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          AN ACT
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        relating to the Texas Identification Number system. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Sections 403.039(a) and (b), Government Code,  | 
      
      
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        are amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  The comptroller shall assign a Texas Identification  | 
      
      
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        Number[, based on the comptroller's taxpayer identification number 
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          system,] to each person[, other than a state employee,] who  | 
      
      
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        supplies property or services to the state for compensation or  | 
      
      
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        reimbursement. | 
      
      
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               (b)  The Texas Identification Number system shall be used by  | 
      
      
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        each state agency as the primary identification system for  | 
      
      
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        persons[, other than state employees,] who supply property or  | 
      
      
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        services to the agency for compensation or reimbursement. The  | 
      
      
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        agency may assign secondary numbers if the secondary numbering  | 
      
      
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        system does not unnecessarily create duplication of data bases,  | 
      
      
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        efforts, or costs. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
      
      
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        a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
      
      
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        provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
      
      
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        Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
      
      
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        Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1443 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        9, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1443 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        8, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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        APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |