By: Martinez H.B. No. 3730
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the department of transportation's privatization of
maintenance contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 223.042(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department may award a contract under this section
as a purchase of service under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government
Code, if the department:
(1) estimates that the contract will involve an amount
for which formal bids for the purchase of services are not required
under rules relating to the delegation of purchasing authority to
state agencies adopted by the comptroller under Subchapter C,
Chapter 2155, Government Code [less than $15,000]; and
(2) determines that the competitive bidding procedure
in this chapter is not practical.
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, 2011.