By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1831
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Finance; March 31, 2023,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 0; March 31, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1831 By: Hinojosa
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase of certain goods and services by the
Employees Retirement System of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 815.103, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, the retirement system
has exclusive authority over all aspects of the purchase of goods
and services, if the purchase is:
(1) made using money other than money appropriated
from the general revenue fund; and
(2) related to the operation of home office facilities
used in administering the system, including a purchase related to
the administration of tenant leases in the facilities.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.
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