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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 GOVERNMENT CODE
 Title 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
 Subtitle D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES
 Chapter 2155. PURCHASING: GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES  
 Subchapter B. GENERAL PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES, AND PROGRAMS  

  Sec. 2155.077. BARRING VENDOR FROM PARTICIPATION IN STATE CONTRACTS    

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  • (a) The commission may bar a vendor from participating in state contracts that are subject to this subtitle, including contracts for which purchasing authority is delegated to a state agency, for:

    (1) substandard performance under a contract with the state or a state agency;

    (2) material misrepresentations in a bid or proposal to the state or a state agency or during the course of performing a contract with the state or a state agency;

    (3) fraud; or

    (4) breaching a contract with the state or a state agency.

    (a-1) The commission shall bar a vendor from participating in state contracts that are subject to this subtitle, including contracts for which purchasing authority is delegated to a state agency, if the vendor has been:

    (1) convicted of violating a federal law in connection with a contract awarded by the federal government for relief, recovery, or reconstruction efforts as a result of Hurricane Rita, as defined by Section 39.459, Utilities Code, Hurricane Katrina, or any other disaster occurring after September 24, 2005; or

    (2) assessed a penalty in a federal civil or administrative enforcement action in connection with a contract awarded by the federal government for relief, recovery, or reconstruction efforts as a result of Hurricane Rita, as defined by Section 39.459, Utilities Code, Hurricane Katrina, or any other disaster occurring after September 24, 2005.

    (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commission shall bar a vendor from participating in state contracts under Subsection (a) for a period that is commensurate with the seriousness of the vendor's action and the damage to the state's interests.

    (c) The commission by rule shall:

    (1) state generally the reasons for which a vendor may be barred from participating in state contracts and the periods for which the vendor may be barred; and

    (2) prescribe the procedures under which the commission will determine whether and for how long a vendor will be barred.

    (d) The commission shall bar a vendor from participating in state contracts under Subsection (a-1) for a period of five years from the date the vendor was convicted or the penalty was assessed.

    (e) In this section:

    (1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004.

    (2) "Hurricane Katrina" means the hurricane of that name that struck the gulf coast region of the United States in August 2005.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1206, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1302 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.