S.B. No. 1122

	AN ACT
	relating to participation in the comptroller's contracts for travel
	services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2171.055, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) and adding
	Subsection (k) to read as follows:
	(e)  A county officer or employee who is engaged in official
	county business may participate in the comptroller's contract for
	travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares
	and reduced travel agent fees. A county sheriff or deputy sheriff
	or juvenile probation officer who is transporting a state prisoner
	under a felony warrant may participate in the comptroller's
	contract for travel services for purposes of obtaining reduced
	airline fares and reduced travel agent fees for the law enforcement
	or probation officer and the prisoner. [The comptroller may charge
	a participating county a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
	comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
	comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
	needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
	to counties under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit
	the fees collected under this subsection to the credit of the county
	airline fares account. The county airline fares account is an
	account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
	for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
	rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this
	subsection.
	(f)  An officer or employee of a public junior college, as
	defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, of an open-enrollment
	charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
	Education Code, or of a school district who is engaged in official
	business may participate in the comptroller's contract for travel
	services. [The comptroller may charge a participating public
	junior college, open-enrollment charter school, or school district
	a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the comptroller in
	providing services under this subsection. The comptroller shall
	periodically review fees and shall adjust them as needed to ensure
	recovery of costs incurred in providing services to public junior
	colleges, open-enrollment charter schools, and school districts
	under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit the fees
	collected under this subsection to the credit of the public
	education travel account. The public education travel account is
	an account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
	for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
	rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this
	subsection.
	(g)  A municipal officer or employee who is engaged in
	official municipal business may participate in the comptroller's
	contract for travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced
	airline fares and reduced travel agent fees. [The comptroller may
	charge a participating municipality a fee not to exceed the costs
	incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
	subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review fees and
	shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
	providing services to municipalities under this subsection. The
	comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under this subsection
	to the credit of the municipality airline fares account. The
	municipality airline fares account is an account in the general
	revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purposes of this
	chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt rules and make or amend
	contracts as necessary to administer this subsection.
	(h)  A board member or employee of a communication district
	or an emergency communication district established under Chapter
	772, Health and Safety Code, who is engaged in official district
	business may participate in the comptroller's contract for travel
	services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares and
	reduced travel agent fees. [The comptroller may charge a
	participating district a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
	comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
	comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
	needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
	to districts under this subsection. The comptroller shall deposit
	the fees collected under this subsection to the credit of the
	emergency communication district airline fares account. The
	emergency communication district airline fares account is an
	account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only
	for the purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt
	rules and make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this
	subsection.
	(i)  An officer or employee of a transportation or transit
	authority, department, district, or system established under
	Subtitle K, Title 6, Transportation Code, who is engaged in
	official business of the authority, department, district, or system
	may participate in the comptroller's contracts for travel services.
	[The comptroller may charge a participating authority, department,
	district, or system a fee not to exceed the costs incurred by the
	comptroller in providing services under this subsection. The
	comptroller shall periodically review fees and shall adjust them as
	needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in providing services
	to authorities, departments, districts, and systems under this
	subsection.]
	(j)  An officer or employee of a hospital district created
	under general or special law who is engaged in official hospital
	district business may participate in the comptroller's contract for
	travel services for the purpose of obtaining reduced airline fares
	and reduced travel agent fees. [The comptroller may charge a
	participating hospital district a fee not to exceed the costs
	incurred by the comptroller in providing services under this
	subsection. The comptroller shall periodically review fees and
	shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of costs incurred in
	providing services to hospital districts under this subsection.
	The comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under this
	subsection to the credit of the hospital district airline fares
	account. The hospital district airline fares account is an account
	in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the
	purposes of this chapter.] The comptroller shall adopt rules and
	make or amend contracts as necessary to administer this subsection.
	(k)  An officer or employee of a qualified cooperative entity
	who is engaged in official business of the qualified cooperative
	entity may participate in the comptroller's contracts for travel
	services. The comptroller shall adopt rules and make or amend
	contracts as necessary to administer this subsection. For purposes
	of this subsection, a "qualified cooperative entity" includes:
	(1)  a local government, as defined by Section 271.081,
	Local Government Code;
	(2)  a community center for mental health and mental
	retardation services described by Section 2155.202(1);
	(3)  an assistance organization, as defined by Section
	2175.001, that receives any state funds; and
	(4)  a political subdivision, as defined by Section
	791.003.
	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, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1122 passed the Senate on
	April 19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1122 passed the House on
	May 14, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 127, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor