LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Tom Ramsay, Chair, House Committee on County
               Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2318  by Solomons (Relating to the use of
               electronically transmitted information in certain county
               and municipal procedures for the purchase, sale, or
               lease of items.), Committee Report 1st House,
               Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would authorize counties and municipalities to receive
competitive bids or proposals through the Internet or by other
electronic means if the agency implements security measures that ensure
bids are not viewed by unauthorized persons or tampered with and remain
effectively unopened until the proper time.  The provisions of the bill
would also authorize a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more
and a county with a population of 400,000 or more to post notice of bid
requests on the county's or municipality's Internet website, in addition
to the requirement to post notice in the newspaper.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB