By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1831

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; March 31, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 0; March 31, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1831 By: Hinojosa

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the purchase of certain goods and services by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

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

SECTION 1. Section 815.103, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h) Notwithstanding any other law, the retirement system has exclusive authority over all aspects of the purchase of goods and services, if the purchase is:

(1) made using money other than money appropriated from the general revenue fund; and

(2) related to the operation of home office facilities used in administering the system, including a purchase related to the administration of tenant leases in the facilities.

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, 2023.

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