1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 874 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 4, 1999; March 8, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 March 17, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, 1-5 Nays 0; March 17, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the general power of the Parks and Wildlife Department 1-9 to contract. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife 1-12 Code, is amended by adding Section 11.0171 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 11.0171. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. (a) For the purpose 1-14 of carrying out the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the 1-15 department, the executive director, or the executive director's 1-16 designee, may negotiate, contract, or enter an agreement: 1-17 (1) with: 1-18 (A) the United States or any of its agencies; 1-19 (B) another state or a political subdivision of 1-20 another state or of this state; or 1-21 (C) a nonprofit organization for research and 1-22 field work; or 1-23 (2) for professional services relating to a project of 1-24 the department, including project management, design, bid, and 1-25 construction administration, consistent with Subchapter A, Chapter 1-26 2254, Government Code. 1-27 (b) The commission by rule shall adopt policies and 1-28 procedures consistent with applicable state procurement practices 1-29 for soliciting and awarding the contracts under this section. 1-30 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-31 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-32 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-33 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-34 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-35 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-36 * * * * *