H.B. No. 3106

	AN ACT
	relating to the implementation of enterprise resource planning by
	the comptroller.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2101.001, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 2101.001.  DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION].  In this chapter:
	(1)  "Enterprise resource planning" includes the
	administration of a state agency's:
	(A)  general ledger;
	(B)  accounts payable;
	(C)  accounts receivable;
	(D)  budgeting;
	(E)  inventory;
	(F)  asset management;
	(G)  billing;
	(H)  payroll;
	(I)  projects;
	(J)  grants; and
	(K)  human resources, including administration of
	performance measures, time spent on tasks, and other personnel and
	labor issues.
	(2)  "State [, "state] agency" has the meaning assigned
	by Section 403.013.
	SECTION 2.  Section 2101.031, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The comptroller shall ensure that the uniform statewide
	accounting project includes enterprise resource planning.
	SECTION 3.  Section 2101.036, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 2101.036.  STATE AGENCY INTERNAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS.
	(a)  The comptroller by rule may:
	(1)  require state agencies to modify, delay, or stop
	the implementation of individual accounting and payroll systems,
	including individual enterprise resource planning systems, so that
	those systems are compatible with the uniform statewide accounting
	system; and
	(2)  adopt standards for implementation and
	modification of state agency enterprise resource planning systems.
	(b)  The comptroller may require a state agency to:
	(1)  replace its internal enterprise resource planning
	system or accounting and payroll system with project components to
	provide uniformity in internal accounting and other enterprise
	resource planning system functions; and
	(2)  modify its internal enterprise resource planning
	system or accounting and payroll system to provide uniformity in
	internal accounting and other enterprise resource planning system
	functions.
	(c)  The expenditure of state funds for the establishment,
	modification, or maintenance of an individual enterprise resource
	planning system or accounting or payroll system must be in
	accordance with any rules regarding the development,
	implementation, or use of the uniform statewide accounting system.
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or
	other law, this section and any rules implementing this section
	apply only in relation to a state agency as defined by Section
	2054.003.
	SECTION 4.  Section 2101.037(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  A state agency shall make available to the project
	director all records of the agency for purposes of developing and
	implementing the project, including complying with the rules and
	requirements prescribed by the comptroller under Section 2101.036.
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2101, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2101.040 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2101.040.  ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING ADVISORY
	COUNCIL. (a) The comptroller shall establish and coordinate the
	enterprise resource planning advisory council.  The council is
	composed of:
	(1)  representatives of the Department of Information
	Resources, appointed by the executive director of the department;
	(2)  representatives of the Health and Human Services
	Commission, appointed by the executive commissioner of the
	commission;
	(3)  representatives of the Information Technology
	Council for Higher Education, nominated by the members of the
	council;
	(4)  representatives of the comptroller's office,
	appointed by the comptroller; and
	(5)  representatives of two state agencies selected by
	the comptroller that have fewer than 100 employees, appointed by
	the executive head of each agency.
	(b)  The council shall develop a plan that contains key
	requirements, constraints, and alternative approaches for the
	comptroller's implementation of enterprise resource planning
	standards, including related core functionality and business
	process reengineering requirements.
	(c)  Before each legislative session, the comptroller shall
	report to the legislature concerning the status of the
	implementation of the council's plan under Subsection (b) regarding
	enterprise resource planning in this state, including any planned
	modifications to and upgrade requirements of statewide and agency
	systems and the financial impact of the modifications and upgrade
	requirements.
	(d)  A member of the council receives no additional
	compensation for serving on the council and may not be reimbursed
	for travel or other expenses incurred while conducting the business
	of the council.
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), Chapter 2110
	applies to the council.
	SECTION 6.  Section 2055.104, Government Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 7.  The comptroller is not required to comply with
	Section 2101.031(c), Government Code, as added by this Act, before
	January 1, 2008.
	SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3106 was passed by the House on May 4,
	2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3106 on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3106 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 18, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor