1-1     By:  Walker (Senate Sponsor - Bivins)                 H.B. No. 2002
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
 1-3     April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to exempting the purchase of certain recreational services
 1-9     performed on county-owned land in certain counties from competitive
1-10     bidding and competitive proposal procedures.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 262.024, Local Government
1-13     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 262.024.  DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTIONS.
1-15           SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code,
1-16     is amended by adding a new Section 262.0241 and redesignating the
1-17     existing Section 262.0241 as Section 262.0245 to read as follows:
1-18           Sec. 262.0241.  MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS:  CERTAIN RECREATIONAL
1-19     SERVICES.  (a)  This section applies only to a county that:
1-20                 (1)  has a population of 20,000 or less; and
1-21                 (2)  owns not more than one golf course open for public
1-22     use.
1-23           (b)  The competitive bidding and competitive proposal
1-24     procedures prescribed by this subchapter do not apply to the
1-25     purchase of:
1-26                 (1)  management services for:
1-27                       (A)  a county-owned golf course; or
1-28                       (B)  a retail facility owned by the county and
1-29     located on the premises of the golf course; and
1-30                 (2)  landscape maintenance services for a county-owned
1-31     golf course.
1-32           Sec. 262.0245 [262.0241].  COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES
1-33     ADOPTED BY COUNTY PURCHASING AGENTS.  A county purchasing agent
1-34     shall adopt procedures that provide for competitive bidding, to the
1-35     extent practicable under the circumstances, for the county purchase
1-36     of an item under a contract that is not subject to competitive
1-37     bidding under Section 262.023.
1-38           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-39     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-40     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-41     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-42     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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