84R25355 SCL-F
By: Bernal H.B. No. 3193
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consideration of location of a bidder's or offeror's
principal place of business in awarding certain municipal
contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 271.905, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) For the purpose of this section, if a local government
is a municipality, the municipality may treat a bidder whose
principal place of business is outside the municipality and in a
county in which the municipality is located in the same manner as a
bidder whose principal place of business is in the municipality.
SECTION 2. Section 271.9051, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) For the purpose of this section, a municipality may
treat a bidder whose principal place of business is outside the
municipality and in a county in which the municipality is located in
the same manner as a bidder whose principal place of business is in
the municipality.
SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 271.9052 to read as follows:
Sec. 271.9052. CONSIDERATION OF LOCATION OF OFFEROR'S
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN AWARDING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
CONTRACTS. (a) In purchasing as authorized under this title any
personal property that is not affixed to real property or services
other than professional services, if a municipality that solicits
requests for proposals receives one or more proposals from an
offeror whose principal place of business is in the municipality or
outside the municipality and in a county in which the municipality
is located, the municipality may consider, as a percentage of the
evaluation factors, an offeror's principal place of business.
(b) This section does not prohibit a municipality from
rejecting all proposals.
(c) For the purpose of this section, a municipality may
treat an offeror whose principal place of business is outside the
municipality and in a county in which the municipality is located in
the same manner as an offeror whose principal place of business is
in the municipality.
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.