Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R8092 CJC-F
2	2	By: Creighton S.B. No. 1830
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the use of a credit or charge card by certain state
8	8	agencies to make certain purchases.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 403.023, Government Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
12	12	(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), if the
13	13	comptroller adopts rules authorized under Subsection (b), the rules
14	14	must:
15	15	(1) require a state agency in the executive branch of
16	16	state government to use a credit or charge card to pay for all
17	17	purchases unless the comptroller determines that another method of
18	18	payment is more advantageous to the state; and
19	19	(2) prohibit an employee of a state agency in the
20	20	executive branch of state government from using a personal credit
21	21	or charge card to pay for the state agency's purchases.
22	22	(b-2) Subsection (b-1) does not apply to:
23	23	(1) an institution of higher education as defined by
24	24	Section 61.003, Education Code; or
25	25	(2) the office of the governor.
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 660.021, Government Code, is amended to
27	27	read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 660.021. RULES. (a) The comptroller shall adopt rules
29	29	for the effective and efficient administration of this chapter and
30	30	the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act.
31	31	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the rules adopted
32	32	by the comptroller under this section must require that if a state
33	33	agency in the executive branch of state government participates in
34	34	a program administered by the comptroller that allows the agency to
35	35	use a credit or charge card to pay for travel expenses:
36	36	(1) the agency shall use the credit or charge card to
37	37	pay for travel expenses required for agency travel, unless the
38	38	comptroller determines that another method of payment is more
39	39	advantageous to the state; and
40	40	(2) an employee of the agency may not use the
41	41	employee's personal credit or charge card to pay for travel
42	42	expenses required for agency travel.
43	43	(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to:
44	44	(1) an institution of higher education as defined by
45	45	Section 61.003, Education Code; or
46	46	(2) the office of the governor.
47	47	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is
48	48	amended by adding Section 2171.0521 to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 2171.0521. PAYMENT FOR TRAVEL SERVICES WITH CREDIT OR
50	50	CHARGE CARD. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a state
51	51	agency in the executive branch of state government participates in
52	52	a program administered by the comptroller that allows the agency to
53	53	use a credit or charge card to purchase travel services:
54	54	(1) the agency shall use the credit or charge card to
55	55	purchase travel services required for agency travel, unless the
56	56	comptroller determines that another method of purchase is more
57	57	advantageous to the state; and
58	58	(2) an employee of the agency may not use the
59	59	employee's personal credit or charge card to purchase travel
60	60	services required for agency travel.
61	61	(b) This section does not apply to:
62	62	(1) an institution of higher education as defined by
63	63	Section 61.003, Education Code; or
64	64	(2) the office of the governor.
65	65	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.