By: Holland (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 3507
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 9, 2023, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 9, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contracts for the construction, repair, and renovation
of certain conservation and reclamation district facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 49.273(d) and (e), Water Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) For contracts over $150,000 [$75,000], the board shall
advertise the letting of the contract, including the general
conditions, time, and place of opening of sealed bids. The notice
must be published in one or more newspapers circulated in each
county in which the district is located. If there are more than
four counties in the district, notice may be published in any
newspaper with general circulation in the district. The notice
must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks before the
date that the bids are opened, and the first publication must be not
later than the 14th day before the date of the opening of the sealed
bids.
(e) For contracts over $25,000 but not more than $150,000
[$75,000], the board shall solicit written competitive bids on
uniform written specifications from at least three bidders.
SECTION 2. Section 49.273, Water Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a contract for which a governmental entity
first advertises or otherwise requests bids, proposals, offers, or
qualifications, or makes a similar solicitation, on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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