85R12435 AAF-F
By: Huberty H.B. No. 3326
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to job order contracting by governmental entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2269.401, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2269.401. JOB ORDER CONTRACTING. In this chapter,
"job order contracting" is a procurement method used for
maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, remediation, or minor
new construction of a facility when the work is of a recurring
nature but the delivery times, type, and quantities of work
required are indefinite.
SECTION 2. Section 2269.403(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A governmental entity may award job order contracts for
the maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, remediation, or
minor new construction of a facility if:
(1) the work is of a recurring nature but the delivery
times are indefinite; and
(2) indefinite quantities and orders are awarded
substantially on the basis of predescribed and prepriced tasks.
SECTION 3. Section 2269.410, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The price of the order under Subsection (b) may not
exceed $5 million.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a job order contract entered into or renewed on or after the
effective date of this Act and any order for a job or project under
that contract. A job order contract entered into or renewed before
the effective date of this Act and any order for a job or project
under that contract is governed by the law in effect immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.