LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 24, 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 county and
               municipal procedures for the purchase, sale, or lease of
               items.), As Introduced
  
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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 posting of notice of bid requests on the county's
or municipality's Internet website, it they have one.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DB