83R10109 AED-F
By: Callegari H.B. No. 2704
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic submission of bids for construction
contracts for certain conservation and reclamation districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 49.2731 to read as follows:
Sec. 49.2731. PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRONIC BIDS. (a) A
district may receive bids under Section 49.273 through electronic
transmission if the board of the district adopts rules to ensure the
identification, security, and confidentiality of electronic bids
and to ensure that the electronic bids remain effectively unopened
until the proper time.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an
electronic bid or proposal is required to be sealed. A provision of
this chapter that applies to a sealed bid applies to a bid received
through electronic transmission in accordance with the rules
adopted under Subsection (a).
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, 2013.