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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the bidding process in a county commissioners court. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TITLE 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF |
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| 9 | 11 | | PROPERTY SUBTITLE B. COUNTY ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY |
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| 10 | 12 | | CHAPTER 262. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES |
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| 11 | 13 | | Local Government Code Title 8 Subtitle B Chapter 262 is amended by |
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| 12 | 14 | | adding: |
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| 13 | 15 | | Sec. 262.027 (I) In determining the lowest and best bid for |
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| 14 | 16 | | a contract, the county commissioners court may consider a local |
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| 15 | 17 | | bidder, whose principal place of business is in the county, who is |
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| 16 | 18 | | within ten percent (10%) of the lowest bid price received by the |
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| 17 | 19 | | County from a bidder whose principal place of business is not in the |
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| 18 | 20 | | county, and the County determines in writing that the local bidder |
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| 19 | 21 | | offers the county the best combination of contract price and |
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| 20 | 22 | | additional economic development opportunities for the County |
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| 21 | 23 | | created by the contract award, including the employment of |
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| 22 | 24 | | residents of the county and increased tax revenues to the county. |
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