87R10828 JCG-D     By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 3640       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain vendors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 2155.454 to read as follows:          Sec. 2155.454.  VENDORS WITH CERTAIN COMPENSATION RATIO.   The comptroller and state agencies procuring goods or services   shall give preference to vendors that compensate the chief   executive officer of the vendor in an amount that does not exceed   the median compensation of all employees multiplied by 45.           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract for which a governmental entity first advertises or   otherwise requests offers, bids, proposals, qualifications, or   other applicable expressions of interest on or after the effective   date of this Act. A contract for which a governmental entity first   advertises or otherwise requests offers, bids, proposals,   qualifications, or other applicable expressions of interest 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, 2021.