1-1     By:  Gallegos                                         S.B. No. 1575
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     April 20, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 20, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1575                By:  Gallegos
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to contracts with the Texas Department of Transportation
1-11     for the removal of certain property from a state highway.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 472, Transportation Code,
1-14     is amended by adding Section 472.015 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 472.015.  CONTRACTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PROPERTY.  In
1-16     contracting with a private business for the removal of personal
1-17     property from the right-of-way or roadway of the state highway
1-18     system, the department may:
1-19                 (1)  use a purchasing method described in Chapter 2156,
1-20     Government Code;
1-21                 (2)  include the removal work in a contract entered
1-22     into under Chapter 223; or
1-23                 (3)  select a business based on an evaluation of the
1-24     experience of the business and the quality of the business's
1-25     equipment and services.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-29     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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