By: Cook (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 3116

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013; May 6, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Government Organization; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the recovery of uniform statewide accounting project costs from state agencies and vendors.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2101.001(1), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(1) "Enterprise resource planning" includes the administration of a state agency's:

(A) general ledger;

(B) accounts payable;

(C) accounts receivable;

(D) budgeting;

(E) inventory;

(F) asset management;

(G) billing;

(H) payroll;

(I) projects;

(J) grants; [and]

(K) human resources, including administration of performance measures, time spent on tasks, and other personnel and labor issues; and

(L) purchasing.

SECTION 2. Section 2101.034(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The comptroller may recover from a state agency or a vendor that uses the system under Section 2155.061 the cost of implementation or use of any component of the project [by the agency].

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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