82R10752 MCK-D By: Brown H.B. No. 3677 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the administrative fee charged by the Department of Information Resources to other entities for the purchase of certain commodity items. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2157.068(d), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) The department shall [may] charge an [a reasonable] administrative fee to a state agency, political subdivision of this state, or governmental entity of another state that purchases commodity items through the department in an amount equal to two percent of the price of the commodity items purchased [that is sufficient to recover costs associated with the administration of this section]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.