By Wentworth                                          S.B. No. 1173
         76R7496 CMR-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to competitive bid requirements for certain emergency
 1-3     services districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 776.074(h), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (h)  This section does not apply:
 1-8                 (1)  to the purchase or lease of real property;
 1-9                 (2)  to an item or service that the board determines
1-10     can be obtained from only one source; [or]
1-11                 (3)  to a contract for fire extinguishment and
1-12     suppression services, emergency rescue services, or ambulance
1-13     services; or
1-14                 (4)  to an emergency expenditure.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.