By Denny                                               H.B. No. 726
       74R1342 JRD-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the procedures for awarding construction contracts by
    1-3  or for the Parks and Wildlife Department.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 5.13(a), State Purchasing and General
    1-6  Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
    1-7  amended to read as follows:
    1-8        (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this article, this
    1-9  article shall apply to all building construction projects as herein
   1-10  defined which may be undertaken by the state, with the following
   1-11  exceptions:
   1-12              (1)  all projects constructed by and for the State
   1-13  Department of Highways and Public Transportation;
   1-14              (2)  all projects constructed by and for state
   1-15  institutions of higher education;
   1-16              (3)  pens, sheds, and ancillary buildings constructed
   1-17  by and for the Texas Department of Agriculture for the processing
   1-18  of livestock prior to export;
   1-19              (4)  all projects of repair and rehabilitation, except
   1-20  major renovations, of buildings and grounds on the commission
   1-21  inventory;
   1-22              <(5)  all projects constructed by the Parks and
   1-23  Wildlife Department;> and
   1-24              (5) <(6)>  repair and rehabilitation projects of any
    2-1  other using agency, provided all labor for such projects is
    2-2  provided by the regular maintenance forces of the using agency
    2-3  under specific legislative authorization, and provided further,
    2-4  that such projects do not require the advance preparation of
    2-5  working plans and/or drawings.
    2-6        SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife
    2-7  Code, is amended by adding Section 11.030 to read as follows:
    2-8        Sec. 11.030.  CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.  (a)  Notwithstanding
    2-9  other law, all projects, including a marina, constructed by or for
   2-10  the department are subject to the provisions of Article 5, State
   2-11  Purchasing and General Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas
   2-12  Civil Statutes).
   2-13        (b)  In this section, "project" has the meaning assigned by
   2-14  Section 5.12, State Purchasing and General Services Act (Article
   2-15  601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
   2-16        SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
   2-17  to a construction project by or for the Parks and Wildlife
   2-18  Department for which working plans and specifications are completed
   2-19  on or after the effective date of this Act.
   2-20        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-21        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-22  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-23  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-24  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-25  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.