| 1 | 1 | | 82R13518 TJB-F |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | By: Isaac H.B. No. 3344 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | relating to competitive bid requirements for public utility |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | agencies that award construction contracts. |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 572.059, Local Government Code, is |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | (a) A public utility agency may award a contract for |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | construction of an improvement that involves the expenditure of |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | more than $50,000 [$20,000] only on the basis of competitive bids. |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | (c) This section does not apply to a contract necessary |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | because of unforeseen damage to property, including to public |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | machinery or to other equipment. |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 572.059, as amended by this Act, applies |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | only to a solicitation of bids or proposals or similar expression of |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | interest published on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | solicitation of bids or proposals or similar expression of interest |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | published before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | law in effect on the date the public utility agency first publishes |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | the solicitation of bids or proposals or similar expression of |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | interest, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | purpose. |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
|---|