77R12163 E By Hawley H.B. No. 2909 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2909: By Alexander C.S.H.B. No. 2909 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to information included on the Internet website of the 1-3 Texas Department of Transportation. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 223.0042 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 223.0042. CONTRACT INFORMATION ON INTERNET WEBSITE. 1-8 The department shall make available on the department's Internet 1-9 website a listing describing each contract awarded by the 1-10 commission for a highway construction project. The listing must 1-11 include for each project: 1-12 (1) the funding program source contract awardee, 1-13 including subcontractors and historically underutilized business 1-14 and disadvantaged business enterprise participants and percentage 1-15 of contract; and 1-16 (2) each department transportation district in which 1-17 the contract will be performed. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.