By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 752
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the receipt, management, and expenditure of funds by
    1-2  state agencies.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article 3, State Purchasing and General Services
    1-5  Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
    1-6  adding Section 3.33 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 3.33.  CREDIT CARDS.  (a)  If authorized by rule adopted
    1-8  by the comptroller under Section 403.023, Government Code, the
    1-9  commission may contract with one or more credit card issuers for
   1-10  state agencies to use credit cards to pay for purchases.  The
   1-11  commission may not enter into a contract that conflicts with the
   1-12  comptroller's rules.
   1-13        (b)  This section does not apply to contracts regarding
   1-14  travel services or the use of credit cards to pay for travel
   1-15  services under Article 14 of this Act.
   1-16        (c)  In this section and notwithstanding Section 1.02 of this
   1-17  Act, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 403.023(d),
   1-18  Government Code.
   1-19        SECTION 2.  Subsection (h), Section 3, Article 4348e, Revised
   1-20  Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
   1-21        (h)  The comptroller may adopt procedures and <shall
   1-22  promulgate> rules for the effective operation of the uniform
   1-23  statewide accounting system, including procedures and rules about
    2-1  the method used to calculate the net compensation of a state
    2-2  officer or employee.
    2-3        SECTION 3.  Article 1.12, Chapter 1, Title 79, Revised
    2-4  Statutes (Article 5069-1.12, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
    2-5  amended to read as follows:
    2-6        Article 1.12.  (a)  In a sales transaction for goods or
    2-7  services involving the use of a credit card for an extension of
    2-8  credit, the seller may not impose a surcharge on the buyer because
    2-9  the buyer uses a credit card instead of cash, a check, or similar
   2-10  means of payment.
   2-11        (b)  Subsection (a) of this article does not apply to a state
   2-12  agency, county, local government, or other governmental entity that
   2-13  accepts credit cards for the payment of fees, taxes, and other
   2-14  charges.
   2-15        SECTION 4.  Subsection (d), Section 7, Texas Unemployment
   2-16  Compensation Act (Article 522lb-7, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)
   2-17  is amended to read as follows:
   2-18        (d)  If a warrant has been issued by the comptroller
   2-19  <Comptroller> in payment of benefits as provided under this Act <,>
   2-20  and <if> the claimant entitled to receive the <such> warrant
   2-21  furnishes proof satisfactory to the comptroller that the claimant
   2-22  has lost <or loses,> or for any reason failed <or fails> to receive
   2-23  the <such> warrant <after such warrant is or has been issued by the
   2-24  Comptroller, and upon satisfactory proof of such>, then the
   2-25  comptroller <Comptroller> may issue to the claimant a replacement
    3-1  <duplicate> warrant as provided <for> in Section 403.054,
    3-2  Government Code <Article 4365, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
    3-3  1925,>.  Notwithstanding Section 403.054, Government Code, the
    3-4  comptroller may not issue a replacement <but in no event shall a
    3-5  duplicate> warrant <be issued> after one year from the date of the
    3-6  original warrant.
    3-7        The state treasurer may not pay <If, after> a <any> warrant
    3-8  that has been issued <by the Comptroller payable> to pay <a
    3-9  claimant for> benefits under the provisions of this Act<, and such
   3-10  warrant shall have been lost or misplaced, or> unless the warrant
   3-11  is presented <if claimant for any reason fails or refuses to
   3-12  present said warrant> for payment within twelve <(12)> months after
   3-13  the date of issuance <of such warrant, such warrant shall be
   3-14  cancelled, and thereafter no payment shall be made by the Treasurer
   3-15  on such warrant, and no duplicate warrant in place thereof shall
   3-16  ever be issued>.
   3-17        SECTION 5.  Article 5999, Revised Statutes, is amended to
   3-18  read as follows:
   3-19        Art. 5999.  DEPOSITORY OF BONDS.  Except as otherwise
   3-20  provided by this article or other law, the <The> bond of each
   3-21  officer who is required by law to give an official bond payable to
   3-22  the Governor or to the State shall be deposited with the
   3-23  Comptroller by the officer who approves the same.  The bond<,
   3-24  except that> of the Comptroller <which> shall be deposited with the
   3-25  Secretary of State.
    4-1        SECTION 6.  Subsection (a), Section 2, Chapter 269, Acts of
    4-2  the 65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977 (Article 6243e.3,
    4-3  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
    4-4        (a)  The <A> Fire Fighters' Relief and Retirement Fund is
    4-5  created as a trust fund with the state treasurer.
    4-6        SECTION 7.  Section 14, Chapter 269, Acts of the 65th
    4-7  Legislature, Regular Session, 1977 (Article 6243e.3, Vernon's Texas
    4-8  Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as
    4-9  follows:
   4-10        (f)  When investing the surplus of the fund, the commissioner
   4-11  and the trustees are a governing body of a public retirement system
   4-12  for the purpose of Section 802.205, Government Code.
   4-13        SECTION 8.  Subsections (c), (d), (l) and (m), Section 14,
   4-14  Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act (Article 6252-13a,
   4-15  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
   4-16        (c)  On its own motion or on the written request of any party
   4-17  to a contested case pending before it, on a showing of good cause,
   4-18  and on deposit of sums that will reasonably insure payment of the
   4-19  amounts estimated to accrue under Subsections (l) and (m) <(1) and
   4-20  (2)> of this section, an agency shall issue a subpoena addressed to
   4-21  the sheriff or any constable to require the attendance of witnesses
   4-22  and the production of books, records, papers, or other objects as
   4-23  may be necessary and proper for the purposes of the proceedings.
   4-24        (d)  On its own motion or on the written request of any party
   4-25  to a contested case pending before it and on deposit of sums that
    5-1  will reasonably insure payment of the amounts estimated to accrue
    5-2  under Subsections (l) and (m) <(1) and (2)> of this section, an
    5-3  agency shall issue a commission, addressed to the several officers
    5-4  authorized by statute to take depositions, to require that the
    5-5  deposition of a witness be taken, which commission shall authorize
    5-6  the issuance of any subpoenas necessary to require that the witness
    5-7  appear and produce, at the time the deposition is taken, books,
    5-8  records, papers, or other objects as may be necessary and proper
    5-9  for the purposes of the proceeding.  The deposition of a member of
   5-10  an agency board may not be taken after a date has been set for
   5-11  hearing.
   5-12              (l)  A witness or deponent who is not a party and who
   5-13  is subpoenaed or otherwise compelled to attend any hearing or
   5-14  proceeding to give a deposition or to produce books, records,
   5-15  papers, or other objects that may be necessary and proper for the
   5-16  purposes of the proceeding under the authority of this section is
   5-17  entitled to receive:
   5-18              (1)(A)  mileage of 10 cents a mile, or a greater amount
   5-19  as prescribed by agency rule, for going to, and returning from the
   5-20  place of the hearing or the place where the deposition is taken, if
   5-21  the place is more than 25 miles from the person's place of
   5-22  residence and if the person uses the person's personally owned or
   5-23  leased motor vehicle for the travel; or
   5-24                    (B)  reimbursement of the transportation expenses
   5-25  of the witness or deponent while going to and returning from the
    6-1  place of the hearing or the place where the deposition is taken, if
    6-2  the place is more than 25 miles from the person's place of
    6-3  residence and if the person does not use the person's personally
    6-4  owned or leased motor vehicle for the travel;
    6-5              (2)  reimbursement of the meal and lodging expenses of
    6-6  the witness or deponent while going to and returning from the place
    6-7  of the hearing or the place where the deposition is taken, if the
    6-8  place is more than 25 miles from the person's place of residence;
    6-9  and
   6-10              (3) <(2)>  a fee of $10 a day, or a greater amount as
   6-11  prescribed by agency rule, for each day or part of a day the person
   6-12  is necessarily present as a witness or deponent.
   6-13        (m)(1)  The mileage, <Mileage> transportation, meal, and
   6-14  lodging expenses, and the fees that must be reimbursed or paid <to
   6-15  which a witness is entitled> under this section shall be paid or
   6-16  reimbursed by the party or agency at whose request the witness or
   6-17  deponent appears or the deposition is taken.  When an agency is
   6-18  required to make a payment or reimbursement, the agency must
   6-19  present <on presentation of proper> vouchers to the comptroller
   6-20  that have been sworn by the witness or deponent and approved by the
   6-21  agency in accordance with Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes (as
   6-22  added by Section 35, Chapter 641, Acts of the 72nd Legislature,
   6-23  Regular Session, 1991).
   6-24              (2)  An agency may directly pay a commercial
   6-25  transportation company for the transportation expenses and a
    7-1  commercial lodging establishment for the lodging expenses of a
    7-2  witness or deponent if this section otherwise requires the agency
    7-3  to reimburse the witness or deponent for those expenses.
    7-4              (3)  An agency may not pay a commercial transportation
    7-5  company or commercial lodging establishment or reimburse a witness
    7-6  or deponent for transportation, meals, or lodging expenses under
    7-7  this section at rates that exceed the maximum rates provided by law
    7-8  for state employees.  An agency may not adopt rules that provide
    7-9  for payment or reimbursement rates that exceed those maximum rates.
   7-10              (4)  In this subsection:
   7-11                    (A)  "Commercial lodging establishment" means a
   7-12  motel, hotel, inn, apartment, or similar entity that offers lodging
   7-13  to the public in exchange for compensation.
   7-14                    (B)  "Commercial transportation company" means an
   7-15  entity that offers transportation of people or goods to the public
   7-16  in exchange for compensation.
   7-17        SECTION 9.  Section 1, Chapter 220, Acts of the 42nd
   7-18  Legislature, Regular Session, 1931 (Article 6252-21, Vernon's Texas
   7-19  Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
   7-20        Sec. 1.  Whoever uses an automobile or truck owned by this
   7-21  State for any purpose shall make a written report of such use to
   7-22  the Head of the Department, Institution, Board, Commission or other
   7-23  Agency of this State having charge of such automobile or truck,
   7-24  such reports to be made daily when such vehicles are in use, a
   7-25  separate report being made for each day, and such reports shall be
    8-1  made on forms prescribed by the General Services Commission
    8-2  <comptroller>.  Such reports shall show the purpose for which such
    8-3  vehicle was used, the mileage traveled, the amounts of gasoline and
    8-4  oil consumed, the passengers carried, and such other information as
    8-5  may be necessary to provide a proper record of the use of such
    8-6  vehicle.  Said reports shall be official records of the State and
    8-7  shall be subject to inspection by any official of this State who
    8-8  shall be authorized to audit or inspect claims, accounts or records
    8-9  of any State Department, Institution, Board, Commission or Agency
   8-10  of the State.
   8-11        SECTION 10.  Section 1(5), Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes,
   8-12  as added by Section 35, Chapter 641, Acts of the 72nd Legislature,
   8-13  Regular Session, 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   8-14              (5)  "State agency" means a department, board,
   8-15  commission, committee, council, agency, office, or other entity
   8-16  that is in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state
   8-17  government.  The term includes an institution of higher education
   8-18  as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.  The term excludes <a
   8-19  public junior college and> an entity the jurisdiction of which is
   8-20  limited to a geographical portion of the state.
   8-21        SECTION 11.  Section 6, Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes, as
   8-22  added by Section 35, Chapter 641, Acts of the 72nd Legislature,
   8-23  Regular Session, 1991, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read
   8-24  as follows:
   8-25        (d)  A system for the electronic submission and approval of
    9-1  vouchers may provide for the secretary of state to approve the
    9-2  comptroller's account electronically.
    9-3        SECTION 12.  Chapter 16, Acts of the 67th Legislature,
    9-4  Regular Session, 1981 (Article 6813e, Vernon's Texas Civil
    9-5  Statutes), is amended by adding Section 2A to read as follows:
    9-6        Sec. 2A.  The comptroller may determine by rule the priority
    9-7  of deductions to the extent that the laws, regulations, and rules
    9-8  of this state and the federal government do not otherwise specify
    9-9  the priority.  This section applies only to the compensation paid
   9-10  by a state governmental body.
   9-11        SECTION 13.  Subsection (a), Section 22.001, Civil Practices
   9-12  and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
   9-13        (a)  Except as provided in Section 22.002, a <A> witness is
   9-14  entitled to:
   9-15              (1)  one dollar for each day the witness attends court;
   9-16  and
   9-17              (2)  six cents for each mile the witness travels in
   9-18  going to and returning from court.
   9-19        SECTION 14.  Chapter 22, Civil Practices and Remedies Code,
   9-20  is amended by adding Section 22.002, to read as follows:
   9-21        Sec. 22.002.  FEES FOR WITNESSES SUMMONED BY A STATE
   9-22  AGENCY.  (a)  In this section:
   9-23              (1)  "Commercial lodging establishment" means a motel,
   9-24  hotel, inn, apartment, or similar entity that offers lodging to the
   9-25  public in exchange for compensation.
   10-1              (2)  "Commercial transportation company" means an
   10-2  entity that offers transportation of people or goods to the public
   10-3  in exchange for compensation.
   10-4        (b)  A witness summoned by a state agency is entitled to
   10-5  receive from the agency:
   10-6              (1)  one dollar for each day the witness attends court;
   10-7              (2)  mileage at the rate provided by law for state
   10-8  employees if the witness uses the witness's personally owned or
   10-9  leased motor vehicle to attend court;
  10-10              (3)  reimbursement of the witness's transportation
  10-11  expenses if the witness does not use the witness's personally owned
  10-12  or leased motor vehicle to attend court; and
  10-13              (4)  reimbursement of the witness's meal and lodging
  10-14  expenses while attending court if the court is at least 25 miles
  10-15  from the witness's place of residence.
  10-16        (c)  A state agency may directly pay a commercial
  10-17  transportation company for the transportation expenses and a
  10-18  commercial lodging establishment for the lodging expenses of a
  10-19  witness if this section otherwise requires the agency to reimburse
  10-20  the witness for those expenses.
  10-21        (d)  A state agency may not pay a commercial transportation
  10-22  company or a commercial lodging establishment or reimburse a
  10-23  witness for transportation, meal, or lodging expenses under this
  10-24  section at rates that exceed the maximum rates provided by law for
  10-25  state employees.
   11-1        (e)  After receiving the witness's affidavit, the court clerk
   11-2  shall issue a certificate stating the fees incurred under this
   11-3  section.
   11-4        (f)  The witness fees must be taxed in the bill of costs as
   11-5  other costs.
   11-6        SECTION 15.  Article 35.27, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
   11-7  amended by amending Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 and by adding
   11-8  Section 2A to read as follows:
   11-9                  Expenses for nonresident witnesses
  11-10        Sec. 1.  (1)  Every person subpoenaed by either party or
  11-11  otherwise required or requested in writing by the prosecuting
  11-12  attorney or the court to appear for the purpose of giving testimony
  11-13  in a criminal proceeding who resides outside the state <State> or
  11-14  the county in which the prosecution is pending shall be reimbursed
  11-15  <compensated> by the state <State> for the reasonable and necessary
  11-16  transportation, meals, and lodging <travel and daily living>
  11-17  expenses he incurs by reason of his attendance as a witness at such
  11-18  proceeding.
  11-19              (2)  The state may reimburse a witness for
  11-20  transportation only if the transportation is provided by a
  11-21  commercial transportation company or is via the witness's
  11-22  personally owned or leased motor vehicle.  In this article,
  11-23  "commercial transportation company" means an entity that offers
  11-24  transportation of people or goods to the public in exchange for
  11-25  compensation.
   12-1              (3)  The state may reimburse a witness for lodging only
   12-2  if the lodging is provided by a commercial lodging establishment.
   12-3  In this article, "commercial lodging establishment" means a motel,
   12-4  hotel, inn, apartment, or similar entity that offers lodging to the
   12-5  public in exchange for compensation.
   12-6          Amount of reimbursement <compensation> for expenses
   12-7        Sec. 2.  Any person seeking reimbursement <compensation> as a
   12-8  witness shall make an affidavit setting out the transportation,
   12-9  meal, and lodging <travel and daily living> expenses necessitated
  12-10  by his travel to and from and attendance at the place he appeared
  12-11  to give testimony together with the number of days that such travel
  12-12  and attendance made him absent from his place of residence.  A
  12-13  reimbursement <Compensation> paid by the state <State> to a <the>
  12-14  witness for transportation, meal, or lodging <such> expenses may
  12-15  <shall> not be paid at rates that exceed the maximum rates provided
  12-16  by law for state employees <exceed $50 per day for daily living
  12-17  expenses and 16 cents per mile for travel by personal automobile>.
  12-18         Direct payment of transportation or lodging expenses
  12-19        Sec. 2A.  When this article requires the state to reimburse a
  12-20  witness for transportation or lodging expenses, the state may
  12-21  instead directly pay a commercial transportation company or
  12-22  commercial lodging establishment for those expenses.
  12-23                            Other expenses
  12-24        Sec. 3.  In addition to reimbursement or payment
  12-25  <compensation> for transportation, meal, and lodging expenses
   13-1  <travel and living expenses>, the comptroller <Comptroller of
   13-2  Public Accounts>, upon proper application by the attorney for the
   13-3  state <State>, shall reimburse or pay the <such> other expenses <as
   13-4  may be> required by the laws of this state <State> or the state
   13-5  from which the attendance of the witness is sought.
   13-6                   Application and approval by judge
   13-7        Sec. 4.  A reimbursement <Compensation> to a witness
   13-8  <witnesses> as provided <for> in this article <Article> shall be
   13-9  paid by the state <State> to the witness or his assignee.  Claim
  13-10  shall be make by sworn application to the comptroller <Comptroller
  13-11  of Public Accounts>, a copy of which shall be filed with the clerk
  13-12  of the court, setting out the facts showing entitlement as provided
  13-13  in this article <Article> to the reimbursement <compensation>,
  13-14  which application shall be presented for approval by the judge who
  13-15  presided over the court or impaneled the grand jury before whom the
  13-16  criminal proceeding was pending.  No fee shall be required of any
  13-17  witness for the processing of his claim for reimbursement
  13-18  <compensation>.
  13-19                           Advance by county
  13-20        Sec. 7.  The county in which a criminal proceeding is
  13-21  pending, upon request of the district attorney or other prosecutor
  13-22  charged with the duty of prosecution in the proceeding, may advance
  13-23  funds from its treasury to any witness who will be entitled to
  13-24  reimbursement <compensation> under this article <Article>.  The
  13-25  amount advanced may not exceed the amount that is  <in such amounts
   14-1  as may be> reasonably necessary to enable the witness to attend as
   14-2  required or requested.  However, the amount advanced may include<,
   14-3  including any> sums in excess of the reimbursement <compensation>
   14-4  provided for by this article if the excess is <Article which are>
   14-5  required for compliance with Section 4 of Article 24.28 in securing
   14-6  the attendance of a witness from another state under the Uniform
   14-7  Act.  A county that advances funds to a witness under this section
   14-8  is<, and upon any such advance or advances, the county shall be>
   14-9  entitled to reimbursement by the state <State,> as an assignee of
  14-10  <compensation due a> the witness <from the State>.
  14-11                              Limitations
  14-12        Sec. 9.  A witness, when attached and conveyed by a sheriff
  14-13  or other officer, is <shall> not <be> eligible to receive <entitled
  14-14  to> reimbursement of transportation, meal, or lodging expenses
  14-15  incurred <receive compensation> while in the custody of the officer
  14-16  <such officers>.  A <and the> court, in its discretion, may limit
  14-17  the number of character witnesses allowed reimbursement under
  14-18  <compensation pursuant to> this article <Article> to not fewer
  14-19  <less> than two for each defendant and two per defendant for the
  14-20  state <State>.
  14-21        SECTION 16.  Subsection (f), Section 57.48, Education Code,
  14-22  is amended to read as follows:
  14-23        (f)(1)  This subsection applies when a payment is made to a
  14-24  person other than through the comptroller's issuance of a warrant
  14-25  or the comptroller's use of an electronic funds transfer system.
   15-1              (2)  A state agency may not use funds inside or outside
   15-2  the state treasury to pay a person if <the agency knows that> the
   15-3  person is in default on a loan guaranteed under this chapter.
   15-4              (3)  This subsection does not prohibit a state agency
   15-5  from paying the assignee of a person who is in default on a loan
   15-6  guaranteed under this chapter if the assignment became effective
   15-7  before the person defaulted.
   15-8              (4)  This subsection does not prohibit a state agency
   15-9  from paying the compensation of a state officer or employee.
  15-10              (5)  The comptroller may not reimburse a state agency
  15-11  for a payment that is made in violation of this subsection.
  15-12        SECTION 17.  Subsection (b), Section 403.001, Government
  15-13  Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
  15-14              (5)  "Cash Management Improvement Act" means the
  15-15  federal Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, 31 U.S.C. Sec.
  15-16  65.03.
  15-17        SECTION 18.  Section 403.005, Government Code, is amended to
  15-18  read as follows:
  15-19        Sec. 403.005.  APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS.  (a)  The comptroller's
  15-20  account against the state may not be sent to the treasurer until
  15-21  the secretary of state approves it.
  15-22        (b)  The secretary of state may provide electronic approval
  15-23  of the comptroller's account if:
  15-24              (1)  the comptroller establishes a system for the
  15-25  electronic submission and approval of vouchers as authorized by
   16-1  Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes (as added by Section 35, Chapter
   16-2  641, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991); and
   16-3              (2)  the system is designed for the secretary of state
   16-4  to provide electronic approval of the comptroller's account.
   16-5        SECTION 19.  Subsection (c), Section 403.013, Government
   16-6  Code, is amended to read as follows:
   16-7        (c)  On the last day of February of each year, in addition to
   16-8  the reports required by the constitution and this section, the
   16-9  comptroller shall exhibit to the governor a report including:
  16-10              (1)  an audited comprehensive annual <a statewide>
  16-11  financial report <covering all state agencies, prepared in
  16-12  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,> that
  16-13  includes <financial information of> all state agencies determined
  16-14  to be a part of the statewide accounting entity and is prepared in
  16-15  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as
  16-16  prescribed or modified in pronouncements of <defined by> the
  16-17  Governmental Accounting Standards Board;
  16-18              (2)  the outstanding encumbrances of all those state
  16-19  agencies;
  16-20              (3)  the spending authority of those state agencies;
  16-21              (4)  all major funds, pension funds, and other funds of
  16-22  those state agencies;
  16-23              (5)  a summary of financial information for all state
  16-24  funds held outside the treasury;
  16-25              (6)  the status of all outstanding major revenue fund
   17-1  appropriation accounts by agency and appropriation account; and
   17-2              (7)  any other information required by the governor,
   17-3  comptroller, state treasurer, state auditor, or legislative budget
   17-4  board.
   17-5        SECTION 20.  Section 403.016, Government Code, is amended to
   17-6  read as follows:
   17-7        Sec. 403.016.  ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER.  (a)  The <Except
   17-8  as provided by Subsection (b), the> comptroller shall establish and
   17-9  operate an electronic funds transfer system in accordance with this
  17-10  section.  The comptroller may use the services of financial
  17-11  institutions, automated clearinghouses, and the federal government
  17-12  while establishing and operating the system.
  17-13        (b)  The comptroller shall use the electronic funds transfer
  17-14  system to pay an employee's <and transfer directly into payees'
  17-15  accounts in financial institutions only:  (1)  employees' gross>
  17-16  net state salary and travel expense reimbursements <salaries, less
  17-17  deductions specifically authorized by state or federal law, or
  17-18  reimbursement for employees' travel and subsistence;> unless:
  17-19              (1)  the employee does not hold a classified position
  17-20  under the state's position classification plan and the employee's
  17-21  gross state salary is less than the gross state salary for a
  17-22  position classified to group 8, step 1 of the state position
  17-23  classification plan; or
  17-24              (2)  the employee holds a classified position under the
  17-25  state's position classification plan that is classified below group
   18-1  8.
   18-2        (c)  The comptroller shall use the electronic funds transfer
   18-3  system to make:
   18-4              (1) <(2)>  payments of more than $100 to annuitants by
   18-5  the Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement
   18-6  System of Texas under either system's administrative jurisdiction;
   18-7              (2) <(3)>  recurring payments to municipalities,
   18-8  counties, political subdivisions, special districts, and other
   18-9  governmental entities of this state; and
  18-10              (3) <(4)> payments to vendors designated by the
  18-11  comptroller.
  18-12        <(b)  An employee, annuitant, or vendor may be paid by
  18-13  warrant drawn by the comptroller on the state treasury instead of
  18-14  by electronic funds transfer if:>
  18-15              <(1)  the employee holds a classified position under
  18-16  the state's position classification plan, the position is
  18-17  classified below salary group 8 under the classification salary
  18-18  schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act, and the
  18-19  employee makes a written request for payment by warrant; or>
  18-20              <(2)  the employee, annuitant, or vendor shows that he
  18-21  or she cannot establish a qualifying account for electronic funds
  18-22  transfer.>
  18-23        (d)  If the comptroller is not required by this section to
  18-24  use the electronic funds transfer system to pay a person, then the
  18-25  comptroller may use the system to pay the person upon the person's
   19-1  request.
   19-2        (e) <(c)>  The comptroller may use the <also establish and
   19-3  operate an> electronic funds transfer system to transfer directly
   19-4  any portion of employees' gross state salaries into employees'
   19-5  accounts in a money market mutual fund established in the Texas
   19-6  Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.
   19-7        (f) <(d)>  Except as provided in Subsection (e), the
   19-8  comptroller may use the electronic funds transfer system to deposit
   19-9  payments only to a payee's account at a financial institution.  A
  19-10  single electronic funds transfer may contain payments to multiple
  19-11  payees.  Individual transfers or warrants are not required for each
  19-12  payee.  <The comptroller shall establish procedures for
  19-13  administering the system and may use the services of financial
  19-14  institutions, automated clearinghouses, and the federal
  19-15  government.>
  19-16        (g) <(e)>  When a law requires the comptroller to make a
  19-17  payment by warrant, the comptroller may instead make the payment
  19-18  through the <an> electronic funds transfer system.  The
  19-19  comptroller's use of the <an> electronic funds transfer system or
  19-20  any other payment means does not create a right that would not have
  19-21  been created if a <state> warrant had been issued <used>.
  19-22        (h)  Notwithstanding any requirement in this section to make
  19-23  a payment through the electronic funds transfer system, the
  19-24  comptroller must issue a warrant to pay a person if:
  19-25              (1)  the person properly notifies the comptroller that:
   20-1                    (A)  receiving the payment by electronic funds
   20-2  transfer would be impractical to the person;
   20-3                    (B)  receiving the payment by electronic funds
   20-4  transfer would be more costly to the person than receiving the
   20-5  payment by warrant; or
   20-6                    (C)  the person is unable to establish a
   20-7  qualifying account at a financial institution to receive electronic
   20-8  funds transfers; or
   20-9              (2)  the state agency on whose behalf the comptroller
  20-10  makes the payment properly notifies the comptroller that:
  20-11                    (A)  making the payment by electronic funds
  20-12  transfer would be impractical to the agency; or
  20-13                    (B)  making the payment by electronic funds
  20-14  transfer would be more costly to the agency than making the payment
  20-15  by warrant.
  20-16        (i) <(f)>  Notwithstanding any requirement in this section to
  20-17  make a payment through the electronic funds transfer system <the
  20-18  provisions of this section>, the comptroller may make a payment by
  20-19  warrant if the comptroller determines that:
  20-20              (1)  using <where> the <use of> electronic funds
  20-21  transfer system would be <is> impractical to the state; or
  20-22              (2)  <where> the cost to the state of using the
  20-23  electronic funds transfer system would exceed the cost of issuing a
  20-24  <use of the> warrant.
  20-25        (j)  The comptroller shall adopt rules to administer this
   21-1  section, including rules about the notifications that may be
   21-2  provided to the comptroller under Subsection (h).
   21-3        SECTION 21.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
   21-4  amended by adding Section 403.023 to read as follows:
   21-5        Sec. 403.023.  CREDIT CARDS.  (a)  The comptroller may adopt
   21-6  rules regarding the acceptance of credit cards for the payment of
   21-7  fees, taxes, and other charges assessed by state agencies.  The
   21-8  rules may:
   21-9              (1)  authorize a state agency to accept credit cards if
  21-10  the comptroller determines the best interests of the state would be
  21-11  promoted;
  21-12              (2)  authorize or require a credit card user to pay a
  21-13  processing fee to the state agency that accepts the credit card;
  21-14  and
  21-15              (3)  authorize a particular state agency to accept
  21-16  credit cards without providing the same authorization to other
  21-17  state agencies.
  21-18        (b)  The comptroller may adopt rules regarding the use of
  21-19  credit cards by state agencies to pay for purchases.  The rules
  21-20  may:
  21-21              (1)  authorize a state agency to use credit cards if
  21-22  the comptroller determines the best interests of the state would be
  21-23  promoted;
  21-24              (2)  authorize a state agency to use credit cards to
  21-25  pay for purchases without providing the same authorization to other
   22-1  state agencies;
   22-2              (3)  authorize a state agency to use credit cards to
   22-3  pay for purchases that otherwise may be paid out of the agency's
   22-4  petty cash accounts under Subchapter K; and
   22-5              (4)  authorize the General Services Commission to
   22-6  contract with one or more credit card issuers on behalf of state
   22-7  agencies.
   22-8        (c)  The comptroller may not adopt rules about a particular
   22-9  state agency's acceptance or use of credit cards if another law
  22-10  specifically authorizes, requires, prohibits, or otherwise
  22-11  regulates the acceptance or use.
  22-12        (d)  In this section, "state agency" means:
  22-13              (1)  a board, commission, department, or other agency
  22-14  in the executive branch of state government that is created by the
  22-15  constitution or a statute of this state, including an institution
  22-16  of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code,
  22-17  other than a public junior college;
  22-18              (2)  the legislature or a legislative agency; or
  22-19              (3)  the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals,
  22-20  a court of appeals, or a state judicial agency.
  22-21        SECTION 22.  Subsection (e), Section 403.055, Government
  22-22  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  22-23        (e)(1)  This subsection applies when a payment is made to a
  22-24  person other than through the comptroller's issuance of a warrant
  22-25  or the comptroller's use of an electronic funds transfer system.
   23-1              (2)  A state agency may not use funds inside or outside
   23-2  the state treasury to pay a person if the <agency knows that the>
   23-3  person is indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the state or owes
   23-4  delinquent taxes under a tax that the comptroller administers or
   23-5  collects until the debt or taxes are paid.
   23-6              (3)  This subsection does not prohibit a state agency
   23-7  from paying the assignee of a person who is indebted or owes
   23-8  delinquent taxes to the state if the assignment became effective
   23-9  before the person became indebted to the state or delinquent in the
  23-10  payment of taxes to the state.
  23-11              (4)  This subsection does not prohibit a state agency
  23-12  from paying the compensation of a state officer or employee.
  23-13              (5)  The comptroller may not reimburse a state agency
  23-14  for a payment that is made in violation of this subsection.
  23-15        SECTION 23.  Section 403.054, Government Code, is amended to
  23-16  read as follows:
  23-17        Sec. 403.054.  REPLACEMENT <DUPLICATE> WARRANT. (a)  Subject
  23-18  to Subsection (b), the comptroller may issue a replacement
  23-19  <duplicate> warrant in place of an original warrant drawn on the
  23-20  state treasury if the state agency on whose behalf the comptroller
  23-21  issued the original warrant notifies the comptroller <is satisfied>
  23-22  that:
  23-23              (1)  the original warrant has been lost, destroyed, or
  23-24  stolen;
  23-25              (2)  the original warrant has not been received; or
   24-1              (3)  the payee's endorsement on the original warrant
   24-2  has been forged.
   24-3        (b)  The comptroller may not issue a replacement <duplicate>
   24-4  warrant <unless> if:
   24-5              (1)  the state treasurer has paid the original warrant,
   24-6  unless the treasurer has obtained a refund of the payment <the
   24-7  applicant has filed with the comptroller an affidavit stating that
   24-8  the applicant is the true owner of the original and that the
   24-9  original has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, that it has not been
  24-10  received, or that the payee's endorsement on the instrument has
  24-11  been forged.  If the applicant is a government agency, the head of
  24-12  the agency and one other person connected with the handling of
  24-13  warrants for the agency shall make this affidavit for a lost or
  24-14  destroyed warrant belonging to the agency.  An applicant, other
  24-15  than a government agency, shall also file with the comptroller a
  24-16  bond in the amount of the claim, payable to the governor, approved
  24-17  by the comptroller, and conditioned that the applicant will hold
  24-18  the state harmless and return to the comptroller on demand the
  24-19  duplicate or the amount of money specified in the duplicate and all
  24-20  costs of the state in collecting the money.  For the purposes of
  24-21  this subsection, "government agency" means a state agency, court,
  24-22  school, school district, or a federal agency>;
  24-23              (2)  the period during which the state treasurer may
  24-24  pay the original warrant has expired under Section 404.046 or other
  24-25  applicable law;
   25-1              (3)  the payee of the replacement warrant is not the
   25-2  same as the payee of the original warrant; or
   25-3              (4)  the comptroller is prohibited by Sections 403.055
   25-4  or 481.0841, or by Section 57.48, Education Code from issuing a
   25-5  warrant to the payee of the replacement warrant.
   25-6        (c)  A replacement warrant:
   25-7              (1)  must be charged to the same fiscal year as the
   25-8  original warrant; and
   25-9              (2)  may not be paid by the state treasurer unless
  25-10  presented for payment to the treasurer or a financial institution
  25-11  before two years after the close of the fiscal year in which the
  25-12  replacement warrant was issued.
  25-13        (d)  The state treasurer may not pay an original warrant
  25-14  after the comptroller has notified the treasurer that the
  25-15  comptroller has issued a replacement warrant for the original
  25-16  warrant.
  25-17        (e) <(c)>  If the comptroller determines that a replacement
  25-18  warrant <duplicate> was improperly issued or that the <applicant
  25-19  or> the person to whom the replacement <duplicate> was issued was
  25-20  not its owner, the comptroller shall immediately demand return of
  25-21  the replacement <duplicate> or, if the replacement <duplicate> has
  25-22  been paid, the amount paid by the state.  If this demand is not
  25-23  satisfied, the comptroller shall refer the matter to the attorney
  25-24  general for appropriate action <file suit on the bond in Travis
  25-25  County>.
   26-1        (f) <(d)>  A person <An entity> other than a law enforcement
   26-2  official that has possession of a lost or stolen warrant or a
   26-3  warrant on which the payee's endorsement has been forged shall,
   26-4  upon request, immediately deliver the warrant to the <issuing
   26-5  agency or the> comptroller or the state agency on whose behalf the
   26-6  comptroller issued the warrant <on request>.  The agency or
   26-7  comptroller shall issue a receipt for the warrant.
   26-8        (g) <(e)>  Failure to reimburse the state on demand as
   26-9  required by Subsection (e) constitutes a debt to the state and
  26-10  further payment to the person <applicant> shall be held as provided
  26-11  by Section 403.055.
  26-12        (h) <(f)>  The comptroller shall adopt rules and forms
  26-13  regarding the issuance of replacement <duplicate> warrants.
  26-14        SECTION 24.  Subsection (f), Section 403.071, Government
  26-15  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  26-16        (f)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
  26-17  makes a false certificate on a claim against the state for the
  26-18  purpose of authenticating a claim against the state.  An offense
  26-19  under this section is punishable by imprisonment in the
  26-20  institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  26-21  <Corrections> for not less than two or more than five years.
  26-22        SECTION 25.  Chapter 403, Government Code, is amended by
  26-23  adding Section 403.0721 to read as follows:
  26-24        Sec. 403.0721.  CALCULATION OF NET COMPENSATION.  The
  26-25  comptroller may adopt procedures and rules about the method used to
   27-1  calculate the net compensation of a state officer or employee.
   27-2        SECTION 26.  Section 403.092, Government Code, is amended to
   27-3  read as follows:
   27-4        Sec. 403.092.  Temporary Transfer of Surplus AND OTHER CASH.
   27-5  (a)  To allow efficient management of the cash flow of the general
   27-6  revenue fund and to avoid temporary cash deficiency in that fund,
   27-7  the comptroller, with the consent of the state treasurer, may
   27-8  transfer surplus cash, except constitutionally dedicated revenues,
   27-9  between funds in the state treasury.  As soon as practicable the
  27-10  comptroller shall return the surplus cash to the fund from which it
  27-11  was transferred.  The comptroller shall preserve the fund equity
  27-12  and the state treasurer shall allocate the depository interest as
  27-13  if the transfer had not been made.
  27-14        (b)  If the comptroller submits a statement under Article
  27-15  III, Section 49a, of the Texas Constitution when surplus cash
  27-16  transferred under Subsection (a) <this section> is in the general
  27-17  revenue fund, the comptroller shall indicate in that statement that
  27-18  the transferred surplus cash is in the general revenue fund, is a
  27-19  liability of that fund, and is not available for appropriation by
  27-20  the legislature.
  27-21        (c)(1)  The comptroller may temporarily transfer cash from
  27-22  the general revenue fund to a special fund in the state treasury or
  27-23  to an account within the general revenue fund if:
  27-24                    (A)  the transfer contributes toward minimizing
  27-25  the state's interest liability under the Cash Management
   28-1  Improvement Act by delaying the receipt of federal moneys;
   28-2                    (B)  the amount transferred does not exceed the
   28-3  amount necessary for the comptroller to process a payroll claim
   28-4  that a state agency submits before the end of the payroll period
   28-5  under Section 403.072;
   28-6                    (C)  the comptroller determines before the
   28-7  transfer occurs that other moneys are not available to process the
   28-8  payroll claim;
   28-9                    (D)  before the transfer occurs, the comptroller
  28-10  is notified by the state agency whose payroll claim will be
  28-11  processed that the federal government is legally required to
  28-12  provide by payday sufficient moneys to pay the claim;
  28-13                    (E)  the transfer does not occur earlier than the
  28-14  tenth day before payday; and
  28-15                    (F)  the amount transferred is returned to the
  28-16  general revenue fund as soon as possible after the federal money is
  28-17  received but by no later than payday.
  28-18              (2)  The amount transferred under Subdivision (1) is a
  28-19  receivable of the general revenue fund for the purpose of
  28-20  statements that the comptroller submits under Article III, Section
  28-21  49a, of the Texas Constitution.  The transferred amount is
  28-22  available for appropriation by the legislature.
  28-23              (3)  The comptroller may adopt procedures and rules to
  28-24  administer this subsection.
  28-25        SECTION 27.  Section 403.111, Government Code, is amended by
   29-1  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
   29-2  follows:
   29-3        (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), the <The>
   29-4  comptroller's office shall obtain suitable books for use as bond
   29-5  registers by the comptroller's office.  The volumes of the books
   29-6  shall be separately designated.
   29-7        (f)  The comptroller may use electronic means, including the
   29-8  central electronic computing and data processing center established
   29-9  under Section 403.015, instead of books to register bonds.
  29-10        SECTION 28.  Section 404.071, Government Code, is amended by
  29-11  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
  29-12        (e)(1)  The treasurer shall notify the comptroller of the
  29-13  amount of interest paid from the general revenue fund as a result
  29-14  of the federal Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, 31 U.S.C.
  29-15  Sec. 6503.  The treasurer shall provide the notifications in
  29-16  accordance with the comptroller's requirements for frequency,
  29-17  method, and format.
  29-18              (2)  For each special fund or account that contains
  29-19  depository interest, the comptroller shall transfer from the fund
  29-20  or account to the general revenue fund an amount equal to the
  29-21  interest paid from the general revenue fund on behalf of the fund
  29-22  or account.
  29-23              (3)  In this subsection:
  29-24                    (A)  "Account" means a subdivision of a special
  29-25  fund or the general revenue fund.
   30-1                    (B)  "Fund" and "special fund" have the meanings
   30-2  assigned by Section 403.001.
   30-3              (4)  The comptroller may adopt procedures and rules to
   30-4  administer this subsection.
   30-5              (5)  This subsection applies notwithstanding any other
   30-6  law.
   30-7        SECTION 29.  Subsection (b), Section 402.273, Health and
   30-8  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
   30-9        (b)  This subsection applies only if <If> the authority does
  30-10  not issue bonds under Subchapter K.  The<, the> waste disposal fees
  30-11  must also include an amount sufficient to allow the authority to
  30-12  recover expenses incurred before beginning operation of the
  30-13  disposal site amortized over a period of not more than 20 years
  30-14  beginning on the first day of operation of the disposal site. The
  30-15  fees must be sufficient to recover the depository interest that the
  30-16  general revenue fund would have earned had the fund not been used
  30-17  to pay expenses incurred before the disposal site begins operation.
  30-18  Depository interest recovered under this subsection shall be
  30-19  deposited in the general revenue fund.  Principal recovered under
  30-20  this subsection shall be deposited in the general revenue fund
  30-21  until the amount deposited has fully reimbursed the fund for
  30-22  expenses paid from the fund before the disposal site begins
  30-23  operation.  The remainder of the principal shall be deposited as
  30-24  provided in Section 402.272(a).
  30-25        SECTION 30.  Section 31.039, Human Resources Code, is amended
   31-1  to read as follows:
   31-2        Sec. 31.039.  Issuance of REPLACEMENT <DUPLICATE> ASSISTANCE
   31-3  WARRANTS.  The comptroller may issue a replacement <duplicate>
   31-4  financial assistance warrant to a recipient who has failed to
   31-5  receive or has lost the original warrant in accordance with Section
   31-6  403.054, Government Code <Article 4365, Revised Civil Statutes of
   31-7  Texas, 1925, as amended>.
   31-8        SECTION 31.  The Texas Employees Uniform Group Insurance
   31-9  Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Insurance Code), is amended by adding
  31-10  Section 4B to read as follows:
  31-11        Sec. 4B.  ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATIONS.  (a)  The trustee may
  31-12  develop a system for an employee, school district employee, or
  31-13  annuitant to electronically authorize:
  31-14              (1)  enrollment in a coverage or benefit program;
  31-15              (2)  contributions to a coverage or benefit program;
  31-16  and
  31-17              (3)  deductions or reductions to the compensation or
  31-18  annuity of the employee, school district employee, or annuitant for
  31-19  participation in a coverage or benefit program.
  31-20        (b)  The trustee may permit or require an authorization
  31-21  covered by Subsection (a) of this section to be made
  31-22  electronically, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.
  31-23        SECTION 32.  Subsections (c) and (d), Section 14, Texas
  31-24  Employees Group Insurance Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Insurance
  31-25  Code), as amended by Section 54, Chapter 391, Acts of the 72nd
   32-1  Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   32-2        (c)  If an employee or annuitant refuses <in writing> the
   32-3  coverages, benefits, or services provided by this Act in a form and
   32-4  manner <writing> satisfactory to the trustee, then in no event
   32-5  shall the State of Texas, the employee's department, or the
   32-6  participating school district make any contribution to the cost of
   32-7  any other coverages, services, or benefits on such employee or
   32-8  annuitant.
   32-9        (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, if
  32-10  an employee or annuitant applies for coverages for which the cost
  32-11  exceeds the state's, the employing department's, or the
  32-12  participating school district's contribution under this Act, he
  32-13  shall authorize <in writing and> in a form and manner satisfactory
  32-14  to the trustee a deduction from his monthly compensation or annuity
  32-15  the difference between the cost of coverages under the said group
  32-16  programs and the amount contributed therefor by the State of Texas
  32-17  or the employing department.
  32-18        SECTION 33.  Subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), Section 14,
  32-19  Texas Employees Uniform Group Insurance Benefits Act (Article
  32-20  3.50-2, Insurance Code), as amended by Section 41, Chapter 850,
  32-21  Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, are amended to
  32-22  read as follows:
  32-23        (e)  The trustee shall apply the amount of any employer
  32-24  contribution allocated to fund optional coverages to the excess of
  32-25  the cost of the basic and optional coverages for which the employee
   33-1  or annuitant has applied over the basic coverage contribution.
   33-2  Except as provided by Subsection (h) of this section, if an
   33-3  employee or annuitant applies for basic and optional coverages for
   33-4  which the cost exceeds the contributions for those coverages under
   33-5  this Act, the employee or annuitant shall authorize <in writing> in
   33-6  a form and manner satisfactory to the trustee a deduction from the
   33-7  employee's or annuitant's monthly compensation or annuity equal to
   33-8  the difference between the cost of basic and optional coverages for
   33-9  which the employee or annuitant has applied and the employer
  33-10  contributions for basic and optional coverage.
  33-11        (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (h) of this section, if
  33-12  an employee or annuitant applies for voluntary coverages, the
  33-13  employee shall authorize <in writing> in a form and manner
  33-14  satisfactory to the trustee a deduction from the employee's monthly
  33-15  compensation or annuity equal to the cost of the voluntary
  33-16  coverages.
  33-17        (g)  If an employee or annuitant refuses the coverages or
  33-18  benefits provided under this Act in <writing in> a form and manner
  33-19  satisfactory to the trustee, the state and the employee's
  33-20  department may not make any contribution to the cost of any
  33-21  coverages or benefits for the employee or annuitant.
  33-22        (h)  If an employee elects to participate in the cafeteria
  33-23  plan, the employee must execute a salary reduction agreement under
  33-24  which the employee's monthly compensation will be reduced in an
  33-25  amount that is equal to the difference between the employer
   34-1  contributions for basic and optional coverages and the cost of the
   34-2  cafeteria plan coverages identified by the trustee as comparable to
   34-3  the basic and optional coverages for which the employee is
   34-4  eligible.  The salary reduction agreement must also provide for an
   34-5  additional reduction in the employee's compensation equal to the
   34-6  cost of voluntary coverages for which the employee has applied.  An
   34-7  employee who executes a salary reduction agreement for insurance
   34-8  coverage included in the cafeteria plan has elected to participate
   34-9  in the cafeteria plan and agreed to a salary reduction for the
  34-10  insurance coverages for subsequent plan years unless the
  34-11  participant, during an annual enrollment period specified by the
  34-12  trustee, elects in a form and manner satisfactory to the trustee
  34-13  <writing> not to participate for the next plan year in the
  34-14  insurance coverages.  An employee who has elected not to
  34-15  participate in the cafeteria plan insurance coverages may re-enroll
  34-16  by executing a new salary reduction agreement during a subsequent
  34-17  annual enrollment period.  A salary reduction agreement for
  34-18  cafeteria plan benefits other than insurance coverages must be
  34-19  executed annually, during the annual enrollment period.  The
  34-20  employee shall pay any remaining portion of the cost of benefits
  34-21  that is not covered by the contributions for basic and optional
  34-22  coverages and the salary reduction under the cafeteria plan by
  34-23  executing a payroll deduction agreement.
  34-24        SECTION 34.  Chapter 111, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  34-25  Section 111.062 to read as follows:
   35-1        Sec. 111.062.  ACCEPTANCE OF CREDIT CARDS FOR PAYMENT OF
   35-2  CERTAIN TAXES AND FEES.  (a)  The comptroller may accept a credit
   35-3  card in payment of:
   35-4              (1)  delinquent taxes and related penalties and
   35-5  interest imposed by this code;
   35-6              (2)  fees charged for:
   35-7                    (A)  account status certificates;
   35-8                    (B)  no tax due certificates;
   35-9                    (C)  postage;
  35-10                    (D)  certified copies;
  35-11                    (E)  copies of documents;
  35-12                    (F)  microfilm copies;
  35-13                    (G)  written evidence of the comptroller's
  35-14  records;
  35-15                    (H)  research;
  35-16                    (I)  labor;
  35-17                    (J)  minerals tax histories; and
  35-18                    (K)  minerals tax extracts; and
  35-19              (3)  any other service fees charged by the comptroller.
  35-20        (b)  When the comptroller accepts a payment by credit card,
  35-21  the comptroller may require the payment of a processing fee by the
  35-22  credit card user.
  35-23        SECTION 35.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
  35-24        SECTION 36.  The importance of this legislation and the
  35-25  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   36-1  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   36-2  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   36-3  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.