85R6865 TSR-D     By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 836       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a contract or other agreement between certain   governmental entities and a credit services organization or related   business.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 2252, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 2252.909 to read as follows:          Sec. 2252.909.  CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED. (a)  In this   section:                (1)  "Credit access business" has the meaning assigned   by Section 393.601, Finance Code.                (2)  "Credit services organization" has the meaning   assigned by Section 393.001, Finance Code.                (3)  "Governmental entity" includes a municipality, a   county, a state agency, and a toll project entity as defined by   Section 372.001, Transportation Code.          (b)  A governmental entity may not enter into any contract or   other agreement with:                (1)  a credit access business or other credit services   organization;                (2)  a business that operates in the same retail space   as a credit access business or other credit services organization;   or                (3)  a business that is owned by a business entity that   owns a credit access business or other credit services   organization.          (c)  A business that enters into any contract or other   agreement with a governmental entity may not subcontract with a   credit access business or other credit services organization to   perform work under the contract or agreement.          (d)  A governmental entity shall include, as a term of any   contract or other agreement entered into by the entity, a provision   that prohibits a party to the contract or agreement from   subcontracting with a credit access business or other credit   services organization to perform work under the contract or   agreement.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract or other agreement that is entered into or renewed on   or after the effective date of this Act. A contract or other   agreement entered into or renewed before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.