By Jones of Lubbock H.B. No. 2960
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the evaluation of proposals for contracts by
1-3 institutions of higher education for energy conservation measures.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (h), Section 51.927, Education Code,
1-6 is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (h) A contract under this section may be let under
1-8 competitive sealed proposal procedures. Notice of the request for
1-9 proposals shall be given in the manner provided for in Chapter
1-10 2156, Government Code. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
1-11 Board, in consultation with the State Energy Conservation Office
1-12 and the Texas Energy Coordination Council with regard to energy
1-13 conservation measures, shall establish guidelines and an approval
1-14 process for contracts awarded under this section. [The State
1-15 Energy Conservation Office and the Texas Energy Coordination
1-16 Council shall review the selected proposal before a contract is
1-17 awarded. The State Energy Conservation Office may provide a
1-18 cost-benefit analysis of the proposals and analysis of the
1-19 guaranteed savings projected by offerors and may charge a fee for
1-20 this service.] The contract shall be awarded to the responsible
1-21 offeror whose proposal, following negotiations, is determined by
2-1 the institution to be the most advantageous to the institution
2-2 considering the guaranteed savings and other evaluation factors set
2-3 forth in the request for proposals, except that if the institution
2-4 finds that no offer is acceptable, it shall refuse all offers.
2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.