Monitoring the Session

HB 4259

commissioners courts can take over the purchasing agent job

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Vincent PerezDHouse 77

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the authority of certain counties to employ a county purchasing agent.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

After a public hearing.

This bill lets a county commissioners court take control of the county purchasing agent job away from the separate board that normally appoints that person. In counties where that board has appointed or abolished a purchasing agent, the commissioners court can hold a public hearing and then hire its own purchasing agent. Once it does, the board must remove any agent it appointed and hand full authority over the job to the commissioners court.

Labels

Labels: PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Intergovernmental Affairs subcommittee on County & Regional Government on May 5, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4259 · 2025-03-10

SOLD BY

Rep. Vincent PerezDHouse 77

ITEM

relating to the authority of certain counties to employ a county purchasing agent.

WHAT IT DOES

After a public hearing.

This bill lets a county commissioners court take control of the county purchasing agent job away from the separate board that normally appoints that person. In counties where that board has appointed or abolished a purchasing agent, the commissioners court can hold a public hearing and then hire its own purchasing agent. Once it does, the board must remove any agent it appointed and hand full authority over the job to the commissioners court.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 1, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Vincent Perez

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$23KTexas Sands PAC$12KStanley P. Jobe$10,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 31, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$22,500.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 23, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987465, 101009976.

Texas Sands PAC$12,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$12,000.00

Cash
$12,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$12,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 13, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987465, 101070087, 101072089.

Stanley P. Jobe$10,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 23, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987465, 101009976.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$12,000.00

Cash
$12,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$12,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to Oct 13, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987465, 101070087, 101072089.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 1, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 10, 2025

05/05/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

County Government--Employees/Officers

Purchasing--Local

Text

The text as introduced · 285 words

89R15706 JBD-D

By: Perez of El Paso
H.B. No. 4259

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain counties to employ a county

purchasing agent.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 262.0115, Local Government Code, is

amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to

read as follows:

(a) In a county with a population of more than 100,000, the

commissioners court may employ a person to act as county purchasing

agent. Except as provided by Subsection (f) [ However ], this

section does not apply to a county that has appointed a purchasing

agent under Section 262.011 and that has not abolished the position

as authorized by law.

(f) This subsection applies only to a county for which the

board described by Section 262.011 has either appointed a county

purchasing agent and not abolished that office, or has abolished

that office. The commissioners court of the county, after a public

hearing held on the matter, by order may employ a county purchasing

agent, regardless of whether the board has appointed another county

purchasing agent under Section 262.011. If the commissioners court

employs a county purchasing agent under this subsection, the board

shall:

(1) if applicable, remove the county purchasing agent

appointed by the board from office; and

(2) transfer complete authority over the county

purchasing agent to the commissioners court.

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, 2025.