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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.005. BIDS ON CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN $1 |
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MILLION [$300,000]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 223.005(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract |
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estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1 |
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million [$300,000] to be filed with: |
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(1) for a contract other than a building construction |
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contract, the district engineer at the headquarters for the |
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district in which the improvement is to be made and opened and read |
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at a public meeting held by the district engineer or the district |
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engineer's designee; or |
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(2) for a building construction contract, the director |
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of the division of the department that is responsible for the |
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construction of the building and opened and read at a public meeting |
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held by the division director or the division director's designee. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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bids for which the notice of bid is given on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A notice of bid given before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |