86R5801 AAF-F
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 3088
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption for certain purchasing personnel of the
  Texas Department of Transportation from training on state
  purchasing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 656.051, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  This section does not apply to purchasing personnel of
  the Texas Department of Transportation whose duties relate
  primarily to contracts described by Section 2262.002(b).
         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, 2019.