Amend SB 221 as follows:
      (1)  Immediately before SECTION 8 of the bill (page 6,
between lines 7 and 8, Senate Engrossment) insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS:
      SECTION ____. Section 36.067, Water Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
      (c)  A district may use the reverse auction procedure, as
defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, for purchasing.
      SECTION ____. Section 49.273, Water Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
      (k)  The board may use the reverse auction procedure, as
defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, for purchasing.
      SECTION ____. Section 23, Development Corporation Act of 1979
(Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
      (e)  A corporation may use the reverse auction procedure, as
defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, for purchasing.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 8 of the bill (page 6, lines 8-17, Senate
Engrossment) and substitute the following appropriately numbered
SECTION:
      SECTION ____. (a)  The changes in law made by this Act apply
only to a contract for which requests for bids, proposals, or other
applicable notice of an intent to contract are published or
distributed on or after the effective date of this Act.
      (b)  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote
of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided
by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does
not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes
effect September 1, 2001.