1-1     By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 925
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2001; February 27, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     March 8, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 8, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 925                    By:  Brown
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the procurement powers of certain navigation districts
1-11     and port authorities.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter N, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended
1-14     by adding Section 60.4125 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 60.4125.  ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES OR
1-16     CONTRACTS.  (a)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
1-17     subchapter or any other law, a district or port authority may make
1-18     a purchase or enter into a contract valued at $25,000 or more by
1-19     any method available to a school district, including all procedures
1-20     and limitations, under Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code,
1-21     that, in the opinion of the port commission, provides the best
1-22     value to the district or port authority.
1-23           (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a purchase or a
1-24     contract for the construction of highways, public roads, public
1-25     streets, bridges, water supply projects, water plants, wastewater
1-26     plants, or electric generation facilities.
1-27           (c)  Subsection (a) does not apply to contracts when the
1-28     district or port authority is constructing a project for another
1-29     political subdivision of the state.
1-30           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-31     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-32     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-33     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-34     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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