Sec. 2155.266.  REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL FEE.  (a)  The comptroller may charge a person applying for registration on the master bidders list a registration fee and may charge a registrant a biennial renewal fee in an amount designed to recover the comptroller's costs in:
(1)  making and maintaining the master bidders list; and
(2)  soliciting bids or proposals under this subchapter.
(b)  In addition to the fee provided by Subsection (a), the comptroller shall also collect $20 from each registrant to be used for the purpose of enforcing compliance with requirements of state purchasing statutes and the prevention of fraud in the historically underutilized businesses program as set forth in Chapter 2161.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 426, Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 2381), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.