Amend CSHB 2521 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
SECTION __. Section 2155.266, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2155.266. REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL FEE. (a) The
comptroller [commission] may charge a person applying for
registration on the master bidders list a registration fee and may
charge a registrant a biennial renewal fee in an amount designed to
recover the comptroller's [commission's] costs in:
(1) making and maintaining the master bidders list;
and
(2) soliciting bids or proposals under this
subchapter.
(b) In addition to the fee provided by Subsection (a), the
comptroller shall also collect $20 from each registrant to be used
for the purpose of enforcing compliance with requirements of state
purchasing statutes and the prevention of fraud in the historically
underutilized businesses program as set forth in Chapter 2161 [The
commission shall set the amount of the fees by rule].