85R1199 ATP-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 622
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of project design and construction
requirements to development corporations created by governmental
entities subject to those requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0741 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0741. PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS. A corporation must comply
with the same procurement process methods for the design and
construction of projects and construction services with which its
authorizing unit must comply.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act affecting
contract requirements apply only to a contract for which a
development corporation first advertises or otherwise solicits
bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or makes a similar
solicitation on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract
for which a development corporation first advertises or otherwise
solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or makes a
similar solicitation before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the advertisement or
solicitation is made, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.