TITLE: Relating to the purchase of certain goods and services by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

SUMMARY: Relating to the purchase of certain goods and services by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

FULL TEXT:
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.