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79R1849 MXM-F

By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1068



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an electronic requisition system for counties.                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 113.901, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The requisition must be [made, signed, and approved in 
triplicate.  The original must be] delivered to the person from whom 
the purchase is to be made before the purchase is made.  One [The 
duplicate] copy must be filed with the county auditor and one[.  The 
triplicate] copy must remain with the officer requesting the 
purchase.
	(d)  A county, subject to the approval of the county auditor, 
may create and operate an electronic requisition system to perform 
the functions required by Subsection (a).  The county auditor, 
subject to the approval of the commissioners court, shall establish 
procedures for administering the system.
	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, 2005.