Amend CSHB 7 (Senate committee printing) by adding an
appropriately numbered ARTICLE to read as follows:
ARTICLE ____: STATE TRAVEL SERVICES CONTRACTS
SECTION ____. Section 44.044, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 482, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 44.044. LIMIT ON EXPENDITURES FOR TRAVEL SERVICES. A
school district or public junior college may not reimburse an
officer or employee for expenditures under a Texas Building and
Procurement Commission's travel services contract for travel
services in excess of the applicable amount [determined using the
state travel allowance guide adopted by the comptroller under
Section 660.021, Government Code].