Bill Text: TX SB1122 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to participation in the comptroller's contracts for travel services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-28 - Effective immediately [SB1122 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1122-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1122 |
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relating to participation in the comptroller's contracts for travel | ||
services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2171.055, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) and adding | ||
Subsection (k) to read as follows: | ||
(e) A county officer or employee who is engaged in official | ||
county business may participate in the comptroller's contract for | ||
travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares | ||
and reduced travel agent fees. A county sheriff or deputy sheriff | ||
or juvenile probation officer who is transporting a state prisoner | ||
under a felony warrant may participate in the comptroller's | ||
contract for travel services for purposes of obtaining reduced | ||
airline fares and reduced travel agent fees for the law enforcement | ||
or probation officer and the prisoner. [ |
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rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this | ||
subsection. | ||
(f) An officer or employee of a public junior college, as | ||
defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, of an open-enrollment | ||
charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, | ||
Education Code, or of a school district who is engaged in official | ||
business may participate in the comptroller's contract for travel | ||
services. [ |
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rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this | ||
subsection. | ||
(g) A municipal officer or employee who is engaged in | ||
official municipal business may participate in the comptroller's | ||
contract for travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced | ||
airline fares and reduced travel agent fees. [ |
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contracts as necessary to administer this subsection. | ||
(h) A board member or employee of a communication district | ||
or an emergency communication district established under Chapter | ||
772, Health and Safety Code, who is engaged in official district | ||
business may participate in the comptroller's contract for travel | ||
services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares and | ||
reduced travel agent fees. [ |
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rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this | ||
subsection. | ||
(i) An officer or employee of a transportation or transit | ||
authority, department, district, or system established under | ||
Subtitle K, Title 6, Transportation Code, who is engaged in | ||
official business of the authority, department, district, or system | ||
may participate in the comptroller's contracts for travel services. | ||
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(j) An officer or employee of a hospital district created | ||
under general or special law who is engaged in official hospital | ||
district business may participate in the comptroller's contract for | ||
travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares | ||
and reduced travel agent fees. [ |
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make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this subsection. | ||
(k) An officer or employee of a qualified cooperative entity | ||
who is engaged in official business of the qualified cooperative | ||
entity may participate in the comptroller's contracts for travel | ||
services. The comptroller shall adopt rules and make or amend | ||
contracts as necessary to administer this subsection. For purposes | ||
of this subsection, a "qualified cooperative entity" includes: | ||
(1) a local government, as defined by Section 271.081, | ||
Local Government Code; | ||
(2) a community center for mental health and mental | ||
retardation services described by Section 2155.202(1); | ||
(3) an assistance organization, as defined by Section | ||
2175.001, that receives any state funds; and | ||
(4) a political subdivision, as defined by Section | ||
791.003. | ||
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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1122 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1122 passed the House on | ||
May 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |