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House Bill 987 |
House Author: Creighton |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: West |
House Bill 987 amends provisions of the Education Code relating to school district contracts, other than the purchase of produce or vehicle fuel, to increase from $25,000 to $50,000 the aggregate 12-month threshold value at or above which contracts must be made by the method that provides the best value for the district. The bill authorizes a district to receive bids or proposals electronically if district's board of trustees adopts certain rules. It repeals provisions governing a school district's purchase of personal property valued between $10,000 and $25,000.
House Bill 987 amends Local Government Code provisions containing a $25,000 threshold value above which prior law required the use of competitive bidding by a county, school district, or hospital district or authority for an improvement or addition to real property, the use of competitive bidding by a county, municipality, or hospital district under the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, or the use of competitive bidding, a reverse auction procedure, or alternative project delivery methods by a county, to increase each such threshold to $50,000 and to replace each such competitive bidding requirement, and others, with a competitive procurement requirement. The bill amends a prior law that established that a county need not use competitive bidding for a purchase of $25,000 or less in the case of an item available from only one supplier to likewise increase the threshold to $50,000 and similarly refer instead to competitive procurement. The bill increases to $50,000 the threshold value above which a jail district construction contract, or a contract for facility construction under the Civic Center Authority Act, must be procured by competitive bidding, and above which certain contracts by a municipal management district must be procured by competitive bidding or competitive sealed proposal. It limits, to expenditures of less than $100,000, the authority of certain municipalities in certain situations to contract with a bidder whose principal place of business is in the municipality rather than with the lowest bidder. Other amendments to that code change the bidding notice publication deadline applicable to municipal management districts and allow the award of attorney's fees in an adjudication relating to a local governmental entity contract.
The bill amends the Transportation Code to increase to $50,000 the threshold value above which the board of trustees of harbor and port facilities in certain coastal municipalities must use competitive bidding for a contract.