82R7269 JTS-F
By: Seliger S.B. No. 640
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
in awarding 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 purchasing under this title any real property,
personal property that is not affixed to real property, or services
other than construction services, if a municipality receives one or
more competitive sealed bids from a 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 for an expenditure of less than $500,000
[$100,000] with:
(1) the lowest bidder; or
(2) the 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. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contract for which a request for bids is first published or
distributed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.