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Amend CSHB 3459 by adding three appropriately numbered
sections as follows, and renumbering all other sections
accordingly:
AMENDMENT SECTION 1. Section 44.031(a), Education Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by this subchapter, all school
district contracts, except contracts for the purchase of produce or
vehicle fuel, valued at $25,000 or more in the aggregate for each
12-month period shall be made by the method, of the following
methods, that provides the best value for the district:
(1) competitive bidding;
(2) competitive sealed proposals;
(3) a request for proposals, for services other than
construction services;
(4) a catalogue purchase as provided by Subchapter B,
Chapter 2157, Government Code;
(5) an interlocal contract;
(6) a design/build contract;
(7) a contract to construct, rehabilitate, alter, or
repair facilities that involves using a construction manager;
(8) a job order contract for the minor construction,
repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a facility; [or]
(9) the reverse auction procedure as defined by
Section 2155.062(d), Government Code; or
(10) the formation of a political subdivision
corporation under Section 304.001, Local Government Code.
AMENDMENT SECTION 2. Section 304.001(a), Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In this chapter, "political subdivision" means a
county, municipality, school district, hospital district, or any
other political subdivision receiving electric service from an
entity that has implemented customer choice, as defined in Section
31.002, Utilities Code.
AMENDMENT SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.