By: West S.B. No. 2381
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the fee charged for the master bidders list.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2155.202, 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[and]
               (2)  soliciting bids or proposals under this
  subchapter.
  (b)  In addition to the fee above, 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 HUB program as set forth
  in Chapter 2161.
         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, 2009.