| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1021 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway |
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| 6 | 6 | | projects. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation |
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| 9 | 9 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 223.005. BIDS ON CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN $1 |
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| 11 | 11 | | MILLION [$300,000]. |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 2. Section 223.005(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract |
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| 15 | 15 | | estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | million [$300,000] to be filed with: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) for a contract other than a building construction |
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| 18 | 18 | | contract, the district engineer at the headquarters for the |
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| 19 | 19 | | district in which the improvement is to be made and opened and read |
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| 20 | 20 | | at a public meeting held by the district engineer or the district |
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| 21 | 21 | | engineer's designee; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) for a building construction contract, the director |
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| 23 | 23 | | of the division of the department that is responsible for the |
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| 24 | 24 | | construction of the building and opened and read at a public meeting |
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| 25 | 25 | | held by the division director or the division director's designee. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 27 | 27 | | bids for which the notice of bid is given on or after the effective |
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| 28 | 28 | | date of this Act. A notice of bid given before the effective date of |
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| 29 | 29 | | this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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| 30 | 30 | | effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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| 31 | 31 | | that purpose. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 37 | 37 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 39 | 39 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1021 passed the Senate on |
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| 40 | 40 | | April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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| 41 | 41 | | Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2023, by the |
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| 42 | 42 | | following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1021 passed the House, with |
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| 46 | 46 | | amendment, on May 5, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, |
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| 47 | 47 | | two present not voting. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | Approved: |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Date |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Governor |
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