Bill Text: TX SB2323 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of state property by state officers and employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2323 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2323-Introduced.html

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88R8633 LRM-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2323

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of state property by state officers and
employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2203.004, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2203.004. REQUIREMENT TO USE STATE PROPERTY FOR STATE
PURPOSES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), state [State]
property may be used only for state purposes. A person may not
entrust state property to a state officer or employee or to any
other person if the property is not to be used for state purposes.
(b) A state officer or employee may use state property for
personal purposes only to the extent that:
(1) the use:
(A) is negligible, including use that would cause
only ordinary wear and tear; and
(B) does not:
(i) substantially damage state property;
(ii) involve a significant intrusion into
the officer's or employee's actual work time; or
(iii) serve a commercial purpose;
(2) if the state property being used is telephone or
computer services, the officer or employee reimburses the state for
any additional costs resulting from the use, such as charges for
personal long-distance phone calls; and
(3) if the state property being used is not described
by Subdivision (2), the use causes only a negligible expense, such
as the use of small amounts of office supplies.
(c) This section does not prohibit a state agency from
adopting more stringent rules or regulations governing state
officer or employee use of state property.
(d) In using state property, a state officer or employee
shall protect and conserve the property to the extent practicable
and perform the officer's or employee's duties in good faith.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.