Sec. 2155.382. PAYMENT BY WARRANT. (a) After the comptroller approves financial information and purchase information, when advance approval of that information is required by rule of the comptroller, the comptroller shall draw a warrant on the state treasury for:

(1) the amount due on the invoice; or

(2) the amount on the invoice that has been allowed.

(b) The comptroller shall complete the procedures for drawing the warrant not later than the eighth day after the date of receiving the necessary information. If a payment is not due until after the eighth day, the comptroller may delay drawing a warrant if the delay will maximize the state's cash flow.

(c) The comptroller may issue the warrant directly to the vendor. The comptroller, when appropriate, may combine into a single warrant payments that the state owes to a vendor under more than one invoice, including payments to the vendor made on behalf of more than one state agency.

(d) The comptroller may allow or require a state agency to schedule payments that the comptroller will make to a vendor. The comptroller shall prescribe the circumstances under which advance scheduling of payments is allowed or required. The comptroller shall require advance scheduling of payments when it is advantageous to the state.

(e) The comptroller may require vendors to provide payment addresses, vendor identification numbers, and other account information directly to the comptroller.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 634, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.16, eff. September 1, 2007.