| 1 | 1 | | 89R15706 JBD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perez of El Paso H.B. No. 4259 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the authority of certain counties to employ a county |
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| 10 | 10 | | purchasing agent. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 262.0115, Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) In a county with a population of more than 100,000, the |
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| 16 | 16 | | commissioners court may employ a person to act as county purchasing |
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| 17 | 17 | | agent. Except as provided by Subsection (f) [However], this |
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| 18 | 18 | | section does not apply to a county that has appointed a purchasing |
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| 19 | 19 | | agent under Section 262.011 and that has not abolished the position |
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| 20 | 20 | | as authorized by law. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (f) This subsection applies only to a county for which the |
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| 22 | 22 | | board described by Section 262.011 has either appointed a county |
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| 23 | 23 | | purchasing agent and not abolished that office, or has abolished |
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| 24 | 24 | | that office. The commissioners court of the county, after a public |
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| 25 | 25 | | hearing held on the matter, by order may employ a county purchasing |
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| 26 | 26 | | agent, regardless of whether the board has appointed another county |
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| 27 | 27 | | purchasing agent under Section 262.011. If the commissioners court |
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| 28 | 28 | | employs a county purchasing agent under this subsection, the board |
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| 29 | 29 | | shall: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) if applicable, remove the county purchasing agent |
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| 31 | 31 | | appointed by the board from office; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) transfer complete authority over the county |
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| 33 | 33 | | purchasing agent to the commissioners court. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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