By Giddings H.B. No. 882
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirement that the governing body of a
1-3 municipality approve change orders for municipal construction
1-4 contracts.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 252.048(c), Local Government Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (c) If a change order involves a decrease or an increase of
1-9 $25,000 <$15,000> or less, the governing body may grant general
1-10 authority to an administrative official of the municipality to
1-11 approve the change orders.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.