BILL ANALYSIS
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AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Interested parties recommend that the state establish a more coordinated system for ordering and purchasing, noting that purchasing is currently one of the aspects of state finance that can be improved through implementation of an enterprise resource planning system and that it is appropriate to include the administration of state agency purchasing in the definition of the term. The parties note that a consistent source of funding for adding agencies to the statewide enterprise resource planning system would benefit all agencies, especially small and medium-sized agencies with limited funding. H.B. 3116 seeks to accomplish these goals.
H.B. 3116 amends current law relating to the recovery of uniform statewide accounting project costs from state agencies and vendors.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 2101.001(1), Government Code, to redefine "enterprise resource planning" to include purchasing in the administrative duties of a state agency.
SECTION 2. Amends Section 2101.034(b), Government Code, as follows:
(b) Authorizes the comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas (comptroller) to recover from a state agency or a vendor that uses the system under Section 2155.061 (Commission Purchasing System) the cost of implementation or use of any component of the project, rather than authorizing the comptroller to recover from a state agency the cost of implementation of use of any component of the project by the agency.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2013.