83R17548 CJC-F
 
  By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 2962
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2962:
 
  By:  Harper-Brown C.S.H.B. No. 2962
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of a credit or charge card by certain state
  agencies to make certain purchases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 403.023, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), if the
  comptroller adopts rules authorized under Subsection (b), the rules
  must:
               (1)  require a state agency in the executive branch of
  state government to use a credit or charge card to pay for all
  purchases unless the comptroller determines that another method of
  payment is more advantageous to the state; and
               (2)  prohibit an employee of a state agency in the
  executive branch of state government from using a personal credit
  or charge card to pay for the state agency's purchases.
         (b-2)  Subsection (b-1) does not apply to:
               (1)  an institution of higher education as defined by
  Section 61.003, Education Code; or
               (2)  the office of the governor.
         SECTION 2.  Section 660.021, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 660.021.  RULES. (a) The comptroller shall adopt rules
  for the effective and efficient administration of this chapter and
  the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the rules adopted
  by the comptroller under this section must require that if a state
  agency in the executive branch of state government participates in
  a program administered by the comptroller that allows the agency to
  use a credit or charge card to pay for travel expenses:
               (1)  the agency shall use the credit or charge card to
  pay for travel expenses required for agency travel, unless the
  comptroller determines that another method of payment is more
  advantageous to the state; and
               (2)  an employee of the agency may not use the
  employee's personal credit or charge card to pay for travel
  expenses required for agency travel.
         (c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to:
               (1)  an institution of higher education as defined by
  Section 61.003, Education Code; or
               (2)  the office of the governor.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2171.0521 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2171.0521.  PAYMENT FOR TRAVEL SERVICES WITH CREDIT OR
  CHARGE CARD.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a state
  agency in the executive branch of state government participates in
  a program administered by the comptroller that allows the agency to
  use a credit or charge card to purchase travel services:
               (1)  the agency shall use the credit or charge card to
  purchase travel services required for agency travel, unless the
  comptroller determines that another method of purchase is more
  advantageous to the state; and
               (2)  an employee of the agency may not use the
  employee's personal credit or charge card to purchase travel
  services required for agency travel.
         (b)  This section does not apply to:
               (1)  an institution of higher education as defined by
  Section 61.003, Education Code; or
               (2)  the office of the governor.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2013.