89R13778 MP-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 5127
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county purchasing agents in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 262, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 262.0117 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.0117. ADDITIONAL COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT
AUTHORITY IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 250,000. (a)
This section applies only to a county with a population of more than
250,000.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
the commissioners court of a county by order may:
(1) abolish the office of a purchasing agent appointed
under Section 262.011; and
(2) employ a person to act as county purchasing agent
under Section 262.0115.
(c) The term of any purchasing agent whose office is
abolished under Subsection (b)(1) expires on the date provided in
the order. A purchasing agent whose term expires under this
subsection is eligible to be employed as a county purchasing agent
under Subsection (b)(2).
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, 2025.