By:  Lindsay                                          S.B. No. 1225
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the advertising of competitive bids of certain local
 1-3     governments.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 271.906, Local Government Code, is added
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 271.906.  ELECTRONIC NOTICE.  (a)  In lieu of the notice
 1-8     required in Sections 44.031(g) or 44.033(b), Education Code, a
 1-9     school district may publish the required notice for at least two
1-10     weeks before the deadline for receiving bids, proposals, or
1-11     responses to a request for qualifications on either:
1-12                 (1)  the district's website, provided there is a direct
1-13     link from the district's home page, and on the state's website for
1-14     posting local government procurement notices; or
1-15                 (2)  for an interlocal contract in accordance with
1-16     Section 44.031(a)(5), the website of the district's administrative
1-17     agency created under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 791,
1-18     Government Code, provided there is a direct link to the
1-19     administrative agency website's publicly accessible postings from
1-20     the district's home page.
1-21           (b)  A school district that publishes notice under this
1-22     section shall clearly identify the link on its home page as the
1-23     link to public notice of bids, proposals, or responses.
 2-1           (c)  In lieu of the notice required in Sections 262.025(a),
 2-2     263.007(b), 263.153, or 271.055, Local Government Code, a county
 2-3     may publish the required notice for at least two weeks before the
 2-4     date of the bid opening, the date of the award of the sale or
 2-5     lease, the date of sale, or the date for public opening of the bids
 2-6     and the reading of the bids aloud, as applicable, on the county's
 2-7     website.  A county that publishes notice under this subsection
 2-8     shall:
 2-9                 (1)  have a direct link on the county's home page that
2-10     clearly identify the link as the link to public notice of bids,
2-11     sales, or leases; or
2-12                 (2)  have the notice accessible with the universal
2-13     resource locator address of
2-14     "http://www.co.(county-name).tx.us/notices/index.htm".
2-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.