Amend CSHB 1981 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of
the bill appropriately:
      SECTION __. Subchapter C, Chapter 252, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 252.0415 to read as follows:
      Sec. 252.0415.  PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRONIC BIDS OR PROPOSALS.
(a)  A municipality may receive bids or proposals under this
chapter through electronic transmission if the governing body of
the municipality adopts rules to ensure the identification,
security, and confidentiality of electronic bids or proposals and
to ensure that the electronic bids or proposals remain effectively
unopened until the proper time.
      (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an
electronic bid or proposal is not required to be sealed.  A
provision of this chapter that applies to a sealed bid or proposal
applies to a bid or proposal received through electronic
transmission in accordance with the rules adopted under Subsection
(a).