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      87(R) SB 58 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            S.B.  No.  58
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political 
         
            subdivision.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                                      (8)    "Personal property" includes appliances, 
         
            equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal 
         
            property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing 
         
            body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or 
         
            appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency.  The 
         
            term includes all materials and labor incident to the installation 
         
            of that personal property.  The term includes electricity and cloud 
         
            computing services.  The term does not include real property.
         
                          SECTION  2.    It is the intent of the legislature that the 
         
            definition of the term "personal property"  under Section 
         
            271.003(8), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is 
         
            applicable only to Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government 
         
            Code.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
         
            a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
         
            provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.    If this 
         
            Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
         
            Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
                  President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  58 passed the Senate on             
         
            May 3, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas  30, Nays  0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate        
         
                          I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  58 passed the House on               
         
            May 18, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas  126, Nays  11, two 
         
            present not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House      
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________  
         
                                    Date
         
            ______________________________  
         
                                Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 271.003 Local Government Code
Engrossed: 271.003 Local Government Code
House Committee Report: 271.003 Local Government Code
Enrolled: 271.003 Local Government Code




	AN ACT
	relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political
	subdivision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 271.003(8), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(8) "Personal property" includes appliances,
	equipment, facilities, and furnishings, or an interest in personal
	property, whether movable or fixed, considered by the governing
	body of the governmental agency to be necessary, useful, or
	appropriate to one or more purposes of the governmental agency. The
	term includes all materials and labor incident to the installation
	of that personal property. The term includes electricity and cloud
	computing services. The term does not include real property.
	SECTION 2. It is the intent of the legislature that the
	definition of the term "personal property" under Section
	271.003(8), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is
	applicable only to Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government
	Code.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 58 passed the Senate on
	May 3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 58 passed the House on
	May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 11, two
	present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor