Bill Text: TX SB1830 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a credit or charge card by certain state agencies to make certain purchases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1830 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1830-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1830 |
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relating to the use of a credit or charge card by certain state | ||
agencies to make certain purchases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 403.023, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), if the | ||
comptroller adopts rules authorized under Subsection (b), the rules | ||
must: | ||
(1) require a state agency in the executive branch of | ||
state government to use a credit or charge card to pay for all | ||
purchases unless the comptroller determines that another method of | ||
payment is more advantageous to the state; and | ||
(2) prohibit an employee of a state agency in the | ||
executive branch of state government from using a personal credit | ||
or charge card to pay for the state agency's purchases. | ||
(b-2) Subsection (b-1) does not apply to: | ||
(1) an institution of higher education as defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code; or | ||
(2) the office of the governor. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 660.021, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 660.021. RULES. (a) The comptroller shall adopt rules | ||
for the effective and efficient administration of this chapter and | ||
the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the rules adopted | ||
by the comptroller under this section must require that if a state | ||
agency in the executive branch of state government participates in | ||
a program administered by the comptroller that allows the agency to | ||
use a credit or charge card to pay for travel expenses: | ||
(1) the agency shall use the credit or charge card to | ||
pay for travel expenses required for agency travel, unless the | ||
comptroller determines that another method of payment is more | ||
advantageous to the state; and | ||
(2) an employee of the agency may not use the | ||
employee's personal credit or charge card to pay for travel | ||
expenses required for agency travel. | ||
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to: | ||
(1) an institution of higher education as defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code; or | ||
(2) the office of the governor. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2171.0521 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2171.0521. PAYMENT FOR TRAVEL SERVICES WITH CREDIT OR | ||
CHARGE CARD. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a state | ||
agency in the executive branch of state government participates in | ||
a program administered by the comptroller that allows the agency to | ||
use a credit or charge card to purchase travel services: | ||
(1) the agency shall use the credit or charge card to | ||
purchase travel services required for agency travel, unless the | ||
comptroller determines that another method of purchase is more | ||
advantageous to the state; and | ||
(2) an employee of the agency may not use the | ||
employee's personal credit or charge card to purchase travel | ||
services required for agency travel. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) an institution of higher education as defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code; or | ||
(2) the office of the governor. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |