By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 304
	(In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2003; February 5, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; March 20, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 20, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.



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