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H.B. No. 1061
AN ACT
relating to municipal officer and employee participation in state
travel services contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2171.055, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A municipal officer or employee who is engaged in
official municipal business may participate in the commission's
contract for travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced
airline fares and reduced travel agent fees. The commission may
charge a participating municipality a fee not to exceed the costs
incurred by the commission in providing services under this
subsection. The commission shall periodically review fees and
shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
providing services to municipalities under this subsection. The
commission shall deposit the fees collected under this subsection
to the credit of the municipality airline fares account. The
municipality airline fares account is an account in the general
revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purposes of this
chapter. The commission shall adopt rules and make or amend
contracts as necessary to administer this subsection.
SECTION 2. 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, 2003.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1061 was passed by the House on March
31, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1061 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor