S.B. No. 1021
AN ACT
relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway
projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 223.005. BIDS ON CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN $1
MILLION [$300,000].
SECTION 2. Section 223.005(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract
estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1
million [$300,000] to be filed with:
(1) for a contract other than a building construction
contract, the district engineer at the headquarters for the
district in which the improvement is to be made and opened and read
at a public meeting held by the district engineer or the district
engineer's designee; or
(2) for a building construction contract, the director
of the division of the department that is responsible for the
construction of the building and opened and read at a public meeting
held by the division director or the division director's designee.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
bids for which the notice of bid is given on or after the effective
date of this Act. A notice of bid given before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
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, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1021 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2023, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1021 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 5, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0,
two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor