's name and social security number must appear on the bid in
order to determine whether the contractor is delinquent on a child support
payment.  Losing competitive contracts because the requirement for the
disclosure of the contractor's identifying information has not been met may
result in an increased cost to the state for contracted services.  S.B. 620
authorizes a state agency to accept a bid that does not include the
contractor's name and social security number if the state agency collects
the information before the contract is executed.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 231.006, Family Code, by adding Subsection (j),
as follows: 

(j)  Authorizes a state agency to accept a bid for a contract, grant, or
loan paid from state funds that does not include the information required
under Subsection (c) if the state agency collects the information before
the contract, grant, or loan is executed.  Subsection (c) provides that the
bid must include the name and social security number of the individual or
sole proprietor and each partner, shareholder, or owner with an ownership
interest of at least 25 percent of the business entity submitting the bid
or application.  This section makes a child support obligor who is more
than 30 days delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in
which the obligor has an ownership interest of at least 25 percent
ineligible to receive payments from state funds. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.
                       Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.