83R4007 MEW-F
By: Callegari H.B. No. 3248
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of jail commissary proceeds in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
becomes law.
(b) Section 351.0415, Local Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, the
use of commissary proceeds by the sheriff is subject, as
applicable, to the competitive purchasing procedures contained in
Subchapter C, Chapter 262, and the construction manager-at-risk
method of contracting provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 2269,
Government Code. For the purpose of complying with Subchapter C,
Chapter 262, a reference in that subchapter to "commissioners
court" means the sheriff.
SECTION 2. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
not become law.
(b) Section 351.0415, Local Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, the
use of commissary proceeds by the sheriff is subject, as
applicable, to the competitive purchasing procedures contained in
Subchapter C, Chapter 262, and the construction manager-at-risk
method of contracting provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 2267,
Government Code, as added by Chapter 1129 (H.B. 628), Acts of the
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011. For the purpose of
complying with Subchapter C, Chapter 262, a reference in that
subchapter to "commissioners court" means the sheriff.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.