By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 2809
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to
printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the board of the Greater Texoma Utility
Authority to approve changes in a construction contract.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8283.155, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) If changes in plans or specifications are necessary
after performance of a construction contract begins, the board may
approve change orders necessary to decrease or increase the amount
of materials, equipment, or supplies to be provided under the
contract or the amount of work to be performed. The total cost of
the change orders may not increase the original contract price by
more than 25 percent.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date
of this Act. A contract entered into or renewed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.
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