By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 2179 75R8265 ESH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to competitive bidding in connection with certain 1-3 contracts made by counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 262.023(b), Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (b) The competitive bidding and competitive proposal 1-8 requirements established by Subsection (a) apply only to contracts 1-9 for which payment will be made from current funds or bond funds or 1-10 through time warrants. However, contracts for which payments will 1-11 be made through certificates of obligation are governed by The 1-12 Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971 (Subchapter C, Chapter 271). 1-13 Contracts for which payment will be made through anticipation notes 1-14 are subject to the competitive bidding provisions of The 1-15 Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971 (Subchapter C, Chapter 271) 1-16 in the same manner as certificates of obligation. 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 262.024, Local Government Code, is 1-18 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-19 (e) The exemption granted under Subsection (a)(5) applies 1-20 only to a county with a population of less than 100,000. 1-21 SECTION 3. Section 6, Article 717w, Revised Statutes, is 1-22 amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-23 (h) A county must comply with the competitive bidding 1-24 requirements of Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, 2-1 in connection with a contract to be paid from the proceeds of 2-2 anticipation notes issued for a purpose described by Section 3(1) 2-3 of this article. 2-4 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-5 SECTION 5. (a) Section 262.024(e), Local Government Code, 2-6 as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into by a 2-7 county on or after September 1, 1997. 2-8 (b) Section 6(h), Article 717w, Revised Statutes, as added 2-9 by this Act, applies only to anticipation notes authorized by an 2-10 order adopted by the commissioners court of a county on or after 2-11 September 1, 1997. 2-12 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the 2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.