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).