Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1122
	1	+	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1122
	2	+	(Holland)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to participation in the comptroller's contracts for travel
6	8		services.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 2171.055, Government Code, is amended by
9	11		amending Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) and adding
10	12		Subsection (k) to read as follows:
11	13		(e) A county officer or employee who is engaged in official
12	14		county business may participate in the comptroller's contract for
13	15		travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares
14	16		and reduced travel agent fees. A county sheriff or deputy sheriff
15	17		or juvenile probation officer who is transporting a state prisoner
16	18		under a felony warrant may participate in the comptroller's
17	19		contract for travel services for purposes of obtaining reduced
18	20		airline fares and reduced travel agent fees for the law enforcement
19	21		or probation officer and the prisoner. [The comptroller may charge
20	22		a participating county a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
21	23		comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
22	24		comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
23	25		needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
24	26		to counties under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit
25	27		the fees collected under this subsection to the credit of the county
26	28		airline fares account. The county airline fares account is an
27	29		account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
28	30		for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
29	31		rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this
30	32		subsection.
31	33		(f) An officer or employee of a public junior college, as
32	34		defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, of an open-enrollment
33	35		charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
34	36		Education Code, or of a school district who is engaged in official
35	37		business may participate in the comptroller's contract for travel
36	38		services. [The comptroller may charge a participating public
37	39		junior college, open-enrollment charter school, or school district
38	40		a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the comptroller in
39	41		providing services under this subsection. The comptroller shall
40	42		periodically review fees and shall adjust them as needed to ensure
41	43		recovery of costs incurred in providing services to public junior
42	44		colleges, open-enrollment charter schools, and school districts
43	45		under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit the fees
44	46		collected under this subsection to the credit of the public
45	47		education travel account. The public education travel account is
46	48		an account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
47	49		for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
48	50		rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this
49	51		subsection.
50	52		(g) A municipal officer or employee who is engaged in
51	53		official municipal business may participate in the comptroller's
52	54		contract for travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced
53	55		airline fares and reduced travel agent fees. [The comptroller may
54	56		charge a participating municipality a fee not to exceed the costs
55	57		incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
56	58		subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review fees and
57	59		shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
58	60		providing services to municipalities under this subsection. The
59	61		comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under this subsection
60	62		to the credit of the municipality airline fares account. The
61	63		municipality airline fares account is an account in the general
62	64		revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purposes of this
63	65		chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt rules and make or amend
64	66		contracts as necessary to administer this subsection.
65	67		(h) A board member or employee of a communication district
66	68		or an emergency communication district established under Chapter
67	69		772, Health and Safety Code, who is engaged in official district
68	70		business may participate in the comptroller's contract for travel
69	71		services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares and
70	72		reduced travel agent fees. [The comptroller may charge a
71	73		participating district a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
72	74		comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
73	75		comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
74	76		needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
75	77		to districts under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit
76	78		the fees collected under this subsection to the credit of the
77	79		emergency communication district airline fares account. The
78	80		emergency communication district airline fares account is an
79	81		account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
80	82		for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
81	83		rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this
82	84		subsection.
83	85		(i) An officer or employee of a transportation or transit
84	86		authority, department, district, or system established under
85	87		Subtitle K, Title 6, Transportation Code, who is engaged in
86	88		official business of the authority, department, district, or system
87	89		may participate in the comptroller's contracts for travel services.
88	90		[The comptroller may charge a participating authority, department,
89	91		district, or system a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
90	92		comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
91	93		comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
92	94		needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
93	95		to authorities, departments, districts, and systems under this
94	96		subsection.]
95	97		(j) An officer or employee of a hospital district created
96	98		under general or special law who is engaged in official hospital
97	99		district business may participate in the comptroller's contract for
98	100		travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares
99	101		and reduced travel agent fees. [The comptroller may charge a
100	102		participating hospital district a fee not to exceed the costs
101	103		incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
102	104		subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review fees and
103	105		shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
104	106		providing services to hospital districts under this subsection.
105	107		The comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under this
106	108		subsection to the credit of the hospital district airline fares
107	109		account. The hospital district airline fares account is an account
108	110		in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the
109	111		purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt rules and
110	112		make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this subsection.
111	113		(k) An officer or employee of a qualified cooperative entity
112	114		who is engaged in official business of the qualified cooperative
113	115		entity may participate in the comptroller's contracts for travel
114	116		services. The comptroller shall adopt rules and make or amend
115	117		contracts as necessary to administer this subsection. For purposes
116	118		of this subsection, a "qualified cooperative entity" includes:
117	119		(1) a local government, as defined by Section 271.081,
118	120		Local Government Code;
119	121		(2) a community center for mental health and mental
120	122		retardation services described by Section 2155.202(1);
121	123		(3) an assistance organization, as defined by Section
122	124		2175.001, that receives any state funds; and
123	125		(4) a political subdivision, as defined by Section
124	126		791.003.
125	127		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
126	128		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
127	129		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
128	130		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
129	131		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
130		-	______________________________ ______________________________
131		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
132		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1122 passed the Senate on
133		-	April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
134		-	______________________________
135		-	Secretary of the Senate
136		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1122 passed the House on
137		-	May 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 0, one
138		-	present not voting.
139		-	______________________________
140		-	Chief Clerk of the House
141		-	Approved:
142		-	______________________________
143		-	Date
144		-	______________________________
145		-	Governor