Sec. 2161.005.  TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR PURCHASING.  If the state auditor reports to the comptroller under Section 2161.123(d) that a state agency is not complying with Section 2161.123, the comptroller shall report that fact to the Legislative Budget Board.  If the Legislative Budget Board determines that, one year after the date of the state auditor's report to the comptroller, the agency is still not complying with Section 2161.123, the budget board may, under Section 69, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, direct the emergency transfer of the agency's appropriated funds for making purchases under purchasing authority delegated under Section 2155.131 to the appropriate state agency.  The amount transferred from the agency's funds to the appropriate agency shall be an amount determined by the Legislative Budget Board.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 1.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 83, eff. September 1, 2019.