Sunshine Comes to Contracting with Texas Agencies

Making good on her promise to improve transparency in state contracting, Senator Nelson filed SB 353 which will require:

• Ethics training for state agency purchasing personnel
• Disclosures of conflicts of interests for those involved in contract procurement and contract management
• Prohibits contracts if:
  • Agency governing body member(s) have a financial interest
  • Governing official, executive director, general counsel, chief procurement officer, or procurement director of the agency has a financial interest; or
  • A family member of the above has a financial interest
• All no-bid contracts are going online for the world to see
• Big Contracts, over $1 Million and $5Million, have new reporting requirements
• Agencies must have risk analysis procedures.