By Longoria                                           H.B. No. 3186
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to changes in the Government Code regarding surety and
 1-3     bonding.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 2166.258, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read:
 1-7           (a)  The commission or an agency whose project is exempted
 1-8     from all or part of this chapter under Section 2166.003 may
 1-9     negotiate an arrangement advantageous to the state with a surety or
1-10     an insurer, as appropriate, authorized to do business in this state
1-11     that has experience in surety bond support services and owner
1-12     controlled insurance programs, to furnish bonds, insurance, or both
1-13     that a contractor or subcontractor is required to execute or carry
1-14     to receive a contract or subcontract on a project administered by
1-15     the commission or other agency.
1-16           (b)  Notwithstanding Section 1, Chapter 87, Act of the 56th
1-17     Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 7.19-1, Vernon's Texas
1-18     Insurance Code), the commission or other agency shall require a
1-19     contractor or subcontractor to meet part or all of the bonding or
1-20     insurance requirements for the project under the arrangement
1-21     negotiated by the commission or other agency.  It is the will of
 2-1     the Legislature that administration of this program be put up for
 2-2     public, competitive bid and that the contract be renewed each
 2-3     biennium.  The recipient of this contract will be charged with
 2-4     running the program but must demonstrate capability to report
 2-5     performance measures and be subjected to annual reviews and audits.
 2-6           SECTION 2.  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.