82R19348 JTS-D
By: Button, Patrick, et al. H.B. No. 507
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 507:
By: Munoz, Jr. C.S.H.B. No. 507
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice for certain transactions involving local
government entities in populous counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 44.0316 to read as follows:
Sec. 44.0316. NOTICE PUBLICATION IN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a)
If a school district located wholly or partly in a county with a
population of one million or more maintains an Internet website,
the district, instead of meeting the publication requirements under
Section 44.031(g), may:
(1) publish notice in a newspaper described by Section
44.031(g) once not later than the 14th day before the bid receipt
deadline; and
(2) post notice continuously on the district website,
with a conspicuous link to the notice on the site's home page, for
at least 14 days immediately preceding the bid receipt deadline.
(b) The newspaper notice under Subsection (a) must include
the time and place at which the bids will be publicly opened and the
Internet website address for the procurement information.
(c) The board of trustees of a school district shall
publicly adopt standards to ensure that Internet posting of notice
under this section is archived.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 252, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 252.0411 to read as follows:
Sec. 252.0411. NOTICE PUBLICATION IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
(a) If a municipality located wholly or partly in a county with a
population of one million or more maintains an Internet website,
the municipality, instead of meeting the publication requirements
under Section 252.041(a), may:
(1) publish notice in a newspaper described by Section
252.041(a) once not later than the 14th day before the bid receipt
deadline; and
(2) post notice continuously on the municipal website,
with a conspicuous link to the notice on the site's home page, for
at least 14 days immediately preceding the bid receipt deadline.
(b) The newspaper notice under Subsection (a) must include
the time and place at which the bids will be publicly opened and the
Internet website address for the procurement information.
(c) The governing body of a municipality shall publicly
adopt standards to ensure that Internet posting of notice under
this section is archived.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 262.0251 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.0251. NOTICE PUBLICATION IN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a)
If a county with a population of one million or more maintains an
Internet website, the county, instead of meeting the publication
requirements under Section 262.025(a), may:
(1) publish notice in a newspaper described by Section
262.025(a) once not later than the 14th day before the bid receipt
deadline; and
(2) post notice continuously on the county website,
with a conspicuous link to the notice on the site's home page, for
at least 14 days immediately preceding the bid receipt deadline.
(b) The newspaper notice under Subsection (a) must include
the time and place at which the bids will be publicly opened and the
Internet website address for the procurement information.
(c) The commissioners court shall publicly adopt standards
to ensure that Internet posting of notice under this section is
archived.
SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 271.0251 to read as follows:
Sec. 271.0251. NOTICE PUBLICATION IN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a)
If a governmental entity located wholly or partly in a county with a
population of one million or more maintains an Internet website,
the entity, instead of meeting the publication requirements under
Section 271.025(b), may:
(1) publish notice in a newspaper described by Section
271.025(b) once not later than the 14th day before the bid receipt
deadline; and
(2) post notice continuously on the entity's website,
with a conspicuous link to the notice on the site's home page, for
at least 14 days immediately preceding the bid receipt deadline.
(b) The newspaper notice under Subsection (a) must include
the time and place at which the bids will be publicly opened and the
Internet website address for the procurement information.
(c) The governing body of the governmental entity shall
publicly adopt standards to ensure that Internet posting of notice
under this section is archived.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a notice required to be provided on or after September 1, 2011. A
notice required to be provided before September 1, 2011, is
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.