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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county purchasing agents in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 262, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 262.0117 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 262.0117. ADDITIONAL COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT |
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AUTHORITY IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 250,000. (a) |
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This section applies only to a county with a population of more than |
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250,000. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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the commissioners court of a county by order may: |
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(1) abolish the office of a purchasing agent appointed |
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under Section 262.011; and |
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(2) employ a person to act as county purchasing agent |
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under Section 262.0115. |
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(c) The term of any purchasing agent whose office is |
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abolished under Subsection (b)(1) expires on the date provided in |
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the order. A purchasing agent whose term expires under this |
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subsection is eligible to be employed as a county purchasing agent |
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under Subsection (b)(2). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |