81R4272 NC-D
By: Eltife S.B. No. 508
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the consideration of the location of a bidder's
principal place of business for certain municipal contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 271.9051(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In this subsection, "local bidder" means a bidder whose
principal place of business is in the municipality or the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality. In
purchasing under this title any real property, personal property
that is not affixed to real property, or services, if a municipality
receives one or more competitive sealed bids from a local bidder
[whose principal place of business is in the municipality and]
whose bid is within five percent of the lowest bid price received by
the municipality from a bidder who is not a resident of the
municipality, the municipality may enter into a contract with:
(1) the lowest bidder; or
(2) the local bidder [whose principal place of
business is in the municipality] if the governing body of the
municipality determines, in writing, that the local bidder offers
the municipality the best combination of contract price and
additional economic development opportunities for the municipality
created by the contract award, including the employment of
residents of the municipality and increased tax revenues to the
municipality.
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, 2009.