H.B. No. 2570

AN ACT

relating to the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee and to the payment of claims related to those grants by the comptroller of public accounts.

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

SECTION 1. Section 403.071(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) A claim may not be paid from an appropriation unless the claim is presented to the comptroller for payment not later than two years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made. However, a claim may be presented:

(1) not later than four years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation from which the claim is to be paid was made if the appropriation relates to:

(A) new construction contracts;

(B) [, to] grants awarded under Chapter 391, Health and Safety Code;

(C) [, or to] repair and remodeling projects that exceed the amount of $20,000, including furniture and other equipment and[,] architects' and engineering fees; [,] and

(D) other costs related to the contracts or projects; or

(2) not later than seven years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation from which the claim is to be paid was made if the appropriation relates to grants awarded under Chapter 102, Health and Safety Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2570 was passed by the House on April 18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 13, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2570 was passed by the Senate on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor