By Walker H.B. No. 2002
77R4962 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to exempting the purchase of certain recreational services
1-3 performed on county-owned land in certain counties from competitive
1-4 bidding and competitive proposal procedures.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 262.024, Local Government
1-7 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 262.024. DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTIONS.
1-9 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code,
1-10 is amended by adding a new Section 262.0241 and redesignating the
1-11 existing Section 262.0241 as Section 262.0245 to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 262.0241. MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS: CERTAIN RECREATIONAL
1-13 SERVICES. (a) This section applies only to a county that:
1-14 (1) has a population of 20,000 or less; and
1-15 (2) owns not more than one golf course open for public
1-16 use.
1-17 (b) The competitive bidding and competitive proposal
1-18 procedures prescribed by this subchapter do not apply to the
1-19 purchase of:
1-20 (1) management services for:
1-21 (A) a county-owned golf course; or
1-22 (B) a retail facility owned by the county and
1-23 located on the premises of the golf course; and
1-24 (2) landscape maintenance services for a county-owned
2-1 golf course.
2-2 Sec. 262.0245 [262.0241]. COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES
2-3 ADOPTED BY COUNTY PURCHASING AGENTS. A county purchasing agent
2-4 shall adopt procedures that provide for competitive bidding, to the
2-5 extent practicable under the circumstances, for the county purchase
2-6 of an item under a contract that is not subject to competitive
2-7 bidding under Section 262.023.
2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.