86R6921 MP-F
By: Darby H.B. No. 1266
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a competitive bidding requirement exemption for certain
county sole-source purchases of road construction or maintenance
materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 252.312, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
(b-1), the commissioners court shall purchase the equipment,
materials, and supplies for the county road department through
competitive bidding in conformity with estimates and
specifications prepared by the county road engineer.
(b-1) A purchase in an amount of $100,000 or less of road
construction or maintenance materials available for purchase from
only one supplier may be made without advertising for competitive
bids or complying with any other competitive procurement
requirement.
(c) A purchase may not be divided or reduced to avoid the
competitive bidding requirement [on a purchase that would otherwise
cost more than $25,000].
SECTION 2. Section 252.312, Transportation Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a purchase commenced on or after the
effective date of this Act. A purchase for which competitive bids
are advertised before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the bids were advertised, and that law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.