Amend SB 1669 as follows:
      (1)  Strike all of SECTION 3, and replace with the following:
      SECTION 3.  Section 262.026(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  The county official who makes purchases for the county
shall open the bids on the date specified in the notice.  The date
specified in the notice may be extended if the commissioners court
determines the extension is in the best interest of the county.
All bids, including those received before an extension is made,
must be opened at the same time.  The commissioners court may adopt
an order that delegates the authority to make extensions under this
subsection to the county official who makes purchases for the
county <by the commissioners court if an error is discovered in the
original specifications or the nature of the item to be purchased
requires an extension for the county to best use the provisions of
Section 262.030>.