By: Madla S.B. No. 1068
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2005; March 21, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 14, 2005, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 14, 2005, sent to printer.)
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.
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