Bill Text: TX HB2894 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to participation in the comptroller's contracts for travel services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2894 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2894-Introduced.html

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87R3160 RDS-F
By: Holland H.B. No. 2894

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. [The comptroller may charge
a participating county a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
to counties under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit
the fees collected under this subsection to the credit of the county
airline fares account. The county airline fares account is an
account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
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. [The comptroller may charge a participating public
junior college, open-enrollment charter school, or school district
a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the comptroller in
providing services under this subsection. The comptroller shall
periodically review fees and shall adjust them as needed to ensure
recovery of costs incurred in providing services to public junior
colleges, open-enrollment charter schools, and school districts
under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit the fees
collected under this subsection to the credit of the public
education travel account. The public education travel account is
an account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
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. [The comptroller may
charge a participating municipality a fee not to exceed the costs
incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review fees and
shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
providing services to municipalities under this subsection. The
comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under this subsection
to the credit of the municipality airline fares account. The
municipality airline fares account is an account in the general
revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purposes of this
chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt rules and make or amend
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. [The comptroller may charge a
participating district a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
to districts under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit
the fees collected under this subsection to the credit of the
emergency communication district airline fares account. The
emergency communication district airline fares account is an
account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
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.
[The comptroller may charge a participating authority, department,
district, or system a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
to authorities, departments, districts, and systems under this
subsection.]
(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. [The comptroller may charge a
participating hospital district a fee not to exceed the costs
incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review fees and
shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
providing services to hospital districts under this subsection.
The comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under this
subsection to the credit of the hospital district airline fares
account. The hospital district airline fares account is an account
in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the
purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt rules and
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.