83R5250 JRJ-F
By: Patrick S.B. No. 1570
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.010, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.010. PURCHASING CONTRACTS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (c), the [The] provisions of Subchapter B,
Chapter 44, relating to the purchase of goods and services under
contract by a school district apply to the purchase of goods and
services under contract by a junior college district.
(b) To the extent of any conflict, the provisions of this
section and Subchapter B, Chapter 44, prevail over any other law
relating to the purchase of goods and services by a junior college
district.
(c) A junior college district, in awarding a contract by
competitive sealed bid, may consider the location of a bidder's
principal place of business in the manner provided by Sections
271.905 and 271.9051, Local Government Code.
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.