By: Birdwell S.B. No. 670

(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2015; February 24, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; March 31, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 31, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the Texas Identification Number system.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 403.039(a) and (b), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) The comptroller shall assign a Texas Identification Number[, based on the comptroller's taxpayer identification number system,] to each person[, other than a state employee,] who supplies property or services to the state for compensation or reimbursement.

(b) The Texas Identification Number system shall be used by each state agency as the primary identification system for persons[, other than state employees,] who supply property or services to the agency for compensation or reimbursement. The agency may assign secondary numbers if the secondary numbering system does not unnecessarily create duplication of data bases, efforts, or costs.

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, 2015.

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