| TO: | Honorable Ray Allen, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2835 by Allen, Ray (Relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of commissaries operated by sheriffs.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to require a county sheriff, when reviewing bids to renew contracts of commissary suppliers, to consider whether the contract should provide for a fixed rate of return by which a supplier pays a set amount to the sheriff on a daily, monthly, or annual basis. The bill would also require a sheriff in certain populated counties to use competitive purchasing procedures when making a purchase using commissary proceeds. In addition, the bill would expand applicability of certain provisions to include another county that is not currently affected by those provisions. The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.
Current statute does not reference reviewing bids for a fixed rate of return. Also, current statute regarding purchasing procedures using commissary proceeds applies only to a county that has a population of one million or more and has two municipalities with a population of 300,000 or more, which applies only to Tarrant County. The bill would change the population requirement to include a county that is adjacent to a county with a population of one million or more and that has a population of one million or more, which would add Dallas County to the counties to which the statute would apply. None of the proposed administrative changes are expected to have a significant fiscal impact.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, DLBa
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