HB 197 is amended to read as follows:
      (1)  Add the following appropriately numbered section to read
as follows:
      SECTION ____. Section 271.024, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 271.024.  ]SCOMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACT  . If a governmental entity is required by statute to award
a contract for the construction, repair, or renovation of a
structure, road, highway, or other improvement or addition to real
property on the basis of competitive bids, and if the contract
requires the expenditure of more than $25,000 <15,000> from the
funds of the entity, the bidding on the contract must be
accomplished in the manner provided by this subchapter.
      (2)  Add the following appropriately numbered section to read
as follows:
      Section ____. SECTION 262.003(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Section 262.003   ]SSMALL, SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE EXEMPT FROM
COMPETITIVE BIDDING  .
(a)  Any law that requires a county to follow a competitive bidding
procedure in making a purchase requiring the expenditure of $25,000
<$15,000> or less does not apply to the purchase of an item
available for purchase from only one supplier.
      (3)  Renumber subsequent sections appropriately.