Bill Text: TX SB806 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a credit or charge card by a state agency to make certain purchases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-09 - No action taken in committee [SB806 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB806-Introduced.html
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| By: Carona | S.B. No. 806 | |
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| relating to the use of a credit or charge card by a state agency 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 Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) If the comptroller adopts rules authorized under | ||
| Subsection (b), the rules must: | ||
| (1) require the state agency 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 the state agency from | ||
| using a personal credit or charge card to pay for the state agency's | ||
| purchases. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. If a state agency 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. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
