1-1 By: Jackson S.B. No. 1669
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 9, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 9, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Moncrief
1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1669 as follows:
1-8 In Section 262.011, Local Government Code, in SECTION 1 of
1-9 the bill (page 1, line 35) strike "40" and substitute "25".
1-10 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2 By: Moncrief
1-11 Amend S.B. No. 1669 as follows:
1-12 (1) Strike all of SECTION 3, and replace with the following:
1-13 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 262.026, Local Government
1-14 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (a) The county official who makes purchases for the county
1-16 shall open the bids on the date specified in the notice. The date
1-17 specified in the notice may be extended if the commissioners court
1-18 determines that the extension is in the best interest of the
1-19 county. All bids, including those received before an extension is
1-20 made, must be opened at the same time. The commissioners court may
1-21 adopt an order that delegates the authority to make extensions
1-22 under this subsection to the county official who makes purchases
1-23 for the county [by the commissioners court if an error is
1-24 discovered in the original specifications or the nature of the item
1-25 to be purchased requires an extension for the county to best use
1-26 the provisions of Section 262.030].
1-27 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-28 AN ACT
1-29 relating to the qualifications of a county purchasing agent and to
1-30 county purchasing procedures.
1-31 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-32 SECTION 1. Section 262.011, Local Government Code, is
1-33 amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
1-34 (p) During each two-year term of office, a county purchasing
1-35 agent shall complete not less than 40 hours in courses relating to
1-36 the duties of the county purchasing agent. The courses must be:
1-37 (1) accredited by a nationally recognized college or
1-38 university; or
1-39 (2) recognized by a national purchasing association,
1-40 such as the National Association of Purchasing Management.
1-41 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 262.023, Local Government
1-42 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-43 (a) Before a county may purchase one or more items under a
1-44 contract that will require an expenditure exceeding $25,000
1-45 [$15,000], the commissioners court of the county must comply with
1-46 the competitive bidding or competitive proposal procedures
1-47 prescribed by this subchapter. All bids or proposals must be
1-48 sealed.
1-49 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 262.026, Local Government
1-50 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-51 (a) The county official who makes purchases for the county
1-52 shall open the bids on the date specified in the notice. The date
1-53 specified in the notice may be extended if the county official who
1-54 makes purchases for the county determines the extension is in the
1-55 best interest of the county. All bids, including those received
1-56 before an extension is made, must be opened at the same time [by
1-57 the commissioners court if an error is discovered in the original
1-58 specifications or the nature of the item to be purchased requires
1-59 an extension for the county to best use the provisions of Section
1-60 262.030].
1-61 SECTION 4. The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act,
2-1 relating to the requirement that a county purchasing agent complete
2-2 40 hours in courses involving county purchasing, applies only to
2-3 each term of office of a county purchasing agent that begins on or
2-4 after the effective date of this Act.
2-5 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-6 SECTION 6. 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.
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