1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the exemption of a public housing authority from
 1-3     competitive bidding requirements for certain activities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 392.052, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
 1-7           (h)  Competitive bidding laws, including Chapter 271, do not
 1-8     apply to an authority activity to develop a mixed-finance housing
 1-9     project as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1437z-7, if the housing
1-10     project otherwise complies with the procurement requirements
1-11     imposed by federal law and regulations.
1-12           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-13     to a public housing authority activity that begins on or after the
1-14     effective date of this Act.  An activity that begins before the
1-15     effective date of this Act is covered by the law as it existed
1-16     immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
1-17     existence for that purpose.
1-18           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3413 was passed by the House on April
         27, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3413 was passed by the Senate on May
         17, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor