1-1     By:  McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Madla)               H.B. No. 3413
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 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 the exemption of a public housing authority from
 1-9     competitive bidding requirements for certain activities.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 392.052, Local Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-13           (h)  Competitive bidding laws, including Chapter 271, do not
1-14     apply to an authority activity to develop a mixed-finance housing
1-15     project as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1437z-7, if the housing
1-16     project otherwise complies with the procurement requirements
1-17     imposed by federal law and regulations.
1-18           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-19     to a public housing authority activity that begins on or after the
1-20     effective date of this Act.  An activity that begins before the
1-21     effective date of this Act is covered by the law as it existed
1-22     immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
1-23     existence for that purpose.
1-24           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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